Maynooth is safe?

Dirr-Durr

Hi all,
We are looking for a house to rent in Maynooth. It's a nice village, we like it but today I left my car in the LIDL parking place between 11AM-2PM and somebody tried to get in my car, damaged 2 locks. Its incredible.
So, we are just not sure if it's a good idea to move there.
Any opinion?

AntoSRFC

Well safe its all a matter of opinion really. I would consider it safe enough im suprised to hear about your car though. Depends were your staying really.

Rozabeez

That's an unfortunate thing to happen to you, particularly because you're new to Maynooth, although I've rarely (if ever) heard of stuff like this happening, maybe you shouldn't jump to conclusions that it's not a safe place to be and assume it was just a once off chancer kind of thing?

Effluo

Well in fairness there are good and bad areas in all towns...
There are definatly some rougher estates in maynooth but then there a re some great ones too!!!

LeixlipRed

Maynooth is a good area generally. Students don't tend to place high regard in security, alarms, etc, and that attracts some crime.

funky penguin

And to that I ask....What do we own of value?

From my experience of the town, a very unfortunate thing to have happen to you.

LeixlipRed

funky penguin wrote: »

And to that I ask....What do we own of value?

Almost everyone has a laptop nowadays for example, mp3 players, etc,. Buy a copy of the Liffey Champion for a few weeks in a row and look at the disproportionate amount of burgalries reported in that paper that take place in Maynoooth (compared to bigger towns population wise like Leixlip and Celbridge).

funky penguin

Joke.

evlis

Maynooth is pretty safe, that could happen anywhere.

redenemyjoe

It's just like any other town like Celbridge, Leixlip etc. New apartments, new people, your going to have a little increase in crime.

Remember when Lucan was Kildare?!

Maynooth is a great place to live, it's quiet when you need it to be and you can also go insane if you need that. Definitely a lot safer than suburbs closer to town.

Move here.

thebman

I'd rate it as safer than most towns TBH. I never see any trouble, went to college in Maynooth and been there for a few years afterwards.

Only problem I ever had myself was a bike nicked outside the house but I was leaving it unlocked out the front because of laziness so my own fault really. House was at front of estate too.

I know one guy who had his laptop stolen in final year but he left it on the back seat of his car over night so what are you going to do, always going to have some opportunistic bollocks especially if he/she has a few pints in them that will have a go at an easy opportunity.

Current estate is fairly safe. I leave the front door open sometimes for most of the day at the moment with no problems. Most annoying thing around here seems to be the people with leaflets at the door or politicians canvessing.

I've seen three burnt out cars in my time in Maynooth. Near the train station (actually across from it beside the fire station which I thought was ironic), one at the bottom of old greenfield and one outside straffan woods. I think some of them are insurance related though.

I think the estates on the outskirt of town are probably the safest or being deep in the estate makes the house safer as people are more likely to have a go at the house at the entrance of the estate IMO as less chance of being seen.

I've never had any trouble on a night out in Maynooth and I think its very safe. Safer than where I came from anyway.

BigCon

What make of car is it? :D:D

loveforcelbridg

Pffft , theres about 5 or 6 burnt out cars behind castletown house alone haha, but seriously, that stuff goes on anywhere in ireland and celbridge and maynooth are both very safe.

thebman

I'd put that down to insurance fraud especially in current economic climate.

loveforcelbridg

Wouldn't say so, I know who owns the car that was burnt out at the entrance to the forest , and ive seen videos of robbed cars on phones.

nameproblem

Spent the last 4 years living in maynooth, with college, never had any problems, I'd regard it safer then Athlone, (my home town)

jaydoubleyoubee

I'm from Naas originally myself, only just down the road, and would consider Maynooth where I've been living for two years now for college, a lot safer than my home town. The only rough bits I've spotted are secondary school students, most around 16, hanging round the canal, but they tend to leave college students and older people alone, unless you're looking for trouble. All in all that attempted car break-in sounds like a once off, and Maynooth is generally a safe place to live.