To ask you what the area you live in is actually like?

We're in a village in South Cambridgeshire. The kids are lovely. The teenage boys playing football recently let my 3 year old score a goal against them while we were walking past. They don't nick stuff from the village shop and put their change in the charity box. The behavioural issues at school are so minor that my mum (a retired school teacher who spent most of her career in Burnley) reads the school newsletter and laughs.

It's an absolute bubble of privilege, I worry I'm raising kids who are going to get swallowed whole and spat out when they eventually enter the real world. But given they are 7 and 3 I just enjoy it for now. I can figure out how to help them become streetwise later.

I’m North Somerset. Nailsea. I love it! Got to love Somerset ❤️

Chester. It’s not perfect but it’s been a good place to raise my boys. All went to an excellent school which I cannot deny demographically is catchment for more advantaged children

it’s a pretty, small city, not much culture but I’ve never worried about their safety. A lovely river, semi forested walks within the city, they all had a lot of sporting opportunities and clubs
Close enough to the Wirral and north Wales for countryside, beaches and lots of big walks.
Also very easy to get to Liverpool when they got to teenage years and wanted big town shops etc with their mates
im from Liverpool and all my immediate family live on the Wirral so that helps

A city on the coast south of London. We've got annoying youths here of course, and too many cars and not enough green space, but overall we love it! Feels very safe generally.

Village (c.3000 population) in Derbyshire. Love it here. Close to the M1, easy to get into Derby and Nottingham, lovely countryside walks, but good facilities and a great community. There’s some idiot kids, but it’s largely a good area to bring up a family.

I live in the suburb of a northern city and it is nothing like that. A range of ages play in the park and the teenagers are all polite. It is an expensive / middle class area overall but to be honest even when we’ve gone to other areas or a city centre park /soft play in normally surprised about how nice the kids are eg older ones showing mine how to use the skate ramps or complementing on their football skills

We moved 18 months ago to a semi rural, low crime area only to find since moving that approval has been given for social housing that will house recently released criminals that aren’t allowed to return to their inner London areas. There are nasty people everywhere.

I live in a very small town in Somerset. It’s very safe here - the kind of place where you don’t need to lock your doors, you very rarely hear of crimes and kids can meet up with their friends at the park, or go swimming in the river in the summer, and when they get a bit older there’s a train station from here that takes them to bigger towns and cities. I’m a keep myself to myself kind of person but there is also a lovely community and a surprising amount going on for such a small place. Excellent schools too.

Former mining/industrial town in the northwest. Lots of terraced houses, some areas a bit down trodden but surrounded by some leafy suburbs and some stunningly beautiful scenery.

South London/ Kent suburb. Very family friendly and all amenities within walking distance, yet when I look out my front window I can see fields.

Semi rural NW village. Really beautiful and safe. A five minute walk one way there is nothing but fields. It's safe. My DS played out (he's 22 now), the kids on the street play out riding bikes and kicking a ball. The son opposite has just got his first GF (he's about 14) and they sit snogging in the bench down the road! From 11/12 DS and his mates would walk the 10 minutes to the local park with no major roads to cross.

Village on outskirts of London. It's very safe, quiet, clean, lots of green space. Friendly. Lively. Very expensive now but wasn't when we first moved here.

Lovely town in East Scotland.
Kids play out from age 6/7.
All the schools in our town are good schools.
Loads of extra curricular activities - scouts, guides, dance, every sport going. Lots of nice parks.
Very low crime.
Good quality of life.
Good feeling of community.

NHS is a shit show though.

Ilkley West Yorkshire very nice very safe and very expensive!

It's rude to say I don't think swearing is a huge deal? You could have just clarified it was more than that rather than attacking.

In the 'nice' bit of a home county town that's got a bit of a reputation for not being nice. I love it.

There's a playground at the end of our street, I often see the year 6s of the local school there without parents but instead of being anti social they will actually play with my reception child and her friends. It's very cute.

I don't think it's okay, I'm sorry that you do. Perhaps that's part of the problem?
Good grief. Do you feel better about yourself for having been rude to a stranger?

it’s littering, graffiti, vile words, constant shouting and screaming and being horrible to one another
Okay yes, that sounds tough, unpleasant, and over the line. But it wasn't detailed in the OP or replies - You only described swearing/shouting, which is what I was discussing.

I grew up on a council estate, I am not a prude
So did I, and now I live somewhere very nice. I'd tell you where, your highness, but it's obviously beneath you.

Market town in the NW. The kids here seem mostly very polite, and I’ve worked in a local school. There’s lots of sporting activities to do here, and we’re equidistant between two small cities for cultural stuff. . The countryside is on our doorstep, and there’s a canal and river running through the town.

I’m in Frome in Somerset. I moved here 18 months ago from z3 north London. Frome appears to be a Marmite town but we like it. I like the sense of community and the quirkiness about it. I like being walking distance from the town centre but equally close to the countryside. I miss TfL and the diversity of London though.

what are your interests? Your kids interests? What sort of environment and facilities would you like in a new area?

Outskirts of a city in North Yorkshire. It’s very nice and I haven’t witnessed any anti social behaviour at the local playground.