Log in to update your newsletter preferences, Monday - Friday plus breaking news alerts by email. He left his £975,000 Twenties-style Surrey home for in a castle-like house in Los Angeles with a 20ft bronze dragon in the garden. Do that here and you are as likely to get stabbed as you are to get directions. No hype, just the advice and analysis you need, Register with your social account or click here to log in. People here feel Mr Numan's perception doesn't match the reality. I've not seen much evidence of youth violence or gangs. "We live right out in the country," he said. "You would think it would be the most peaceful place in the world. She had my children with her. 2CD/DVD - LIVE ALBUM - OUT NOW Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile, Sussex is too rough for me now, says Gary Numan (as he ups sticks to LA), Email already exists. Father David Charles, the priest in the 12th-century All Saints church in Waldron, said: "This is a very quiet village with only a couple of hundred residents. visit the Gary Numan store It's a quiet and happy place.". 30: Crime statistics for the last available month show that Wealden had 30 incidents of crime and anti-social behaviour, 317: Over the same period, there were 317 in Santa Monica, to where Gary Numan is moving, 14: The California city recorded 14 assaults with a deadly weapon. Its residents, then, are baffled after the pop star Gary Numan said he was emigrating to California to escape its "thugs". 0: The number of gun-related incidents in Wealden. Numan came to prominence at the mid of the 1970s as lead singer, songwriter, and record producer for Tubeway Army. Its residents, then, are baffled after the pop star Gary Numan said he was emigrating to California to escape its "thugs". You ask the teenagers there for directions and they are polite and helpful. Gary Numan invited HELLO! The musician talks about his family, IVF and living with Asperger's syndrome Fri 4 May 2012 19.05 EDT First published on Fri 4 … Gary Numan: My family values Angela Wintle. Gary Numan Store. "Every village and town in England has a bunch of thugs running around in it. Numan said that Santa Monica has "beautiful beaches and the Pacific Ocean. to photograph him in his extraordinary home in LA, … Start your Independent Premium subscription today. I had never heard of Mr Numan before this but people are treating his comments with some amusement." Albums, DVD’s, clothing and other Merchandise is available on our on-line Store . The electronic music pioneer, 53, who topped the charts in the late Seventies with "Cars" and "Are 'Friends' Electric? ", is moving to the US with his family. The only recent record of any crime is when someone had the wheels of their car pinched when they were in the pub and that was 15 years ago. "It is one of the lowest crime areas in the whole of the country. The Official website for Gary Numan. The fact is the English are pretty miserable". "The day after the riots, I got on to the lawyer and said, 'Let's do it; get on with it'," said Numan. The following is a comprehensive discography of Gary Numan, a British singer, songwriter and musician.Numan (born Gary Webb, 1958) released his first record in 1978 as part of the outfit Tubeway Army.Initially unsuccessful, the band scored a huge hit in 1979 with the single "Are Friends Electric" and their second album Replicas, both of which reached number one in the UK. Numan, an enthusiastic pilot, is now hailed as one of the post-punk era's most influential musicians. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? After recording an album's worth of punk-influenced demo tapes (released in 1984 as The Plan), he was signed by Beggars Banquet Records in 1978 and quickly released two singles, "That's Too Bad" and "Bombers", neither of which charted. into his LA home Before heading off on the road Gary invited HELLO! Waldron is a leafy Sussex village where the tranquillity is disturbed only by the bells of the parish church. You've got to be kidding. Yet the other day my wife was walking down the high street and a bunch of kids between 12 and 14 were telling her what they would like to do to her. Want an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium. 16: There were 16 counts of grand theft auto in Santa Monica, while no cars were stolen in the Sussex town. Dick Angel, Wealden District councillor, said: "The village is composed of a church, a pub and mainly retired pensioners. The only blip in the crime rate came when the village of Waldron was paid a visit by Cromwell's troops in the mid-1600s. N uman - who lives in Los Angeles with wife Gemma and their three daughters Raven, Persia and Echo - said: "We love being at home. I have got to think of the children.". ", Sharing the full story, not just the headlines, Emigration, to Santa Monica, was the only answer, he said. Numan lives in the rural district of Wealden, East Sussex. But his patience snapped after an incident involving his wife, Gemma and their three children, Raven, Persia and Echo. Singer Gary Numan and his family have posed for an exclusive photoshoot in their unique 22-room house in Los Angeles, just before he embarks on a UK and European tour.