[TheReader]

Manchester is in Top 66 safest cities in the UK.

[joshgoldman]

Manchester really isn't a dodgy city. The only things I've heard of are that Fallowfield went through a point where a number of girls got abducted.

[M1F2R3]

(Original post by TheReader)
Manchester is in Top 66 safest cities in the UK.

lol

[takethyfacehence]

At the end of the day, it's a city, crime happens... it's not that bad in Manchester. You've just gotta be generally sensible and get on with life. Most of these things could happen anywhere (and have happened in "safe" areas at some point!).

[WearyWill]

I live in Manchester but haven't applied to study there, not to my liking. I think central Manchester is usually fine to hang around in until 2 am and so on. A few times me and my mates have had random guys who were definitely high on something walk up and try to start something, but that's pretty rare.

Areas around Manchester are really rough. Woudn't recommend you hang much outside the central bit of Manchester where students stay. Muggings do happen and there's been stuff on papers about people getting stabbed to death or even shot. Some of them had black victims. I'm talking about wythenshawe, moss side, and Salford. Moss side actually once featured in a TV documentary about gangs.

I agree central Manchester where students are is quite safe, but I do see a lot of chavs there as well, especially during later hours. Just be sensible I guess. I seriously don't think you should be put off applying if the course is one you like however. Although I personally think the city isn't too nice. If you like football though it's a good place for you hehe.

[Liam6993]

Burnley is nowhere near Manchester. It's very unlikely that you'll go there if you go to uni in Manchester.

[laurakate1988]

(Original post by srascal8)
Following the brutal racial attack on the Indian kid in Salford, I'm questioning whether it would be right to go to Manchester now.

Is racist behaviour common in Manchester itself, or is it an outskirts problem? Would I walk back from a club one night and be shot in the head by a White guy with a handgun? I thought this behaviour left Britain a while ago and on boxing day, shocking. Would you say as long as you avoid Stockport/ Salford/ burnley you will be safe? Any other RACIST areas of Manchester you could inform me of? Is Manchester city multicultural and the outskirts ethnic death traps?

Cheers, just dubious.

Manchester is very diverse...there are people living there from all ethnicities and some places have a very multicultural community (love it!)

The sad thing is that hate crime happens everywhere but I wouldn't say that Manchester is particularly unsafe.

For what it's worth, I was worried about moving to a bigger city when I moved to Manchester for uni but ultimately, I've never felt dramatically unsafe. There are areas that are a "no go" at certain times of the day but this applies to all places i suspect.

Please don't let it put you off embracing an opportunity in the form of studying in Manchester because it's a really interesting city with some fantastic unis and opportunities in general

[amycu]

(Original post by srascal8)
Following the brutal racial attack on the Indian kid in Salford, I'm questioning whether it would be right to go to Manchester now.

Is racist behaviour common in Manchester itself, or is it an outskirts problem? Would I walk back from a club one night and be shot in the head by a White guy with a handgun? I thought this behaviour left Britain a while ago and on boxing day, shocking. Would you say as long as you avoid Stockport/ Salford/ burnley you will be safe? Any other RACIST areas of Manchester you could inform me of? Is Manchester city multicultural and the outskirts ethnic death traps?

Cheers, just dubious.

Ok, to answer your question, I live in Stockport but I work in Manchester city centre and my experience of it has been that its a really diverse city that accepts people from all different ethnicities, and I certainly wouldn't say race crimes were a common thing so I wouldn't let yourself be put off studying here.

I just wanted to ask why you'd avoid Stockport? I can't really talk for the other places you've mentioned as I don't know them well enough, but having lived in Stockport all my life I'd say it was one of the safest places in Greater Manchester? It's dead most of the time, I think the worst you could expect is some 12 year old chav trying to be cocky with you :P

[srascal8]

(Original post by amycu)
Ok, to answer your question, I live in Stockport but I work in Manchester city centre and my experience of it has been that its a really diverse city that accepts people from all different ethnicities, and I certainly wouldn't say race crimes were a common thing so I wouldn't let yourself be put off studying here.

I just wanted to ask why you'd avoid Stockport? I can't really talk for the other places you've mentioned as I don't know them well enough, but having lived in Stockport all my life I'd say it was one of the safest places in Greater Manchester? It's dead most of the time, I think the worst you could expect is some 12 year old chav trying to be cocky with you :P

Oh, its just what I've read somewhere that it is a very white area and aren't welcoming of others?

[srascal8]

(Original post by joshgoldman)
Manchester really isn't a dodgy city. The only things I've heard of are that Fallowfield went through a point where a number of girls got abducted.

what?! were they okay/found safely? thats nasty!

[srascal8]

(Original post by ellakrystina)
Sigh. The user I replied to here was being extremely annoying and dramatic, thus I advised them that he'd only get shot if they pissed someone off (and from reading their posts, I can see why someone would).

The shooting of the man in Salford is considered to be a hate crime. Thus, the man's skin colour and nationality obviously did piss someone off. For someone to be murdered they do not have to actively piss someone off, it can be a psychological and fabricated reason created by the murderer.

So by being a different colour/nationality you're pissing someone off, thereby it is fine to be shot in the head... so you're saying by existing that Indian kid pissed someone off. Your reasoning is odd, it was a random racist killing, face that fact.

[fretter778]

Manchester is safe. I walk in and out of Moss Side once a week, the roughest area you're likely to go in as a student and nothing has happened.

[lonelykatana]

(Original post by srascal8)
Would you agree that if you stay in Manchester City Centre you are unlikely to get shot?

