How dangerous is London? Going by UK show Adulthood...

mmmn ...i wonder how the nigerian parents would react to this info

Most gangs in London are based on territory (postcode) and usually a specific estate (housing project). They're mostly made up of mixture of races from that area (some areas obviously may have a large population of one race)

If you're from the States, then the gang violence here is nothing compared to the likes of the Brotherhood, Crips/Bloods, Mexican Cartels etc etc...
However, some areas can get pretty tasty at night so here's the ones you need to avoid if you hope to still have your wallet and phone at the end of a hard day at uni...

1. South London: CROYDON/BRIXTON/ROTHERHITHE
2. West London: HAYES END/WHITE CITY/WEMBLEY
3. East London: HACKNEY/ILFORD/MILE END/ BOW
4. North London: TOTTENHAM/EDMONTON/BARNET

I understand what the OP is saying, I don't know why people are taking offence? I may be wrong, OP, but I think you're saying that in America many gangs group themselves on ethnicity i.e. "we are the mexican gang", "we're the white gang", "we're the black gang" (alright I'm sure they don't say it like that.. but you know what I mean).

So you're asking, do British gangs also group themselves according to ethnicity or can anyone join as long as they belong to the same social status/aims (or any other variable)?

Which isn't a racist thing to say at all, and yes I see people trying to act superior because you're American. Some people don't even know they're doing it - it's kind of inbuilt and I used to be a bit like that until I realised it looks pretty transparent and there's no need for it. It's the same way some Americans make joke about British smiles, or think they have everything in America so they'd never have to leave - it's lame.

I wouldn't say that gangs here base themselves off race but some do. Glasgow has some Pakistani gangs who are territorial over "their" areas - for example someone I know recently bought a shop in a part of Glasgow that was mostly Asian shops and he was chased out by some Pakistani boys who came in with swords at night threatening him to leave. He did. Another white guy took over and was also 'persuaded' to sell up this time to an Asian shop owner.

I'm sure there are other gangs who do the same racial attacks in other parts of the countries, white, Asian whatever.

Certain parts of cities are more inhabited by certain ethnicities and Kidulthood was about an area in which there was a higher percentage of black people than in other parts of the country or city - so naturally they were represented in this movie, but their colour was not a cause, reason or requisite for gang membership.

One half is the rich side, the other half is shyt-hole-land.

Yeah, avoid the whole of Croydon, it's not exactly big or anything...

And Mile End is fine ffs, and Bow... seriously someone needs to do their homework.

I'm sitting in Mile End right now.

If I were to ever visit London, what are some places that I should I just totally avoid?

London is fine. So long as you have common sense you'll be alright.

Avoid everywhere in London.
You will get stabbed

I'm being stabbed right now.

If you're from the States, then the gang violence here is nothing compared to the likes of the Brotherhood, Crips/Bloods, Mexican Cartels etc etc...
However, some areas can get pretty tasty at night so here's the ones you need to avoid if you hope to still have your wallet and phone at the end of a hard day at uni...

1. South London: CROYDON/BRIXTON/ROTHERHITHE
2. West London: HAYES END/WHITE CITY/WEMBLEY
3. East London: HACKNEY/ILFORD/MILE END/ BOW
4. North London: TOTTENHAM/EDMONTON/BARNET

But to be honest unless you have the cash I would not go to University in London. Its alright if when you live in halls near the campus. But otherwise you will be living in a crappy terrace house with damp in somewhere like Hackney, East Ham, Wood Green or some ex council flat on a rough estate. And of course you will have to fork out for a travelcard every week. Plus if you live south of the river hardly any places are on the tube.