Croydon is'nt that bad is it? I stayed there for a weekend recently and it seemed fine, did'nt really see any trouble, any violence, nothing really. My areas not violent or anything, it's just an absolute doss hole. Kids sat round drinking cider ect then smashing the bottles, a while ago we had a load of trouble with gangs comming from other towns to fight on our main play area in kirkby. Was right bad, they where hiding crowbars under fun boxes on the skate park, preety sick when you went riding the next night and theyd be blood all over floor throughout the town. Aparently someone got stabbed in the cheast, survived ect, just lost alot of blood. It's quite disturbing. Most of the violence ect round here is from the older generation! like you 30-40 year olds, who basically get there dole money, split it 7, then take a split of that to pub everynight. I was started on once by a bloke, ALOT older then me, same height, just abit broader. Absolutley shit myself. If it wassomeone near my age I wouldn't have been so worried, but this was a full grown adult smacking me round the head (had me helmet on). Could'nt make out a word he was saying because he was just so lashed. Still f**king hurt.