Musings of a London Property Search Agent

Research produced by Money Supermarket.com and published by Findaproperty.com shows that 7 Greater London postcode districts have been classified as some of the highest risk areas for burglary in the UK.  2 other areas in the South-East appear: Canvey Island in Essex and Reading in Berkshire.

Brentford and West Norwood top the list for London, where 4.76% and 4.55% of households respectively have submitted insurance claims for burglary or theft in the last 12 months.  Other London areas highlighted are Mill Hill, Crouch End, Kingston Upon Thames, EC1V – part of the City of London and Streatham.

The good news for Londoners is that although London dominates the bottom half of the top 20, the highest risk area of London, is number 6 on the list, after Doncaster, Bristol, Canvey Island, Nottingham and Birmingham.

Interested readers may be interested in our blog of when we also discussed the new crime map produced by the Met, which shows rather different results. The London Property Search Agent always establishes burglary and unruly behaviour issues during their searches.

http://www.manseandgarretproperty.com/property/house-prices/met-police-crime-maps

http://www.findaproperty.com/displaystory.aspx?edid=00&salerent=0&storyid=22653

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Musings of a London Property Finder

Ahh the joys of technology!  Not only can the property anoraks amongst you discover the price that noisy family at number 17 got for their shambolic home, you can also check out the crime figures in your area – by map.

With the number of teenage stabbings in the capital over the last 18 months you’d think you would be able to check out whether the new house you’ve been drooling over is in the street  in which the local hoodies hang out.  However, as yet it’s robberies and street crime which is mapped, although it is fairly straight forward to find data on other crimes and the police are inviting requests for other information. 

The map is perhaps useful if you are considering a number of different areas, but areas like Westminster in particular may appear particularly high to eyes with little knowledge of London.  The fact that Oxford Street and many tourist areas fall within it’s boundaries help to explain why the apparently crime-ridden borough,  is actually rather a desirable place to live.

It is also useful at street level, but inevitably some results look a little odd.  For those with the good fortune to live in Upper Berkeley Street or George Street, the position of the home within each street will denote whether they live in an area of high or average crime.  Those living in white stucco in Hyde Park Gardens, Sussex Square etc can rejoice in lower than average crime figures and look down on neighbouring Tony and Cherie in Connaught Village, who have to put up with average crime.  Maybe the figures refer to the coppers outside their house nicking the last of the Fortnum’s florentines?  Contact this London Property finder do the hard groundwork of finding your next home!

http://maps.met.police.uk/

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