Brixton is rough, smooth, cool and unapologetically noisy. It is also expensive, you will be lucky to afford decent accommodation.
Dollis Hill is a friendly and safe neighbourhood with a large park with sports groups, playing fields, cafes and a beautiful walled rose garden.
Home to Wembley Stadium, Wembley Arena and the Neasden Temple, Brent, previously an under-the-radar area, has been crowned The Mayor's London Borough of Culture 2020. That said, the area is also one of London's most dangerous.
One more person to say Peckham is a safe area to live. My ex lived there and New Cross way for two years and I spent a lot of time there. Really nice place and well connect especially with buses. The thing I have learnt about London is, most gang crime and spats happen for between people who know each other.
The safest places to live in London
- 1) Richmond.
- 3) Kingston-upon-Thames.
- 4) Sutton.
- 6) Bromley.
Adults and children and young people have identified Kenton as a good place to live, with the majority we spoke to highlighting having good neighbours and friends, green space to use and a sense of community. We had a good response from both children and young people and adults talking about Kenton.
It is important to point out that West Hampstead is still relatively safe, but not as safe as it was. It is now about average for London, although still safer than Camden overall.
While Hackney has a lower-than-average crime rate for criminal damage, arson and shoplifting, it has an average rate for most crimes committed in the area. London, on the whole, is very safe, but with a higher-than-average rate for robbery and theft from the person, residents' No.
In general, Kilburn is pretty unsafe. There is high rates of crime, especially in the western parts of the area which also includes poverty and rubbish/garbage littering the streets.
Once home to the coolest cats in London, Ladbroke Grove has gentrified over recent years, but its quirky nature very much remains. It's an ideal place to live if you're a commuter or simply want to be close to Central London, as it's in Travelcard Zone 2 and very well connected.
The West End area of Westminster has the highest rate in the country with 35.5 violent knife crimes per 10,000 residents. Haringey, Islington, Hackney, Camden and Brent also feature highly.
Statistically, Kilburn has a high crime rate, and if you loiter on the High Road after midnight, your chances of becoming a statistic are pretty good.
Not only is Wembley a sport lover's dream, but it has also developed into a vibrant community with great variety. Families and young workers are attracted to the area's property prices and accessibility to central London, as well as the vibrant cultural scene developing around the regenerated Wembley Park area.
Harrow is a relatively safe area to live, with crime rates similar to the England & Wales average, and significantly lower than the London average as of 2013.
Brondesbury is a friendly community of 11 streets centred on a delightful pocket park and a wonderful theatre-cum-cinema, The Tricycle. There's every sort of food available in the shops on the High Street, and plenty of places to eat, drink and carouse.
Stonebridge suffers from high rates of violent crime. In 2015 it had the highest recorded gun crime of any ward in London, with 16 individual reports of gunshots.
Dollis Hill is a London Underground station at Dollis Hill near to Willesden and Gladstone Park of the London Borough of Brent. It is on the Jubilee line, between Willesden Green and Neasden stations and is in Travelcard Zone 3. Metropolitan line trains pass through the station without stopping here.
London is a very safe place but as with any big city, it's worth taking sensible precautions. Call 999 or 112 in an emergency to contact the police, ambulance or fire department.
It's often regarded as one of the safest areas in London. With a quiet community feel, it's not an area which has much in the way of nightlife, and its affluence means many of the larger houses in the region are gated, providing extra security.
Willesden Green is really hard to beat if you want to live in a secure, friendly environment with loads of great restaurants and shops. And it's just a 10 minute ride to Baker Street on the famed Jubilee Line. Willesden Green is safe, friendly and really well connected!
Brent, outer borough of London, England, on the northwestern perimeter of the metropolis. It is part of the historic county of Middlesex.
