I lived for many years in a socially deprived inner city area, Highfields in Leicester..................Lots of hookers on street corners and people talking about how they wouldn't go out at night if they lived there but in all those years I never had any hassle. Over the years I have tried many different drugs from LSD to Mushrooms, Speed, Cocaine Hashish/Cannabis (I've even had Morphine when I broke my Femur) but don't bother anymore so maybe I'm out of touch (sooner have a bottle of Wine or Single Malt Whisky)
Maybe Leicester is different but it is still Pubs where most of the nefarious activities go on, there are a couple of 'Spoons' in Leicester full of Shoplifters and Drug dealers and the pub opposite where I live is full of 'cokeheads' (I live on a council estate) but they never trouble me.