Manchester has been named the safest city to live in the whole of the UK, according to the findings in a new study.
The city’s new title comes after Homedit.com decided to rank cities based on six criteria.
Location is a huge factor that many people take into consideration when picking somewhere to call home, and it’s not just criteria like transport links, local schools, and easy access to amenities that catch house hunters’ eyes either, as the overall safety of an area, the crime rates, and if the area is prone to severe weather events such as flooding are also important factors.
So, in a bid to find out the safest places to live, Homedit.com has created a list of all UK areas and ranked them based on six safety criteria.
The six criteria are crime rates per 1,000 residents, high flood risk, low flood risk, number of buildings covered by fire stations, number of buildings covered by hospitals, and street-light expenditure – and Manchester has come out on top
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The survey revealed that the city of Manchester bagged a final safety score of 85/100.
Manchester has been named the safest city to live in the whole of the UK / Credit: Flickr
Manchester’s best criteria are its number of buildings within 2km of a fire station, where it received a score of 96.9%, and its lowest score is for its risk of low flooding to buildings, achieving just 52.0%.
The research gave the district an overall safety score of 79 out of 100, which is largely due to its high street-light expenditure, low crime, and flood risks – with its best criteria being a near-perfect score of 99.4% on low crime rate per 1,000 people.
The Greater Manchester areas of Trafford, Bury, and Wigan also ranked in the top spots on Homedit.com’s safest places to live in the UK.
Man charged and police appeal after multiple stabbing in broad daylight in Bolton
Emily Sergeant
A man has been charged after multiple people were stabbed during broad daylight in Bolton earlier this week.
Greater Manchester Police (GMP) explained that, at around 10:30am on Tuesday morning (21 April), officers were called to reports of a stabbing on Tonge Moor Road in Bolton, and once emergency services arrived on the scene, they found two injured men – who were treated by medical professionals for stab wounds.
Police immediately responded to the incident, and a man in his 50s was subsequently arrested on suspicion of assault.
He remains in custody for questioning at this time, and enquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances of the incident.
A man has been charged and police are appealing after a multiple stabbing in broad daylight in Bolton / Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Following the initial statement provided by police, the man has now been publicly named as Stephen Nolan, a resident of Tonge Moor Road in Bolton – where the incident occurred – and he has been charged with grievous bodily harm, and an attempted section 18 assault.
He appeared at Wigan and Leigh Magistrates yesterday (Thursday 23 April).
With the investigation now ongoing and progressing at speed, GMP are continuing to appeal to the public for information, witnesses, or any CCTV, dashcam, or doorbell footage from around the time of the incident (10:30am).
Anyone with information can contact police via 101 or our Live Chat at gmp.police.uk, quoting log 932 of 21/04/26.
Alternatively, you can contact Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
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Trains to start running to and from Manchester Airport all night from next month
Emily Sergeant
A new train timetable is being introduced next month, and it means services are to start running all night to and from Manchester Airport.
Thanks to train operator TransPennine Express (TPE), eight new services are set to be introduced from Sunday 17 May onwards – which is when, alongside the rest of the rail industry, the company will be introducing a new timetable – and this means there will be a train roughly every hour between Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport all day, every day.
The move to introduce these new services is aimed at ‘improving connectivity’ for passengers travelling early in the morning or late at night, TPE explained.
As mentioned, the new airport trains also accompany a number of other upcoming additional services across Greater Manchester and the North West as a whole.
Trains to start running to and from Manchester Airport all night from next month / Credit: Northern
Passengers can expect to see additional weekday stops on peak-time Leeds to Manchester Piccadilly services to support students and commuters.
Extra services will also be added for a month over the summer during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
“Although most of our services are unchanged, we encourage customers to take a moment to check any journeys they make regularly,” commented Andrew McClements, who is the Customer Experience & Transformation Director at TPE, ahead of the new timetable being rolled out next month.
“We’re pleased to be introducing services that give customers more choice, added flexibility, and an improved overall experience when travelling with us.”
The Manc -
21st September 2021 
