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Croydon is a mix of very nice and very nasty....... I've grown up around there so am well aware of that.

Have you thought about carshalton or anywhere like that?
 
HST said:
Crime map of Croydon.

http://maps.met.police.uk/access.php?area=00AH&sort=rate

Fairfield is posh - I reckon they get burgled a lot.

ETA - Fairfield includes a bit of central Croydon - drunks duffing each other up.
Broad Green has always been rough.
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Fairfield includes East Croydon station through which 60 million billion people pass every day and the only people I know to have had bags snatched have been around there. Probably the same erm target audience for bags thieves the world over, busy stations with people looking a bit lost or worse for wear.

Broad Green presumably included West Croydon station, same thing. I live in Broad Green, its cool. Not very green at akl sadly, no nice parks or open spaces that close to me which is sad. By that I mean on my doorstep!


hash tag said:
We are thinking of moving, staying with in the general London area and have thought about moving back to Croydon. Is it a goer?
There are a few modern high rise developements there, quite high spec and would buy us a lot more than what we have now, should we do it, what do people think?
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What are you looking for in a place to live? where do you work and what do you like to do when you are not working? Do you have any hobbies interests? what sort of nightlife do you want, if any?
 
sim667 said:
Croydon is a mix of very nice and very nasty....... I've grown up around there so am well aware of that.

Have you thought about carshalton or anywhere like that?
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I think the OP is looking for a high rise development. I don't think there are any in carshalton. The ponds are nice.
 
Callie said:
Really not sure what use that is meant to be? Is there a point you are making that goes with it?
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That croydon is a big place and some parts are rough, others less so. I've worked with people who've bought property in broad green and they hate the area. I know people who live in new addington and they love it.
 
sim667 said:
I was laying into fornton heaf the other day totally forgetting thats where my dads from.....

He didn't half give me what for :D
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I grew up there... Not as bad as some people reckon. Though I wouldn't call it nice or anything. Just another bit of greater London really.
TruXta said:
Fort Neaf is as dull as Croydon and is shit for transport links.
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Course depends where you want to go. Regular busses to Brixton, trains to Clapham Junction, Victoria, London Bridge and further into Surrey etc.
 
As with any other area, visit it at least a few times before moving - not always during the weekend, not always at the same time of day. Bits of Croydon are okay, and it's probably not bad for commuting, but I hate the place.

BTW I don't regard the wide choice of public transport routes to leave Croydon as a point in its favour.
 
Callie said:
Fairfield includes East Croydon station through which 60 million billion people pass every day and the only people I know to have had bags snatched have been around there. Probably the same erm target audience for bags thieves the world over, busy stations with people looking a bit lost or worse for wear.

Broad Green presumably included West Croydon station, same thing. I live in Broad Green, its cool. Not very green at akl sadly, no nice parks or open spaces that close to me which is sad. By that I mean on my doorstep!




What are you looking for in a place to live? where do you work and what do you like to do when you are not working? Do you have any hobbies interests? what sort of nightlife do you want, if any?
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The Met site shows the main crime in Fairfield was anti-social behaviour - 137 cases, followed by violence against the person - 83 cases. Then we get to personal robbery, which will include bag snatching - 18 cases. So anti-social behaviour and violence are the biggies.
http://maps.met.police.uk/access.php?area=00AHGM&sort=rate&order=a

Broad Green has fewer anti-socials - 72, and fewer violence against the person - 55. It does however have 9 for most serious violence. Again anti-social behaviour and violence are the biggies.

http://maps.met.police.uk/access.php?area=00AHGH&sort=rate&order=a
 
HST said:
That croydon is a big place and some parts are rough, others less so. I've worked with people who've bought property in broad green and they hate the area. I know people who live in new addington and they love it.
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I dont think the crime stats for a borough nescessarily tell you anything about the area so its pretty useless without some kind of explanation as to why some of the stats might be so high eg fairfield containing the pubs/club/bars/high street shops/train stations.
 
loving the posts, croydon really is a marmite place ie love it or hate it....may i return to my op, moving BACK to croydon...have not lived there fir a long time. looking for comfortable modern flat with easy eccess to station...
 
When I last walked up Chepstow Road in Fairfield I was struck by the number of properties with those sliding security grills on the ground floor windows. Maybe a really good salesperson had been in the area.
 
Callie said:
I dont think the crime stats for a borough nescessarily tell you anything about the area so its pretty useless without some kind of explanation as to why some of the stats might be so high eg fairfield containing the pubs/club/bars/high street shops/train stations.
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I would agree, and personally I have never had the slightest bit of trouble in Croydon, but have been stabbed in Stockewell and nearly beaten to death in Clapham.
Mind you, I don't really do the town center much apart from the market, 101 records and south end restaurants.
Better and faster transport than a lot of places further in.
I miss being able to walk into the centre of London but I would really miss Lloyd Park, the woods, and the first sense of any kind of community that I have ever experienced in 20 years of London living.
 
ATOMIC SUPLEX said:
I would agree, and personally I have never had the slightest bit of trouble in Croydon, but have been stabbed in Stockewell and nearly beaten to death in Clapham.
Mind you, I don't really do the town center much apart from the market, 101 records and south end restaurants.
Better and faster transport than a lot of places further in.
I miss being able to walk into the centre of London but I would really miss Lloyd Park, the woods, and the first sense of any kind of community that I have ever experienced in 20 years of London living.
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woah! is 101 still open?! I thought they'd shut and gone a long, long time ago! never venture down that way.
 
Callie said:
woah! is 101 still open?! I thought they'd shut and gone a long, long time ago! never venture down that way.
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I only discovered it about a year or so ago.
Their records are always really well graded. They don't update the stock enough for me to go more than every couple of weeks though, and the 'just in' section has been pretty much the same massive unalphabetized wad for about two months.
 
ATOMIC SUPLEX said:
I only discovered it about a year or so ago.
Their records are always really well graded. They don't update the stock enough for me to go more than every couple of weeks though, and the 'just in' section has been pretty much the same massive unalphabetized wad for about two months.
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ahh but that means you can stand and rifle through :cool:
 
HST said:
When I last walked up Chepstow Road in Fairfield I was struck by the number of properties with those sliding security grills on the ground floor windows. Maybe a really good salesperson had been in the area.
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FWIW a lot of properties on this estate (not in Croydon have security grilles at the back or front doors, sometimes on the balconies too. It doesn't mean that the area's a crime hotspot now - a lot of the grilles on this estate were fitted over 14 years ago - but leaving them there after the trouble seems to have died down appears to help to keep people honest. :)
 
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