OT: Anybody know Surbiton very well?

FoldingJoe

Hi,

Does anybody know if Berrylands Road in Surbiton is an OK area?

I'm guessing so compared to the 'Jungle' that is south east London, but just wanted to check!!

Cheers,
FJ

asprilla

okgo knows it very well. If you don't get a response then you could try PMing him.

pangolin

Rather prone to smelling of sewage, but ok apart from that!

davmaggs

Surbiton has virtually the lowest crime in London so any part of it is fine. Berrylands is very quiet

okgo

Berrylands is ok if you're poor, or have too many kids.

Joking aside, Berrylands road is mostly surrounded by poor people.

I'd prefer to be a bit further away from the Smith Street Estate (look at smith street, that's where it is).

Its not the Aylesbury by any stretch of the imagination, and the worst thing that is going to happen is that some kids are going to swear at you, but given you are moving to somewhere with generally a lovely clientele, I think its worth pointing out its probably the worst part of the entire KT6 postcode.

FoldingJoe

I think I might manage for a couple of nights a week.

Either that or miss out on my commuting entirely by moving in with a mate in Tunbridge Wells.

Cheers,
FJ

okgo

Yeh, in the grand scheme of things, anywhere around Kingston/Surbiton/Richmond/ etc is 'safe' so its not to worry.

If you were about to spend half a million quid to live in berrylands, then I'd probably be a bit wary of it.

chilling

Surbiton has virtually the lowest crime in London

Since when has it been in London.....

veronese68

chilling wrote:

Surbiton has virtually the lowest crime in London

Since when has it been in London.....

Not sure where the boundary is now. Kingston has officially been a part of London since about 1972. Although Surrey County Council still has it's offices there.
I think Surbiton is under Met Police juristiction so would come under London crime figures. Not sure if it's part of London for other things.

Koncordski

chilling wrote:

Surbiton has virtually the lowest crime in London

Since when has it been in London.....

Since the train takes 17mins into Waterloo I believe.

davmaggs

Veronese68 wrote:

chilling wrote:

Surbiton has virtually the lowest crime in London

Since when has it been in London.....

Not sure where the boundary is now. Kingston has officially been a part of London since about 1972. Although Surrey County Council still has it's offices there.
I think Surbiton is under Met Police juristiction so would come under London crime figures. Not sure if it's part of London for other things.

+1

If you want a chuckle then compare a SE London (e.g Camberwell Green) crime map to Berrylands

UndercoverElephant

chilling wrote:

Surbiton has virtually the lowest crime in London

Since when has it been in London.....

Since pangolin said:

pangolin wrote:

Rather prone to smelling of sewage, but ok apart from that!

roger_merriman

chilling wrote:

Surbiton has virtually the lowest crime in London

Since when has it been in London.....

since Greater London was formed, the M25 was built.

And the fact it's a continuous urban sprawl all the way into central london.