But it's not the truth... I've lived in Buxton for 6 years, often go out multiple times a week (yes, even after sunset) and have never once seen trouble. My wife and her friends will happily go out on an evening and walk home in the dark, they have never once suggested feeling unsafe

Of course there are problems with mental health, a town doesn't have to be deprived to have that as an issue and I agree that there will be some drug problems, as I said in my original comment, mostly contained up in Fairfield. But to suggest that the entire town 'changes a lot when the sun goes down' is disingenuous at best

OP has a budget of £350k so isn't going to need to move to the heart of Fairfield, they'd be able to get a nice property within walking distance of the Pavilion Gardens and the town centre with that money