Would you knowingly move into...

[househuntinginthesouth]

A rough street if it were in a nice area?

Finally found a perfect house. Ticks all the boxes; right size, is within budget (I think it's so cheap because it's ex council), great area, close to local amenities and good schools etc...but...having looked at the Police website it seems like there's a lot of crime every single month. The surrounding roads-actually the entire area-there is no reported crime at all and the entire town has a low crime rate and is generally a safe place to live. Im wondering wether it's maybe just one family who is causing all of the problems in which case surely if we just avoid them and they aren't directly next to/opposite/too close to us it wouldn't be much of a problem? We'd keep ourselves to ourselves anyway. The road is pretty small and I find it strange there's so much in just this one little road?

Anyway question is, would you move there under these circumstances?

No I would not live in a rough street in a nice area. I was once tempted to move into a lovely flat but the street was rough so I said no. The area is more imporrtant than the property

No I wouldn't I'm afraid. We've just got rid of a problem family on our street...they ruined it for everyone for three years and stopped paying rent so the Landlord had to evict them which took ages.

Every night they would fight, shout and scream in their house and garden and up the street....they shouted abuse at other people and made threats.

They were scary and had awful visitors too. It's so much better now they're gone.

Nope!

No, I wouldn't. We live in a reasonably nice area and lived, for years, on a new build estate that is situated off a road of council housing. Every time there was an issue, it was down to someone on that road. Low level, irritating stuff such as noise, litter, graffiti ect and it was always the same people. Thefts, vandalism, arson, all from the same street.
Locally, the area has an outstanding primary school and a lovely village feel, but that one street - just no.
We moved two minutes down the road and I got some of my car insurance refunded. That says it all, I think.

No I wouldn't.
Giving what the police website says about crimes every month id be staying far away tbh

Nope. Lived in a rental on a nice street but with an awful family next door. Constant police call outs, I didn't feel safe coming home on my own at night, awful drunken brawls outside - got used to waking up to the police dogs and police vans outside.

Really affected me. I was trying to move when fortunately their landlord turned up one night with 2 heavies and moved them on.

I think that you need to dig deeper. I remember reading once about a crime "hot spot". It turned out to be down to one address - and that was a school which had hundreds of people coming and going all day so of course there was going to be lots of stuff going on.
Can you talk to neighbours and find out the real situation rather than bare statistics?

Could you speak to a Police Community Liaison person to understand am bit more about what the stats represent? Yes, is there a park/school/shopping centre etc that gets added into this address on the crime map?

No, where I live is rough but all I could afford at the time I moved here. To give you an idea: The kids are so loud and destructive. They go through recycling and break all the glass onto the pavement so there is constantly broken glass everywhere. Vandalise bus stop, pull guttering and pipes from buildings. There's lots of untrained dogs so barking can be heard at all hours up and down the street. Regularly hear loud arguments in the street (adults) and there's very obviously drugs and related crime. I rent and it's cheap (only reason I'm still here is I 've been saving to buy elsewhere and cannot bloody wait!) but my neighbour owns and is selling. They've had barely any interest. Living here has put me off ever living in a not so nice place ever again if it can be helped.

What is the crime reported? Is it a high level of theft which can be explained by there being a shop for example? Or domestic abuse incidents which whilst awful are not a reflection on the street itself. The police UK categories are very broad, I would dig a little deeper and seek out the local PCSO as well and get their view.

If I was buying more than half of the street then maybe, but just one house, nope.

From experience (hence my username 🤣) if it’s within 3-4 houses of you it might be an issue : try to find out more (I would knock on doors of the neighbours of your house and ask about the street - not direct next door but one or 2 over

No. It's no use that the general area is nice if the street your house is on is awful. We have just moved to a lovely quiet cul de sac from a noisy, 'rough' (well, rougher) area and I can't believe the difference.

Noooooooooooooo

No way

Bad street in nice area - no, not if I had any other options.

But the crime stats might be an anomaly in the way they record it, so I’d want to understand that better.