Will We Be Safe from Racism?

[BlueHolly]

We are a family of 3 me, my wonderful hardworking husband and our funny and confident daughter. We are looking to move to Shropshire, and focusing our search around the Shrewsbury, Ironbridge, Coalbrookdale, Shifnal and Bridgnorth areas. We currently live around Birmingham but want a safe place to bring up our little girl, so thought Shropshire would be perfect. But the more I look at local news and on local Facebook pages to get a feeling for these areas the more racism I see. I am White British, my husband is British Pakistani and our daughter is mixed race. My husband can deal with Racism, he has for his whole life, but it's not something in 2025 I want my daughter to deal with. We wanted to move somewhere quiet and safe, but will we be safe from Racism? Thank you from a very worried mummy 🩷

Are you set on Shropshire? Warwick might be worth a look, it's a nice town with good schools and green spaces, it feels very safe. You'd also be near Leamington which has a bit more going on.

I think we may struggle to get what we want house wise in Warwick and it wouldn't be ideal for my husband's work, I don't think, but may be worth a look. Do you have any experience of Shropshire atall?

Shrewsbury is a lovely town, very pretty, but Shropshire as a whole isn't the most diverse place in the world (that's not to say it's racist!)

I don't think it's just about active racism but about feeling different/ 'other'. Ideally you want some others of her race/ other races around as it can feel like you're the odd one out even if people are nice to you. It's not a situation I would choose to put my kids in if you have other choices.