Your NOT likely to get shot ANYWHERE in Manchester. Its as simple as that.
you're better off wrapping your self in cotton wool if you honestly hold the views you've shared with us. Uni in a big city isn't for you!

There is a massive Asian community in Gunches... Sorry I mean MANchester.
One shot Indian doesnt change the fact its an extremely rare thing to happen in Manchester, or any other city of the UK. Neither should it reflect badly on the city, the residents of Salford have been out on the streets in support for the mans family.
The worst crime you'll come across is the occasional bike nicked or someone a friend of a friend knows beaten up for getting into trouble with the wrong chav.

I got to university in Salford, where the Indian was shot and have never felt unsafe there. I live in one of the ****tiest parts of Manchester, and have never felt unsafe there.
In fact, the only place I've felt unsafe was in the currymile (area with amassive asian population) where I told a drunk dickhead to stop staring at my girlfriends arse.

Manchester IS safe for students, its as simple as that.

(Original post by Muscovite)
Salford is not Manchester.

True, its not. Its a whole 42 meters of water away from Manchester!
Salford may be a city in its own right, but its not exactly a separate entity.
The shooting happened 2 miles away from oxford road, to put it in perspective...

(Original post by srascal8)
burnley

[ellakrystina]

(Original post by srascal8)
So by being a different colour/nationality you're pissing someone off, thereby it is fine to be shot in the head... so you're saying by existing that Indian kid pissed someone off. Your reasoning is odd, it was a random racist killing, face that fact.

You're an idiot.

[zubz91]

Manchester is all good if you dont wander off in the wrong places

[EllaService]

I've found Manchester to be in some ways quite calm and unfussy and in other ways, somewhat disturbing and disturbed. For example, in the City Centre there are quite a lot of angry, disturbed and possibly rather ill young people wondering around - the classic "chav" description fits but also something more, something aggressive and frightening about them. Of course, you can seek to avoid them, but there is a lot of bad behaviour in public places in central Manchester, even in the shopping centres. I don't know how often it turns violent, but judging from the local media and the often frenzied police activity, pretty often.

Of course, every big city suffers from its share of social misfits, angry poor people and people just out for trouble or to rob, but to me, coming from London and living in Manchester as a student, my general observation is that Manc is unusually full of such people.

I've been over to Salford a couple of times and it is all pretty grim and much worse than the areas near to Manchester Uni, but my friends and I have also all witnessed acts of unpleasant aggression such as fights and loud shouting/swearing near to the Man Uni campus, especially in supposedly safer areas like the curry mile.

[blueray]

Just be wary where ever you are.

[srascal8]

(Original post by EllaService)
I've found Manchester to be in some ways quite calm and unfussy and in other ways, somewhat disturbing and disturbed. For example, in the City Centre there are quite a lot of angry, disturbed and possibly rather ill young people wondering around - the classic "chav" description fits but also something more, something aggressive and frightening about them. Of course, you can seek to avoid them, but there is a lot of bad behaviour in public places in central Manchester, even in the shopping centres. I don't know how often it turns violent, but judging from the local media and the often frenzied police activity, pretty often.

Of course, every big city suffers from its share of social misfits, angry poor people and people just out for trouble or to rob, but to me, coming from London and living in Manchester as a student, my general observation is that Manc is unusually full of such people.

I've been over to Salford a couple of times and it is all pretty grim and much worse than the areas near to Manchester Uni, but my friends and I have also all witnessed acts of unpleasant aggression such as fights and loud shouting/swearing near to the Man Uni campus, especially in supposedly safer areas like the curry mile.

So from a London perspective, which is where I am also coming from, you would say Mancs is more rough and violent than London? First time I've heard that opinion. That's interesting, more worryingly, you say a lot of bad behaviour happens in the city centre, an area which is normally a safe part of any city. Have you witnessed racist attacks or is it your average drunken person starting a fight, is this on the street or in clubs as well?

[EllaService]

(Original post by srascal8)
So from a London perspective, which is where I am also coming from, you would say Mancs is more rough and violent than London? First time I've heard that opinion. That's interesting, more worryingly, you say a lot of bad behaviour happens in the city centre, an area which is normally a safe part of any city. Have you witnessed racist attacks or is it your average drunken person starting a fight, is this on the street or in clubs as well?

Well of course I am not saying that there aren't parts of London that are equally "violent" or have social misbehaviour on a comparable or worse scale - I live in a nice area in London and so am not too exposed. I think the comparison is between central areas - I would say central Manchester has a lot more obvious loutish and aggressive behaviour generally than does central London. I am sure that there are parts of London that have a lot worse than anywhere in Manchester, but I don't get to be there much. I haven't seen obviously racist behaviour in Manchester particularly. It's more of an implied threat of violent crime. I get the impression that street robbery is more common and street violence generally. This could be a false impression I admit.

[Captain_Birdseye]

The fact is any city will have a certain level of crime that you won't find in suburbia. But you won't find great live jazz clubs like Matt and phreds, amazing Chinese like red chilli, historic pubs like the old wellington, fantastic shopping centres like arndale, buzzing nightclubs like Sankeys and warehouse project. So either you want a city that has loads to offer and is pretty much safe so long as you take obvious precautions and stay out of areas you have no reason to go to anyway, you'll be fine. I have had the odd mate mugged in a taxi, or someone starting a fight in a club. But these are notable by their singularity. I had a drug endured dance (mainly twirls) when I lost my mate at 3am on the Piccadilly fountains area. I was fiiiiine! I do have a mate in Salford uni though, and it is most certainly a grimmer place. But the most trouble I had was a 12 year old asking me to buy him fags.