Safest Neighbourhoods in Glasgow (and Areas to Avoid)
Areas — Merchant City, West End, Southside
Recommended for visitors: Merchant City (gentrified east-of-centre, restaurants), West End (leafy, students, Kelvingrove, Byres Road, Ashton Lane bar lane), Finnieston (the new restaurant zone west of the SEC arena), Southside (gentrifying, Strathbungo + Govanhill areas), City Centre Style Mile (Buchanan Street + George Square — daytime vibrant).
Stay aware: Sauchiehall Street + Bath Street late at night (the classic late-night drinking strip — fights, occasional incidents post-2am), around Buchanan Bus Station at night. Some outer estates (Easterhouse, Drumchapel): residential, no tourist relevance.
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