Crime in Swords, Ireland

@teja Millers Glen is lovely with a new park and a communal garden nearby. Thornleigh and Applewood aren't as bad as people say. There's a nice main street and the schools are good for the most part. I'd recommend the new Broad meadow national school in Mooretown!

Personally I dont feel very safe walking around the town anymore. A couple of months ago i was walking down by the applewood area and a bunch of lads jumped me and robbed me. I had to go to therapy because of how traumatic the experience was. I never walk around unless I have atleast 2 people with me. Swords manor isnt a very nice place either. Many people have had the same experience as me outside of the EuroSpar. Theres a reasonably high crimerate about 30 seconds up the road from swords manor in cronans. Personally id avoid that general area if possible. All together its mainly the North West area of Swords for example Thornleigh, Applewood, Swords Manor, Cronans and CastleGrange. The back of applewood in the park is always prone to antisocial behaviour. The field beside is full of Burnt out stolen cars although they are mainly from the 90s and early 20s. Just further down that field theres a burnt out abandoned building. And i always see dodgy looking lads hanging outside it. I would definitely recommend Swords as a place to live but be aware of the places you chose. I recommend RiverValley-Boroimhe area.

Thornleigh hasn't got "pyrite" (the only estate that had pyrite is Drynam Hall is technically Kinsealy not Swords).
In general many of the estates are a long way outside the town centre and many have poor access to public transport or go through a lot of others in order to get anywhere.

The estates in the town centre - Seatown (off North Street), St Columcilles, Oaklands, Longlands and Castle off north Main St and Carlton Court (south end of Main St south of Pavillions) are all excellent places to live, within walking distance of all ameneties and public transport. They tend to be overlooked in favour of newer estates but are bargains if you don't mind a bit of maintenance.
Then there are small to medium apartment developments
- North St - St Fintans (over Gourmet Food Parlour), Carnegie Court (behind hotel), Nethercross Court (behind Rocks funeral Home)
- Main St - Plaza, Fosters Way, Swords Central (these are literally built on top of the Pavillions)

- Main St/Well Rd/Church Rd - Cooldriona Court (On "triangle" between Main St & Well Rd forks, The Old Vicarage (Church Rd)
- Main St South - Milton Hall (beside boys school)

Most of these are mature and well appointed, though obviously as they were mostly built prior to 2001, have a high private rented element. However the result of that would be that unlike post 2000 apartments there would be no part V and most don't have any social rented element, if that is something that would bother you. Most of the tenants are middle class migrant workers who work in local businesses or services

The apartments in town centre are mostly older - Cooldriona, Plaza and Old Vicarage are all mid 1990s developments. If it matters, the newest "town centre" homes would be Carlton Court, and all the 3-4 bed units were built around 1989 (there is one tiny road in the estate to the left of the entrance, which was built in 1994 but its all split 4 ways vertically so there are 4x 2 bed houses rather than 2x 4-bed semis). Other town centre housing estates were built from about 1960 to 1970 aside from that one estate.

While some of the developments are technically a long way outside of Swords, some, for example Borimhe, Ridegewood and Holywell, on the southern side, are popular because if you use public transport you don't have the "pleasure" of sitting in a bus for 40 minutes waiting to get out of Swords

If you want to use public transport to go to work south of city, I'd suggest either renting or buying in Main St area or one of the southern estates or Holywell because you are getting on buses just before they leave the town, which can take a lot of time off your commute.

Contrary to comments below Rivervalley as a whole is mostly mature 1970s and 1980s builds - there isn't much antisocial behaviour.

If you are buying 2nd hand, I haven't heard of legacy defects outside of Thornleigh and Holywell. When people say there's defects in Applewood, its actually Thornleigh they mean - I haven't seen evidence of defects in the Applewood village estates themselves. And so far it seems to be mainly apartments rather than houses (though obviously that doesn't mean they won't be revealed in years to come).

Sorry but Swords is not that safe for women walking on their own.
The drugs are common after sunset and there are many local "groups" of guys doing whatever they want.
If you have a car or you are only hanging out in groups obviously is safe.

Swords is a great place to live...
It's got better over the years...
As YvWeiss said, Swords is the size of a city so obviously there is a bit of crime in some areas but overall Swords is safe enough... The drug problem is nowhere near as bad as neighboring Malahide and Portmarnock... As of right now, house prices in Swords have sky-rocketed so I'd advise buying a home now before it reaches Malahide and Portmarnock prices..

Swords is mostly safe. A few problems in the Applewood area and a problem with drugs. I've lived in Swords all my life and have felt safe throughout the town.