[PVisitors]

(Original post by nulli tertius)
Some of the figures look rather dodgy. The data is supposed to record crime rates per thousand in wards within three miles of the main campus.

Wrexham at 10
Northampton at 14
Norwich at 33
Bournemouth at 35
Lincoln at 36
Worcester at 38
Carlisle at 42



Sheffield at 45 and 46
Liverpool at 52 and 58 (but no John Moores)
Newcastle at 65 and 67

To be fair in relation to Newcastle, it is regarded on the whole to be one of the safest 'major' cities in the country and the actual Newcastle University campus IIRC is situated closer towards the more affluent area of Newcastle, certainly the back end is quite close to Jesmond. I wouldn't say Newcastle is a discrepancy as it has always consistently been the towards the top end of 'safe' university cities.

[M4LLY]

London Mets probably not in the initial table as its got such a high crime rate that its off the scale

[James A]

looooooooooool london met,

poor academics and high crime rate what more can you ask, eh ?

[nulli tertius]

(Original post by PVisitors)
To be fair in relation to Newcastle, it is regarded on the whole to be one of the safest 'major' cities in the country and the actual Newcastle University campus IIRC is situated closer towards the more affluent area of Newcastle, certainly the back end is quite close to Jesmond. I wouldn't say Newcastle is a discrepancy as it has always consistently been the towards the top end of 'safe' university cities.

I accept the point about Newcastle compared with other major cities but I will take a lot of convincing the data is robust in comparison with the towns and cathedral cities I have quoted.

Although Wrexham isn't the most attractive place to live, the idea that it is a crime hot spot seems very wide of the mark.

[River85]

(Original post by nulli tertius)
I accept the point about Newcastle compared with other major cities but I will take a lot of convincing the data is robust in comparison with the towns and cathedral cities I have quoted.

Although Wrexham isn't the most attractive place to live, the idea that it is a crime hot spot seems very wide of the mark.

Newcastle, for a major city,and wider Tyneside, has long had a relatively low crime rate (around the national average - or below average for an urban area) It compares favourably with affluent areas of London such as Kensignton. Sheffield too.

But I suppose we must remember that it is only reported crime, and different forces do record crimes in different ways with a lot of politics involved in them. I wouldn't play much faith in these statistics nor do they convince me that Wrexham has high crime.

[littleone271]

(Original post by 321zero)
Very much so. Fratton, Southsea, Eastney and Milton are mostly terrace housing full of working class people. The only expensive bit of Portsmouth is Gunwharf and Old Portsmouth which are both absolutely tiny. The only people that live in Gunwharf are not from Portsmouth, mostly foreign students (Russians mainly).

And Portsmouth is one of the, if not the, cheapest place to live on the south coast.

Oh fair enough.. I don't do much travelling. I spend all my time in a nice quiet area of kent, little bit boring but at least nobody will 'knife' me. lol to be honest I didn't even know any of those places counted as cities.. My geography isn't great..