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Posted by davesgcr on Sun Mar 13 07:17:23 2005, in response to Re: London news, posted by Deaks on Sun Mar 13 05:41:22 2005. Re "dodgy areas" - frankly - areas of high "public housing" tend to be the worse in terms of crime - though this can be very localised - even down to a few streets - the plan is to reduce the number of the 1960s era "deck access" flats and replace with smaller blocks or even terraced housing with "defensible space" - some of the worst GLC "estates" like Chalk Hill (near Neasden depot) and Stonebridge Park (on the Bakerloo) are good examples - some can be saved - the Kidbrooke Estate in South London is being refurbished - a bit of both demolition and refubing 1s happening on the North Peckham estate.Thankfully - the worst excesses of the 1960s planners were never realised which would have led to the demoliton of even more of inner london and even more frantic replacing now !Many tower blocks are now either refurbished (often for private tenants as near Clapham Junction) - or demolished (as in Hackney and much of East London) There is an excellent crime map of London - the worst areas statistically was Paddington (to do with the station and "transient population - though this area is now gentrifying fast) - along with the usual suspects of Peckham and inner East London / Lea valley.A friend who is a serving police officer intimated that much suburban crime was paralleled by access from inner London to the richer pickings of suburbia - hence correlations with linear access from poorer areas to more prosperous ones. Incidentally - one of the most insalubrious areas in London - the walk from Kings Cross to Kings Cross Thameslink via the street - is now - at least in daylight hours - massively better than it used to be now that the floating population of crack dealers etc has been moved on - but not sure where to ! |
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