IFS University College(01 of10)
Open Image ModalLocated just a stones throw away from Monument tube station, in the east of London, IFS University College is rated London's most crime stricken university. (credit:eat more toast/Flickr)
King's College London(02 of10)
Open Image ModalThough King's College has exactly the same overall crime rates as IFS University College, it is ranked below IFS because it has slightly fewer cases of violent crime but its marginally higher counts of burglary and robbery put it on a overall par with IFS. (credit:Pedro Damian Kostelec/Flickr)
London South Bank(03 of10)
Open Image ModalLondon South Bank's reported 24,000 students attend London's most dangerous universities. Located approximately a mile south of the Thames; the university has the highest robbery rates of all the London institutions. In fact it is situated not far from the derelict Heygate Estate where the Michael Caine film, 'Harry Brown' was filmed in 2009. (credit:Dan Kitwood via Getty Images)
Courtauld Institute of Art(04 of10)
Open Image ModalThe Courtauld Institute of Art is located at the supremely grand Somerset House where Film4 stage their famous 'Summer Screen' film festival. Despite the student's lavish surroundings it has the fourth most high crime rates. It seems the wealth of the area is part of the problem since the Courtauld Institute of Art has the second highest burglary rates out of all the London unversities. (credit:R Stanek/Flickr)
Pearson College(05 of10)
Open Image ModalYet another anomaly in the crime figures. Being less than a five minute walk away from London's landmark hotel of opulence, you would expect Pearson College to be much further down in the crime list but it sits at number 5 in London crime statistics. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
City University London(06 of10)
Open Image ModalCity University London's 17,000 students reside in the capital's sixth most volatile area. The university sits in the borough of Islington, sandwiched between four tube stations: Angel, Barbican, Farringdon and King's Cross St. Pancras. Perhaps the sheer the number of traffic coming into Islington contribute to the high rates of crime. (credit:David Holt London/Flickr)
London School of Economics(07 of10)
Open Image ModalLSE makes it to number 7 by whisker with marginally fewer, what The Complete University Guide calls violent crimes, robberies and burglaries, than City University London. This is probably owing to LSE position being further towards plush West End. (credit:Kaiho_/Flickr)
Birkbeck(08 of10)
Open Image ModalEven number 7, Birkbeck still has a total crime rate of 35.23 which is still 6.36 more than the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester (the university with the highest crime rate outside of London). (credit:sofiagk/Flickr)
University College London(09 of10)
Open Image ModalUCL students were central to December 2013 student riots who, after police attempts to restrict the disruption, started the requisite campaign 'Cops Off Campus'. The conflicts resulted in the arrest of 41 people. Perhaps unlike other universities where the crime rates were not directly related to students, in the case of UCL, students may have actually boosted crime rates! (credit:Stuart C. Wilson via Getty Images)
University of the Arts(10 of10)
Open Image ModalPictured here is part of the University of Arts's campus in King's Cross. The Granary Building, a ghost from London's industrial area, shows how the boundaries of the wealth of the commercial city has shifted since the nineteenth century. Once a predominantly working class area The Granary is now home to UAL's academics. However, re-gentrification of London outskirts stops here and the UAL campus is essentially a convergent point between the rich and poor, explaining why this institution has made to the top ten most crime ridden universities. (credit:interbeat/Flickr)