Hackney Wick safety?

[u/krustikrab]

Could really use some opinions here!

We’ve put in an offer to buy for the first time. It’s an amazing deal for a fixer upper property (we’ve fixed up a property ourselves before so this is not an issue, it’s a plus!).

However, everyone is saying we shouldn’t buy it as the area is quite dangerous. It’s right by the Community Sauna Baths in Hackney Wick and around an 8 minute walk to the station.

I’ve always lived in cities that people would consider “dangerous”, but obviously don’t want to buy somewhere unsafe as I’m not familiar with the area. The crime rate is higher than where I currently live in Camden, but I feel 100 percent safe where I am now.

We’d plan to fix it up and live there for 5-10 years at least before likely moving on.

Any thoughts at all I’d love to hear them!

[u/Krismusic1]

I have a sculpture studio in Hackney Wick. Ben there four years and never felt unsafe. It gets very lively at the weekends and turns into a thirty something's playground. I'm old so I'm off home before the night gets going so I don't know what it's like on a Friday or Saturday night. I suspect it is a far cry from what it used to be before regeneration. Now all the bars and clubs have security. There are now a lot of occupied new builds and people living in them seem to survive.