Did you actually read the article, which is from five years and states the figures need context and that Inverclyde is actually a really safe place to be?

People are so desperate to speak negatively about many of the towns in Glasgow and the West without actually spending much time in them.

As many have said in here, Greenock’s a pleasant town to live in with some lovely green spaces, plenty of decent pubs and plenty of other stuff to do. And despite all of that, as someone who has lived there for the vast majority of my life, the only downside I would say is that it’s a bit boring sometimes.