Is it a danger to travel to london these days ??

Question

i was planning to go there next year or so,

well i personally never been there

but i've heard so many crimes that happend there these days

is it actually save to travel there now-a-days ??

Answer 1

London is one of the safest places to go. They have more camera's all over London then they have anywheree else in the world. I go to London almost every year and have never felt unsafe. London is a small place with  a lot of people in it. I would not wonder around by myself at night. I would not wonder around   at night were I live in the USA by myself. I think many females feel like this.

Answer 2

You'll be fine. Millions of people live in London, several millions more commute in every day, countless millions visit as tourists or on business... It's really not some kind of lawless violent hellhole, don't believe the hype!

Answer 3

youre several times more likely to get murdered in new york than in london

Answer 4

YES IT IS SAFE

THERE ARE A FEW ARSEHOLES THAT KILL EACH OTHER  THAT ARE GANG RELATED BUT YOULL GET THAT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD SOMEONE SAID LONDON IS A SMALL PLACE? YOUR AVIN A LARF ITS MASSIVE THERES 8 MILLION PEOPLE LIVING HERE, MOST IN HARMONY SO COME AND ENJOY YOURSELF AND WELCOME

Answer 5

Perfectly safe! come over and have a whale of a time! Its one of the best cities in the world (personally, i think its THE best!)

Answer 6

Britain is safe!  The third world isn't, neither is the middle east, and neither is the US - Britain is as safe as houses (which means very safe!).

Answer 7

London is a safe city.

New York total number of murders 2007 = 700

UK total number of murders 2007 = 500

London is SAFE believe me, I'm a Londoner and London is well worth a visit.  You'll only regret it if you don't come and soon.

Meanwhile, have a look at the Trafalgar Square webcam, it refershes every 5 seconds - at least you know when it's raining in London.

http://www.camvista.com/england/london/t...

What's London really like - the views etc?

http://www.urban75.org/photos/london/pan...

The London UndergrounD - a driver's eye view

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlKflLrxD...

Intractive map of London

http://www.mylondonmap.com/

By searching for places on the above map before you come to London, you'll know pretty much where you are going when you get here.

I searched the interactive map of Paris before I went last month and when I arrived walked from the station to my hotel stopping off for drinks along the way and did not get last - the map was firmily in my head - I think.

More London -

London has lots of FREE events - don't miss out grab your share

http://www.allinlondon.co.uk/whats-on.ph...

Free Summer Fests in London

http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/whatson/free...

London Tube Maps [vital]

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/gettingaround/1108...

You can pick up a copy of the London Tube map at any London Tube station and it's free.  You can also get a local map from any London Tube station which shows you the streets around about the station up to about 1 mile each direction etc. FREE.

Trafalgar Square London 1940 - Ed Morrow speaking directly to the people of America during the London Blitz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpOKriiNI...

Plan your trip to London to coincide with important events.  The most important event here in London is the Queen's Birthday Parade.  It takes place every year in early June.

Massed Bands, Brigade of Guards, Household Division

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zofhv9KWo...

I do hope you will visit us here in London soon.  Take my word on it as a Londoner, that London is safe.

Answer 8

Nearly all the murders and gun crime in London is pre planned on specific target, it is very rarely random.

Most of if it is gang related and they target specific people in other gangs for whatever reason.

So unless you plan to join a gang you should be fine

Captain birdseye is 100% right, the murder rate in New York is 6.9 per 100000 making it the safest big city in the US.

Londons murder rate is 2.4 per 100000 making it safer than any city in the US and one of the safest in the world!!!

Compare this to 69.3 in Washington!!!

Only four "major" cities have less murders than London they are Rome, Athens, Brussels and Dublin

Answer 9

London is not small for the one above its bigger than NYC in size.

Anyways I guess youll be visiting central London the main tourist attractions and that hardly anyone lives there and the only ones who do a rich snobs yes people all over London go there to shop and that but not packs of gangs and stuff the only things to watch out for in the city centre are just pick pocketers. The news has been concentrating on the rise in youth violence but overall crime is down. The teenagers getting killed were for sometimes a reason but 100% nothing will happen to you Im 17 and I aint had no problem well not a big one and I live in the notorious Hackneys murder mile its inner London but not the central and I guess you wont be wondering out of central London into the inner city communities.

Dont listen to all them stupid stories its safe

Answer 10

It is not  any more dangerous than staying at home.

Come to London, it is one of the world's great cities.

Of course there is crime, but it is not any worse than any major city.

The murder rate is a lot lower than Dallas, Miami and Chicago.



A LOT lower.

There have been stories about knife and gun crimes - these tend to happen in areas that tourists wouldn't get to even by accident. What is considered shocking in London wouldn't make the front page in Denver.

Answer 11

Ur corect bos... it dengeros here - in london hood yardi *** u up bad wit AK47... bombakla

Answer 12

Crime is down but there is an increase in gang violence - young people on young people. This generally doesn't happen in the centre of town but in deprived areas.