![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/residents-scared-to-go-out-on-ticking-time-bomb-estate-plagued-by-antisocial-behaviour/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_JS306723489.jpg&description=People living on an estate in north Manchester are "fearful and scared to go out" due to drug gangs and violence with a local councillor saying it is a matter of time before someone is killed Residents are "fearful and scared to go out" due to violence on an estate where buildings are damaged in the "crossfire", and it is claimed it is only a matter of time before someone is killed. Despite it being a sunny day in the school holidays, there is nobody about on the Alkrington Moss estate on the outskirts of Middleton, north Manchester. A new playground is empty with worried people saying that the area has become plagued by anti-social behaviour and drug dealing gangs. Last month, an armed gang wearing balaclavas descended on the estate before smashing up a block of flats. Cllr Dylan Williams viewed CCTV of the incident and reported seeing three vehicles pull up before 16 men arrived on the scene with "axes, spades, machetes, and other weapons". It is the latest in a string of violent incidents with two men arrested in May, after another person was left with serious injuries. It also came on the back of three people being injured in a stabbing. Following that incident, a mum said her young son has been affected ever since seeing blood splattered on the ground. "He has been quiet since then," the woman said. "He won't play out or walk home from school. It's horrible. I don't feel safe here. The door is always locked." Cllr Williams said the situation was only getting worse: "People are fearful and scared at the minute. There is obviously serious stuff going on because there are all these incidents. "The police say they are isolated, and they are, but they are that frequent that other residents are getting their homes damaged in the crossfire. There are a lot of people who work, a lot of elderly people and a lot of families with young children on the estate. The majority of people are good, it's a small minority that are causing misery. If serious action isn't taken then){kind=link}
People living on an estate in north Manchester are “fearful and scared to go out” due to drug gangs and violence with a local councillor saying it is a matter of time before someone is killed
Residents are “fearful and scared to go out” due to violence on an estate where buildings are damaged in the “crossfire”, and it is claimed it is only a matter of time before someone is killed.
Despite it being a sunny day in the school holidays, there is nobody about on the Alkrington Moss estate on the outskirts of Middleton, north Manchester. A new playground is empty with worried people saying that the area has become plagued by anti-social behaviour and drug dealing gangs.
Last month, an armed gang wearing balaclavas descended on the estate before smashing up a block of flats. Cllr Dylan Williams viewed CCTV of the incident and reported seeing three vehicles pull up before 16 men arrived on the scene with “axes, spades, machetes, and other weapons”.
It is the latest in a string of violent incidents with two men arrested in May, after another person was left with serious injuries. It also came on the back of three people being injured in a stabbing. Following that incident, a mum said her young son has been affected ever since seeing blood splattered on the ground.