Hi LM, there really isent any great crime here. I am living here the past 15 years and I am not aware of any major issues. The shopping centre is run down and for the past 2/3 years there have been moves to upgrade but it involved taking over the existing car park and building apartments. There was pandamonium over it , loads of meetings about it and legal advice etc. (People around take alot of pride in their area and they dont tolerate stuff). It fell through and to by quite honest I think it is forgotten about at the moment no money! Foriegn students hang around the shopping Centre but no trouble there is security on the door that keeps an eye (we are all very laid back here)I do believe that undesirables probably hang around the dart at night, although I have never seen them but there were new glass shelters put in place and over night they were vandalised. I am not aware of any houses broken into. Honestly you have nothing to worry about. I lived in other areas and I am so happy here, I wouldnt dream of leaving it.