More Britons Living Abroad to Escape Rising Crime

In a week when the director of the UK based Victims of Crime Trust stated that “Britain is one of the most dangerous countries in the western world,” the Royal Bank of Scotland has surveyed the nation and determined that up to 52% of Britons want to move abroad to find a better quality of life.

Apparently more Britons are living abroad to escape rising crime already, and many of their compatriots are planning on doing the same - and who can blame them with the Victims of Crime Trust stating quite categorically that “millions in Britain live in fear of crime” following on from yet another weekend of stabbings, shootings and fatal criminal incidents across the nation?

Norman Brennan who is the director of the Victims of Crime Trust made the above comments after a weekend when eight people were killed in extreme violent attacks in England alone.  His comments and the weekend of violence were the backdrop to the Bank of Scotland survey which discovered that 52% of all those living in London have actively contemplated living abroad with 8% of those surveyed already having secured their home overseas ready for their relocation.

The survey also discovered that of those who are actively seeking a new life abroad, Australia, New Zealand and Canada are the most dreamed of nations with France, Spain and Italy ranking well among desirable European destinations for relocating Britons.

If you’re finding life in the UK is tough with violent crime rising and the standard of living declining and you’re actively exploring your relocation options, ShelterOffshore.com is best placed to assist you.  We have an entire section of the website given over to ‘Living Abroad’ advice – this section contains essential expatriate information about countries as in demand as Australia, New Zealand, Canada, France, Portugal, Belize, Italy, Spain and Cyprus for example. 

We also have a dedicated ‘Property Abroad’ section where all of the above named locations are explored and their property markets exposed and simplified for you if you’re looking to buy, rent or invest in property abroad ready for your escape from the UK.

Finally we have an international money or ‘Offshore Finance’ section where you can learn about how expatriates from the UK can optimise their taxation situation when they relocate overseas.

We hope sincerely that you are not affected by crime in the UK – although Norman Brennan points out that for every single person killed in a violent incident in the United Kingdom, 300 people are directly affected – but whatever reasons you have for wanting to escape from the UK and discover a brand new life abroad we will help you every step of the way.