moving to East Dulwich

[amyhackleyjones]

Hi, I am meant to be moving over to East Dulwich/Nunhead at the end of the month and after reading some of the posts I am slightly concerned about all the posts that relate to muggings/attempted robberies and attacks. Can anyone re assure me its not all that bad?

[PeckhamRose]

It's not all that bad.

[Alec John Moore]

Hi, your posting prompted me to actually look at the stats

http://www.met.police.uk/crimefigures/datatable.php?ward=00begr&borough=md&period=year

for Peckham Rye ward. Overall crime is down. Some crimes are up and some are down. I've been living in ED for 5 years with my family and we feel happy and safe. Doesn't mean we don't take sensible precautions but we are not unduly worried about our safety.

Alec

[Otto]

It's not that bad at all. We just have this forum to share everything which makes what probably happens everywhere in London more visible.

[Townleygreen]

I believe Singapore is very safe - why not move there?

Sorry about that, no don't worry, ED is as safe as anywhere in London

[chantelle]

no it's not bad - you can worry yourself sick hearing a neighbour has been burgled or mugged, but chances are neither will happen to you.

[Sally81]

When I was moving here about three years ago I stumbled across this forum and thought the same. The thing is, it's true that because we have the forum we do hear about muggings etc, which we would know nothing about otherwise, as is the case in other areas. Don't worry, nothing has ever happened to me here and I love it. You need to be on your guard at times and as others have said, take sensible precautions but that really is the case pretty much anywhere these days. It's totally normal for alarm bells to ring when you read this forum though! Ignore any sarcastic replies.

Good luck with your move and enjoy the area.the good points far, far outweigh any of the bad.