What the hell is wrong with Sheffield? I just moved here.

[al82]

Hi

 

I lived in London for 7 years and never had a problem, i sow on average 1-2 people in trouble because of violence a year and never had a problem with my car.

 

I have been here for FIVE weeks and have:

 

1)While driving home from UGC cinema seen a guy legging it with a bag in his hand and a little further up a woman on her knees looking in shock.

 

2)Seen another person legging it with a bag near that area.

 

3) THIS REALLY GOT ME P.Oed, my car was parked in my drive way (i live off the bottom of london road) and i woke up this morning to find my tire slashed,my door lock broken and my stero missing.

 

Starting to think i made a big mistake moving here from london, i onlly moved here because its cheaper and for uni.

 

I live at the bottom of london road, after all the shops on a road with houses only, i only have 8 more weeks under this address then i can move,can anyone suggest where is a good place to live in sheffield,not too far from city centre and sheffield uni.

[JoeP]

You've had a very unfortunate introduction to this city.

 

I've lived here for abou 18 or so years and in that time witnessed / experinced a little crime (car broken in to, some road / cyclist rage). However, it took visits to London to get my bag stolen and working in Leeds to witness some serious street violence and the odd shooting.

 

I hope that your experiences with Sheffield improve; it really isn't as bad as your experiences would make you think.

 

I live in Walkley - a short bus ride joins us to both Uni and city centre. You might like to look at Crookes / Broomhill.

 

Joe

[al82]

THANK YOU for your advise on the areas, i had a few others suggest crookes, will check out houses near there tomorrow.

 

Thanks for your advise.

[Martin_s]

Don't forget it's Xmas time as well and thieves will be seeing this as golden opportunity to knock off the odd punter with their goodies... Add to that copious celebratory drinks and it all adds up to a rather skewed time of year..

 

But yeah, not the nicest of areas... Best of luck... people up here really are a heck of a lot more personable than in London though... Give it time ...

[Strix]

I have a theory. The woman whose bag you saw snatched took your registration, and when you didn't give a witness statement to the police, she gave you a 'see how you like it' visit.

 

Am I wrong? If so, I'll edit this out if you ask.

 

Have you been to the 'do you believe there's a god?' thread?

 

PS. I'm not local either

[sally_sheff]

i have 3 bed semi with garage for rent from mid January not too far away but in very nice area -olive grove area, 10 mins into city centre, close to train station, 51 bus route.

 

£480pcm

[theflyingfish]

Contrary to the hysterical media, my perception of crime is that it is far worse in provinciaL cities than the captital, especially that nasty random "you looking at my bird" violence. That never happens in London - mostly becasue people are too occupied and having a good time doing whatever they want to do (whatever you want in London) compared to provincial cites and small towns in particular where the entertainment is limited to drinking and the frustration bubbles over...

 

Reading, Hertford, Canterbury...there's some places I lived where threats of random violence was far bigger than any bigger city.

 

I beleive that S Yorks actually has a very low crime rate as a whole, but I know at least three people (myself invcluded) who have been burgled in the last year and two people who were randomly attacked (resulting in visits to hospital) and that is in a 'nice area'.

[Macca]

I've lived in London, and I didn't have one problem whilst there.

 

I've been here for three years now, and whilst I've never experienced any grief first hand, I have had people force their way into my house on my lodger. They were looking for the former owner, who apparently was a bit of a crim (Incidentally - the intruders were from London!). They didn't harm my lodger, but they cetrainly shook him up - however I was never worried they would return, and sure enough, they haven't.

I still would've liked to be in when they turned up though.

 

Overall, neither city scares me, and I'm not worried to walk the streets of either.

 

However, I am not blind, merely lucky.

People get attacked, robbed and assaulted in every major town and city in this country every day.

 

You can deny that it happens in your home town if you want, but it does.

 

to paraphrase a famous philosipher (I think!)..."If a stabbed man falls down in the street, and there is no-one around to see him, does he still make a noise?"

 

Yes he does, he says "ouch"

 

al82 - nobody is victimising you, you have just been unfortunate enough to witness the lowest side of BRITISH society firsthand.

[Strix]

Is this just the problem of moving to a new city?

 

If you're born in a place, you grow up knowing which parts of town to avoid, which side of the road to walk on, who to cross the street to avoid. In a new place you have to learn the hard way.

 

Also, if coming here as a student - perhaps the accommodation you can afford is in a less-nice-neighbourhood than your parent's house?

[ANGELUS]

al82- sorry to hear you've witnessed such things...

 

People from round Sheffield are wonderful people to speak to and socialise with... please dont let these events outside the internet sour your opinion of us all-- as usual its just the idiot minority that spoils it for everyone and gives tourists/outsiders a low opinion of the city.

 

And merry xmas to you as well.

I wish you every happiness for the coming new year too!