How safe is Wood Green? - Harringay online2024-03-28T13:41:48Zhttps://harringayonline.com/forum/topics/how-safe-is-wood-green?feed=yes&xn_auth=noI've lived in London for 43 y…tag:harringayonline.com,2016-02-01:844301:Comment:8331102016-02-01T01:14:40.921ZFinsbury Park Rangerhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/FinsburyParkRanger
I've lived in London for 43 years and I pretty much know everywhere in it really well from working all over the place and I personally think that you can't do better than buying a property in Wood Green. It's got amazing transport links, enjoys a quite a bright looking future in terms of future investment and if you can get a place near the foothills of Ally Pally, it will almost feel like you live in the country.<br />
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Regarding crime, it's London. Bigger the city, more crime you get. On average…
I've lived in London for 43 years and I pretty much know everywhere in it really well from working all over the place and I personally think that you can't do better than buying a property in Wood Green. It's got amazing transport links, enjoys a quite a bright looking future in terms of future investment and if you can get a place near the foothills of Ally Pally, it will almost feel like you live in the country.<br />
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Regarding crime, it's London. Bigger the city, more crime you get. On average 15% more every time a city doubles in size but everything else gets a 15% increase. The parties are 15% better. The jobs are paid 15% more. Transport tends to become 15% better. That's the deal when human beings get together. More stuff gets achieved for good and bad and in a more efficient way. It's the trade off. Wood Green is no worse than anywhere else apart from more people means more stuff happens and the universe is blind when it comes to supporting new initiatives and helping burgoning industries, it will help them regardless of their relationship to the law. Glad to hear you feel settled…tag:harringayonline.com,2016-01-30:844301:Comment:8328022016-01-30T19:45:12.070ZAngelahttps://harringayonline.com/profile/Angela
<p>Glad to hear you feel settled here now.</p>
<p>I've lived here for over 20 years and it's no worse than any other part of London, or other large town, or the suburbs, or the provinces, or small town etc. It just has a bad reputation in the press (mostly unjustified)</p>
<p>Glad to hear you feel settled here now.</p>
<p>I've lived here for over 20 years and it's no worse than any other part of London, or other large town, or the suburbs, or the provinces, or small town etc. It just has a bad reputation in the press (mostly unjustified)</p> I have to say that having liv…tag:harringayonline.com,2016-01-30:844301:Comment:8326172016-01-30T16:12:09.258ZKl771https://harringayonline.com/profile/Kl771
I have to say that having lived here for 5 months, the area is wrongly given a bad reputation. It can be scary when you look at the news and see all things that happen but I would say that's more of a London thing, then simply a wood green thing! Alexandra Palace is beautiful (and still Wood Green) and there are also some amazing restaurants down green lanes! You should try them if you are ever back around here. And the patisseries are so good! Best of all, compared to the rest of London,…
I have to say that having lived here for 5 months, the area is wrongly given a bad reputation. It can be scary when you look at the news and see all things that happen but I would say that's more of a London thing, then simply a wood green thing! Alexandra Palace is beautiful (and still Wood Green) and there are also some amazing restaurants down green lanes! You should try them if you are ever back around here. And the patisseries are so good! Best of all, compared to the rest of London, eating out and going places is so cheap! I was wary before I moved here but I'm really enjoying it. I have never witnessed or been subject to any crime and people are friendly. You should give it another shot! :) Hi Wary, Nothing wrong with b…tag:harringayonline.com,2016-01-30:844301:Comment:8325992016-01-30T00:46:27.324Zdmhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/dm
<p>Hi Wary, Nothing wrong with being careful, but you are so wrong on so many counts. And from your comments you would never go anywhere if you rely on anecdotes. You have to see that papers,news stations, etc generally portray bad stuff.</p>
<p><span>"a known fact that those with crime on their minds target areas where they have less chance of being spotted or watched, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">in other words high traffic areas.</span>"</span></p>
<p>" a known fact"??- I don't…</p>
<p>Hi Wary, Nothing wrong with being careful, but you are so wrong on so many counts. And from your comments you would never go anywhere if you rely on anecdotes. You have to see that papers,news stations, etc generally portray bad stuff.</p>
<p><span>"a known fact that those with crime on their minds target areas where they have less chance of being spotted or watched, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">in other words high traffic areas.</span>"</span></p>
<p>" a known fact"??- I don't know that much mugging happens on the motorway apart from the quality and price of food in service stations.</p>
<p>"Random smackheads" . If we were so worried who would have gone to see the Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Lou Reed, etc.</p>
<p>Rather than travelling from Wood Green perhaps on your next visit you coulld get a bus up from Crouch End where an extremely rare and more sophisticated crime might, ever so slightly, occur.You may be accosted by a boring cokehead or a cool spliffhead.</p>
<p>Or, as is more likely, nothing will happen at all and you'll enjoy yoursef.</p>
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<p></p> So wary you 'had to look at t…tag:harringayonline.com,2016-01-29:844301:Comment:8326742016-01-29T19:55:48.166Zdoughttps://harringayonline.com/profile/dougsharp
<p>So wary you 'had to look at this issue because I was coming to an event at Alexandra palace and had to catch the bus up there from wood green tube'. It's great that you can come on here and share your extensive knowledge of the local area - thanks very much.</p>
