Uxbridge branch in the evening

When I was at uni it always seemed okay, certainly no worse than the N207. It's quite gentile really even when i managed to sit next to the dodgyest people i never got bothered..

The only problems i have been ever aware of is a graffti sprayer in uxbridge sidings just before the first train was to come out and a tresspasser on the track in between rayners lane and eastcote, neither are person on person crimes

I'd say the locals in Uxbridge are more of a concern than the passengers on the train. A number of people i know were affected at some point, mainly for being students.

The locals don't seem to be too keen on the university probably because a large percentage go home at weekends and the general demographic of the university prevent a "normal" student town feel, go to Norwich, Exeter, Bristol to see what i mean. But also some of the feeling comes from the fact that the university seemed to bulldoze it's interests throught any local objection.

I doubt however that there would be the prolifereation of high tech and white collar jobs in the area that there are now if it were not for the university......

Cant be as bad as Tottenham or Hackney.

I don't think the District east of Barking is that bad - they have done a lot to improve it i.e. playing classical music in some of the stations and as Colin says, by the provision of CCTV on the refurbed D stock.

Travelling at night on the tube is nowhere near as scary as a few years ago. The trains are more frequent and busier, the outdoor stations are better lit, more CCTV etc.

Very true.

I'm from Ruislip, its safe, I wouldn't worry atall tbh. The demograph of the area is interesting, as its predominantly blue collar at Rayners Lane and Uxbridge, but white collar in the middle.

Which specific station are you using, may I ask?

A somewhat tounge-in-cheek description here web.archive.org/web/20080214034321rn_2/www.quinparker.com/zone6/

Pity the original is down.

Having used both Hillingdon and Uxbridge late at night before, and even been around both after last train, I would personally prefer to be at Uxb, because Hillingdon is too devoid of people and buildings by the station.

Ahh, if its the building I'm thinking of then its the other side of the bus station. Very well lit, cameras all over the place, staff near by, and its not really on the way to anywhere so people don't tend to loiter once the buses have finished and pubs chucked out. Might get a few drunks waiting for taxis, thats about it. I would say its far better than Romford, but my experiance of that is limited. Hope this helps!

You do get a few kids hanging around at Eastcote, but by the time the last trains are coming in and the last Route No. 282 buses are due, they're more or less gone. Eastcote is dead to the world on most nights (unlike Ruislip High Street, when Sweeney's is open on a late night, or Ruislip Manor, which has a Wetherspoons right outside the station). Leading car will usually be quite busy from the evening peak up 'til the night (around 9ish) as you get a lot of Canary Wharf commuters living round Eastcote and the surround parts of Ruislip.

A lot of Ruislip and Ickenham are still a bit 'neighbourhood watch' like, so you don't get much trouble in those residential areas. Not sure about Hillingdon. And as for Uxbridge... pi$$ed up and rowdy students comes to mind (but you get that at Northwick Park as well, what with the University of Westminster's accommodation, so anywhere between Finchley Road and Uxbridge/Northwood has students in their drones).