Please someone be honest, is it really that bad?

[Coffeetimeagain]

In the uk now?

I’m British but live in another European country, I want to move back but Dh is adamant it’s too dangerous and wouldn’t be the best for Dd
All I keep seeing on my Ig is all these attacks and frightening things, is this realistic where you are??
I am seeing all of Europe is becoming more dangerous, including where we are and it makes me worried

For some reason I’m developing a bit of anxiety about this, so want honest answers if possible 🙏

This......
Where I live (growing city close to the recent train knife attack) I have noticed a decline since moving here 20 years ago (cuts , austerity etc)
Where my sister lives ( home counties ) and where my parents live (Dorset) far less change / decline
Depends where you want to live.
Agree about paying for private healthcare if you can.
Depends where you are moving from and how bad that is
Unsure that alternative European countries are better (if you would qualify to stay etc)

SW London here, - everywhere has issues but I wouldn't say it is "dangerous". I'm quite happy walking round and have never felt unsafe.

I’m really pissed off with the UK right now, but don’t feel it’s unsafe at all. I am lucky to live in a nice town, I imagine that makes a big difference, same as in any country.

The media has no interest in safe places, no click value, too boring. It's the same with any topic you choose and in every country, Shakespeare nailed it 'the evil that men do lives on, the good is oft interred with their heart', I used to tell my pupils this, it's hard to lose a bad reputation.

The good news is there's plenty of vape shops and Turkish barbers on every UK high street. Makes life so much easier.

Well we live in SC and it feels very safe here.No where it is perfect,and there will be problems in any country. I do think the UK seems to be being "talked down" ATM .Maybe because of our rather colonial past or other reasons I dont know .An episode of "Escape to the Country " yesterday .featured a lady living in Canada 20 years ,desperate to come back to England . We have RL in Australia and its a mixed bag there as well

Of course it isn’t more dangerous! Where does your husband get his information from? He needs better sources!

No. I live in an inner city and while there's a shooting or stabbing fairly often (drugs/gangs) it doesn't impact us at all. There's a ridiculous amount of disinformation and inflammatory rhetoric going around.

I haven’t seen any escalation of violence or threat in my area or life. Whether statistically there is, I couldn’t say. People are certainly moodier and feeling the pinch. There is increased raicism (I haven’t seen it but I am white and the rallies and flags show it I think).

In my experience, yes. I live in a city that has had a massive rise in knife crime and has an absolutely useless police force, terrible secondary schools and a major drug problem.

Even the place I am originally from - previously a relatively quiet but very deprived welsh village - now has a knife crime and drug epidemic.

of course, these are just two places in the country. There may be some lovely places in the UK that aren’t affected by these issues. There are some systematic issues effecting the country as a whole though.

Healthcare in this country has absolutely crumbled and we are dealing with the fall out from that in our schools and workplaces, even if we aren’t suffering ourselves. Wages are a complete joke and food prices are sky high. People in general seem a lot more stressed and insular than they did maybe a decade ago.

If I didn't watch the news I wouldn't have a clue about anything going on, all feels safe in my village.
If I didn't come on mumsnet I wouldn't worry about what the government are doing.
Personally I like living here, and the beautiful parts are still beautiful.

I live in a village - biggest local crime is some youths taking eggs from a honesty box & not paying. They were traced by local busybodies and shamed by the community into parting with the requisite £2. So yeah, I feel pretty safe

Where do you get this information from? There are many problems here at the moment but it is no more dangerous than any country in Europe or beyond. There was a comment on here the other day saying how dangerous they thought Sydney and Melbourne had become. Rural Wales obviously less 'dangerous' than certain parts of a big city, but I personally have not seen any difference over the past 30 in my part of London.

If I’m to believe social media such as X then yes it’s in absolute ruin BUT that is not the reality. I live in London and have family and friends all over the city. What I have noticed is high cost of living reflected in all areas as cash strapped authorities and businesses can no longer clear up graffiti and litter, schools lacking funding, people have less money so jump through tube barriers and yes I see the occasional shop lifter. I just popped to my local high street and many shops have closed down and been replaced by discount stores, and takeaways

The multiculturalism that media turn into such a negative is nothing like I see in real life but I have noticed that my friends are becoming more suspicious of ethnic minorities due to their portrayal in the media.This is a big problem as we can’t live our lives living with suspicion and fear.

Politicians and media need to be held accountable for the division being caused for political gain.

I work in Manchester. My views on it vary from 'gritty northern Powerhouse' to 'grubby dangerous shithole'. I very much have the shithole vibe at the moment

Well I’ve recently witnessed a machete attack at work and a colleague was stabbed and very nearly killed. Where I live feels safe though. The COL is insane, the NHS is fucked along with all other public services, and they’re probably about to raise our taxes, so I wouldn’t recommend it TBH.

Depends where you are looking to move back to and how long you have been gone. A nice Yorkshire village is similar to it's always been, however you may find a town such as Bradford or city such as Birmingham quite different with more deprivation.

Especially if you want to launder money or get drugs

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/crime-rate-by-country

This has a nice coloured map UK okay - could be better but many places worse.

Plus within UK and image most other counrties it will be highly patchy.

But I do think many areas espailly town centers do feel run down to 12-20 years ago - potholes are a huge issue in current city - and they weren't 10 years ago.

It is the news. International news constantly shows the negative things about the UK.

Top story recently about the UK is the mass stabbing of people on the train in England.

The international news depicts the UK as a gang ridden murderous place, with people getting shot and stabbed every week.

This does happen, but the news never reports on the good things that happen

I've never seen an issue, anywhere.

Nope, love it where I live. Can pretty much guarantee there are scary dangerous parts of your country showing up on someone else’s IG feed.

You are still able to move to another country. If it's something you want find the country you want to move to and look into the Visa requirements.