Bournemouth uni

[Duchess87]

Hi , my child is hoping to attend Bournemouth uni has this beautiful resort really gone downhill ? Crime & drugs

There are issues. One is that hotels housing asylum seekers are in the same part of town as students on a night out and there can be cultural misunderstanding. Its not nearly as bad as the Daily Mail make out but some awareness and caution is probably wise.

No worse than any other city. The whole country has gone downhill really. Wouldn't put me off if that's where I wanted to go.

I moved to Bournemouth from London 10yrs ago and it's perfectly fine. Of course there are issues here like anywhere but it's pretty sleepy really. That's probably why when things do happen they get a lot of publicity! It always makes me laugh when people make Bournemouth (or even our slightly boho neighbour Boscombe) out to be some kind of slum-ridden hellhole. Our current biggest problem is swans on the Wessex Way

Dd is at uni in Bournemouth. It’s fine.
There are a few neighbourhoods she’d avoid in the evening - but equally I was told to avoid certain areas in Bristol when I studied there over 30 years ago!
Overall dd has been very impressed with the uni and has had a lovely time there.

Most of the Uni is placed WAY out of Town in talbot woods

@Duchess87 When did you last go to Oxford? Many cities are like this.

Tizer, I appreciate from previous postings that you know a lot about Bournemouth.

There is a specific issue around who lives in the elderly seaside hotels. The council managed to turn round the 1990s problems with benefit tourists in part because the growth of the Universities meant students crowded others out of cheaper accommodation, along with some quite interesting regeneration in Boscombe (back of the net).

Since then private contractors have constructed purpose built student accommodation and the government has moved asylum seekers into the hotels/HMOs. This has led to issues. However concentrated in specific areas. You will be fine in Sandbanks.

Bournemouth is not a city and still has a bit of a sleepy feel. Weirdly the population of the BCP conurbation is not that much lower than Bristol. There are a lot more areas in Bristol that I would be more wary of at night.

OP I would not get too worried. Following a couple of incidents I assume the University will be giving advice to students. The Mail seems to have tasked an ambitious intern to reading the Bournemouth Echo. The town gets more than its share of coverage.

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The town centre, like a lot of towns, is run down, empty shops etc. The biggest issue is the homelessness on.the streets and blatant drug use. On the whole it's not much different to a lot of places but it's certainly not the lovely town it once was.