<p>I have lived no more than 50m from that stretch of road from Wood Green tube to Ally Pally. I've lived here for nearly 20 years and have never been 'taken out by a random smackhead'. I did however once see someone jump the barrier…</p>
<p>So wary you 'had to look at this issue because I was coming to an event at Alexandra palace and had to catch the bus up there from wood green tube'. It's great that you can come on here and share your extensive knowledge of the local area - thanks very much.</p>
<p>I have lived no more than 50m from that stretch of road from Wood Green tube to Ally Pally. I've lived here for nearly 20 years and have never been 'taken out by a random smackhead'. I did however once see someone jump the barrier at Wood Green tube - it will haunt me forever.</p> If we're basing it on the LBC…tag:harringayonline.com,2016-01-29:844301:Comment:8322342016-01-29T14:57:22.323ZAndrewAW1https://harringayonline.com/profile/Andrew499
<p>If we're basing it on the LBC website I'd also steer clear of Kensington and Chelsea, sounds pretty scary <a href="http://www.lbc.co.uk/kensington--chelsea-29640" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.lbc.co.uk/kensington--chelsea-29640</a></p>
<p>Crime in Wood Green is always going to be higher than average as it's a shopping area, lots of shoplifting, pick-pockets, etc. Oxford St is similar if you look at crime hotspots, as are large parts of Central London.</p>
<p>The crime map is…</p>
<p>If we're basing it on the LBC website I'd also steer clear of Kensington and Chelsea, sounds pretty scary <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.lbc.co.uk/kensington--chelsea-29640" target="_blank">http://www.lbc.co.uk/kensington--chelsea-29640</a></p>
<p>Crime in Wood Green is always going to be higher than average as it's a shopping area, lots of shoplifting, pick-pockets, etc. Oxford St is similar if you look at crime hotspots, as are large parts of Central London.</p>
<p>The crime map is here <a rel="nofollow" href="http://maps.met.police.uk/" target="_blank">http://maps.met.police.uk/</a> It's worth looking at it and comparing different crime types, regions, etc. If you filter down to Most Serious Violence (I assume that's the category that matches "taken out by a random smackhead") then Wood Green, although above average, isn't as bad as other areas such as Archway, Straftford, Covent Garden, Westminster, Mayfair, </p>
<p>Your username is obviously well chosen but ruling out large parts of London due to a very small chance of crime seems overly cautious.</p> The same was siad of Brixton…tag:harringayonline.com,2016-01-29:844301:Comment:8322212016-01-29T13:45:18.611ZJJ Bhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/JJB
<p>The same was siad of Brixton when I lived there and p</p>
<p>The same was siad of Brixton when I lived there and p</p> This is interesting. Have you…tag:harringayonline.com,2016-01-29:844301:Comment:8322022016-01-29T12:25:20.399ZNezhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/Nez
<p>This is interesting. Have you got a link to the police crime report you mention?</p>
<p>Did you feel unsafe getting the bus to Wood Green? Did you feel more unsafe than getting the bus in any other part of London?</p>
<p>This is interesting. Have you got a link to the police crime report you mention?</p>
<p>Did you feel unsafe getting the bus to Wood Green? Did you feel more unsafe than getting the bus in any other part of London?</p> I think all you really need t…tag:harringayonline.com,2016-01-29:844301:Comment:8321992016-01-29T11:52:20.898Zwaryhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/wary
I think all you really need to know can be read here. <a href="http://www.lbc.co.uk/haringey-news-29630" target="_blank">http://www.lbc.co.uk/haringey-news-29630</a> I think people saying that the area and highstreet around woodgreen tube are full of people and should be safe is crazy because its a known fact that those with crime on their minds target areas where they have less chance of being spotted or watched, in other words high traffic areas. The police reports show an increase in crime…
I think all you really need to know can be read here. <a href="http://www.lbc.co.uk/haringey-news-29630" target="_blank">http://www.lbc.co.uk/haringey-news-29630</a> I think people saying that the area and highstreet around woodgreen tube are full of people and should be safe is crazy because its a known fact that those with crime on their minds target areas where they have less chance of being spotted or watched, in other words high traffic areas. The police reports show an increase in crime this year around woodgreen, shows it as red hot. Im sure they are not wrong. I recently had to look at this issue because I was coming to an event at Alexandra palace and had to catch the bus up there from wood green tube. It was no consolation to me that most of the crime happened two streets over on the east side. criminals have legs and can walk and catch a bus just like me and hang around the stations. So No I will not risk it I work too hard to be taken out by a random smackhead. I suggest you read a recent blog of a young teacher who lived and taught in the area and has since left. Hope you find something decent . Peace Wood Green gets a lot of bad…tag:harringayonline.com,2015-07-29:844301:Comment:7770042015-07-29T10:56:32.942ZSophie Smithhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/SophieSmith
<p>Wood Green gets a lot of bad press (someone I know calls it 'Ugly Town') but I find it's a bloody useful place to shop. No it isn't glamorous but it's got everything you need for the more practical shopping like mop buckets. It's also very friendly I think and I find the shopkeepers very friendly. Every teacher I know seems to live at Turnpike Lane. I feel a bit less comfortable walking home from there at night than I do lower down Green Lanes towards Manor House.</p>
<p>Gang colours are…</p>
<p>Wood Green gets a lot of bad press (someone I know calls it 'Ugly Town') but I find it's a bloody useful place to shop. No it isn't glamorous but it's got everything you need for the more practical shopping like mop buckets. It's also very friendly I think and I find the shopkeepers very friendly. Every teacher I know seems to live at Turnpike Lane. I feel a bit less comfortable walking home from there at night than I do lower down Green Lanes towards Manor House.</p>
<p>Gang colours are green apparently if you want to try wearing that!</p>