40.5 crimes per 1,000 population in 2023/24, the second-lowest of Edinburgh's 17 wards, and independently placed in the lowest of five crime-rate bands by a second analysis of Police Scotland's own published data through end of 2025 — a quiet, largely residential southern suburb. Sources checked: Churchill Support Services / Scottish Daily Express, 28 Nov 2024; datamap-scotland.co.uk Police Scotland ward crime map, data to end 2025.
Colinton / Fairmilehead (Ward 8) — Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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No concerns found Safety level (no day/night split in the source data)
In detail
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This rating comes from a structured local-source assessment. This specific area was reviewed against credible local sources — local and national news, municipal and police-published material, and official surveys where they exist — and the signals were consolidated across sources rather than taken from any single report, with the reasoning and the sources shown above. Edinburgh publishes no comparable neighbourhood-level crime dataset; where a city does publish one, Wandroz uses it instead of an assessment. Where a review finds nothing documented, that is recorded as no findings rather than as a safety rating.
Frequently asked questions
Is Colinton / Fairmilehead (Ward 8) safe?
Wandroz currently rates Colinton / Fairmilehead (Ward 8) in Edinburgh as an area where the review found nothing traveller-relevant to report. This comes from a structured local-source assessment: an area-level review of credible local sources — local and national news, municipal and police-published material, and official surveys where they exist — consolidated across sources rather than taken from a single report. Edinburgh publishes no comparable neighbourhood-level crime dataset; where a city does, Wandroz uses it instead. The source data has no day/night breakdown, so this single rating applies at any time of day rather than being a distinct night-specific figure.
Does Colinton / Fairmilehead (Ward 8)'s rating differ between day and night?
No — Colinton / Fairmilehead (Ward 8)'s source data has no time-of-day breakdown, so the same rating (an area where the review found nothing traveller-relevant to report) is shown for both day and night rather than Wandroz inventing a separate night figure it doesn't actually have.
Is Colinton / Fairmilehead (Ward 8) a good area to stay in as a tourist?
Colinton / Fairmilehead (Ward 8)'s day rating (an area where the review found nothing traveller-relevant to report) is the more relevant one for typical daytime tourist activity; check the night rating too if you'll be out late. Note that the Booking.com link on this page searches Colinton, not Colinton / Fairmilehead (Ward 8) specifically: Booking does not list this neighbourhood as a destination of its own, so check each property's address against the map above.
Is there official crime data for Colinton / Fairmilehead (Ward 8)?
Not an official government crime feed — Colinton / Fairmilehead (Ward 8)'s rating comes from Wandroz's own current local/national press and survey research for this specific area instead (see the note on this page for what was checked and the sources used). An absence of recent negative coverage is treated as inconclusive, not as proof the area is safe. If you live in or know Colinton / Fairmilehead (Ward 8) well, you can suggest a correction using the link below.
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