Is Aston University and Birmingham a safe place to live and study?
Yes! The everyday experience of students and staff at the University is of a friendly, safe community campus atmosphere of which we are fiercely proud, in a city that is really going places and a fantastic place to spend your student days. The campus itself is located in Birmingham City Centre, an area that is home to literally thousands of young professional graduates, who live in executive apartments in the city centre, and of course shopping, leisure and nightlife facilities unrivalled outside London. Crime is low on campus and in the areas of Birmingham where our students live and socialise. Birmingham overall is not a high crime city and certainly not more so than other cities in the UK and Europe (see statistics below). The University campus is patrolled by a team of well trained, friendly security and portering staff and we have extensive CCTV coverage. We also have excellent relations with the local West Midlands Police, with two Officers assigned to our campus area to offer st
