New research published by student-accommodation portal StuRents.com has shown that Bath is the third safest city for students to live across all of England and Wales.
The research covers 64 towns and cities, taking into account 535,468 crimes spanning the last year.
Whilst the crimes affected both students and non-students alike (as no data is currently available for crimes specifically against students), all crimes took place around hubs of student accommodation.
The research therefore hopes to give the best indication yet of the safety of students in our towns and cities.
The rankings are based on how many recorded crimes student areas experienced per thousand residents in the period between and including February 2014 and January 2015.
Of the 64 towns and cities researched Brighton has the most crime with 829 recorded incidents per thousand residents in the last year.
The research has revealed that students in Egham in Surrey (the home of Royal Holloway) experienced the lowest levels of crime of any students with an average rate of 57 crimes per thousand in areas where students live.
High Wycombe (Buckinghamshire New University) came a close second with 70 per thousand whilst Bath (Bath Spa University and University of Bath) rounds out a southern dominated top 3 with a rate of 74 per thousand.
Michael Rainsford, Co-Founder of StuRents.com said: “Crime statistics serve as an important metric for students looking to make an informed choice about where to live.
“Our research has uncovered the alarming statistic that students live in areas with crime rates 2.5 times higher than the national average.
“This year so far has been huge for investment in the student accommodation market. We hope that going forward student safety will be high on the agenda.”
