‘There are some places I feel safe, where my wife doesn’t’: Is London a safe place to live?

We ask Londoners how safe they feel in the capital.

Transcript

00:00You know, I was born in this country. I've worked and I've always been out and about and now I won't go out after dark.

00:10Honestly, I feel really safe. But I also take the point that I'm like six foot five, a bit frowny, a bit tall.

00:15So I think, you know, I naturally in my body feel safer than others.

00:19Like, for instance, I've been married for a long time and there's areas that I feel safe my wife feels less safe in.

00:24And that's just the dynamics of a male and female, some sort of things.

00:27But I don't think London is any less safe than it used to be for most people.

00:32At the moment, I haven't felt safe in London for quite a while.

00:36And as an older person, I feel very vulnerable.

00:40And because of the police cutbacks and everything, I do believe where the police are not out on the streets and everything,

00:50that, you know, I mean, I won't go out now. I won't go out after when it was darker after five or six.