Life in Roslin?

[ThisMauveMoose]

Hello all, I’ve been seriously considering moving to one of the newbuilds in Roslin outside of Edinburgh. It seems to be a very good location for us for many reasons but there seems to have been some criminal activity as of late, which makes me worry for my family’s safety! I’ve seen reports of car theft and attempted burglaries in the new estates - I know the internet usually highlights the worst things and doesn’t show the good so I wonder if anybody here has personal experience with the area and could let me know if they feel safe there with their family?

We have good friends who live in the kilburn wood properties and they love it. We've not asked them specifically about burglaries but they haven't told us of any problems. It's a good area but the roads in and out of Edinburgh are awful. Can take us 40 minutes coming out of south Edinburgh to their house instead of 20-25 minutes at peak times. The local school is good too. Their child starts school in 2 years so not quite there yet.

That’s good to hear! The buses are not great because I’d the traffic but with wfh it is doable for us & close to nature, which is important to us. We’ve particularly looked at the area where all the Taylor Wimpey and David Wilson houses are based and groups of youths seem to have been coming through the area and causing quite a bit of trouble at night including car theft and trying people’s doors. I wouldn’t be surprised if they were targeting other estates in the area too. :( It’s just made me very unsure about living there. On the other hand, these groups now seem to target all of the areas and new estates so it’s hard to avoid them I suppose.