If you're from "endz" you know not to be bopping on next "manz endz". That's called "getting caught slipping".
You want our fellow BHW'er yank getting caught slipping? I don't, so don't try to make it sound like Bricky, Pecknam and all the other areas are all love, pink and peaceful.
There are always the likelyhood of someone trying to "move" to you anywhere in London; you just decrease the chances of such happenings by staying close to areas such as "Central London" (W1, NW1, W2, Hyde Park etc.) if you're a tourist.
From my knowledge watching "Gangland", you don't just go to a park in Inglewood, CA and think you will come out in one piece. There are areas that tourists just shouldn't be entering.
Contrary to popular belief we don't all speak as if we are uneducated, counterfeit crip/yardie/eastenders.
The preconceived ideas people make about areas without actually visiting
only serves to perpetuate the fallacies.
Brixton is a multicultural tourist area thriving with activity 24 hours a day.
You are just as likely if not more to be mugged walking around Soho late at night.
Why would anyone want to go walking around estates unless to visit
someone is beyond the realms of my comprehension.
I could take you to estates in W1, NW1 and W2 that are as bad as any estate in the country.
I've been to California, New York, Miami, Kingston Jamaica and no I don't
book in Holiday Inn I stay in local guest houses, eat where the locals eat and
drink where the locals drink and drive round in a second hand car.
If you want to dress in a white polo shirt and Gingham shorts with a camera
round your neck, map in hand asking directions every 2 minutes stick to the
tour buses but if you really want to experience a place you've got to be able to mix.
You never see Brixton or Shepherds Bush on Street Crime Uk or Boozed up Britain but you'll see the West End on there every week.
To be honest Peckham and Hackney have not got a lot going for them to
want to visit unless you want to buy African or Asian cosmetics in bulk.
But don't be put off anywhere. At least you won't get ripped of by tourist
prices.