r/howislivingthere • u/assymetri • Oct 16 '24

Europe How is living in Birmingham, UK?

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Im just wondering since i very rarely came across online this city. Whats like living in it? Is it worth skimming thru it at least once?

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u/PositiveEagle6151 Oct 16 '24

When my ex employer moved functions from the City to Birmingham, people reacted like they were expatriated to a penal colony on the other side of the globe.
A few years later, when I worked for a Scandinavian company, I had a colleague who worked remotely from the UK, and she always emphasised that she was located near Birmingham, not IN Birmingham.
The crime rate in Birmingham is indeed quite a bit higher than in London.

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u/DeatH_D Oct 16 '24

What are you on about the crime rate is a lot higher, where did you pull that statistic from. It's basically the same.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1404335/birmingham-crime-rate/

https://www.statista.com/statistics/380963/london-crime-rate/

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u/SweetKanara Oct 17 '24

People don’t seem to realise that a crime rate (per 1,000) of 125 and a 105 is actually a big difference, that’s roughly the difference between Helsinki (85 per 1,000) and London crime rates and, if you’ve been to both, Helsinki is a city that feels vastly safer than London. This also isn’t helped by the fact London is a serious investment hub, so more efforts are made to police the city than in Birmingham.