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20.05.2023 - 07:37 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Scrolling through the ‘Ancoats Neighbourhood Watch’ Facebook group makes for grim viewing.
Every day, new photos are posted of smashed-up cars. Some motorists have been burgled, while others have seen thugs stamp on their windscreens, damaging their pride and joy.
It’s left residents ‘s****ing' themselves', with some even suggesting a vigilante effort to curb the crime. However, police officers insist their hard work over the last month has seen the number of break-ins decrease.
In recent years, Ancoats has been lauded as one of the world's coolest neighbourhoods. However, over the last 18 months, tensions over parking and car crime have risen, with the number of social media reports of break-ins intensifying since Christmas.
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Now, with some residents saying the situation has reached a 'critical point', the Manchester Evening News looks at the effect of the car crime spree in Ancoats and New Islington — and what is being done to tackle it.
Photos on social media show cars with windows smashed, usually parked on roads near to Cutting Room Square and Old Mill Street. However, some people have also reported break-ins at private underground car parks.
The break-ins are typically connected to thefts. But, sometimes, it appears vandals have targeted a car for the sake of it. In early April, six vehicles were stamped on at Pollard Street.
“Whatever is happening is hitting a critical point,” Tomasz Stasiak, who has called the area home for 17 years, said. His car was broken into earlier this year.
“One day I woke up and my car had been entered,” he went on. “I have a pick up truck and they stole a big massive ladder which is crazy and some small tools. It’s
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