I'm in my first year at Keele, living on campus, however a friend of mine who is on my course lives off campus in her family home. As far as I can tell, she has had no trouble making friends, so I wouldn't worry too much! You're bound to find people you get on with in your lectures and the societies you join, just be sure to talk to as many people as you can!
Myself and a couple of other classmates also set up a course chat on Facebook before starting, and it helped us to get to know each other a bit before we started, which therefore helped with making friends, so that's one thing I would recommend doing. It has more than 30 of us in it now, and it allows us to keep in touch and help each other out with the work too