Parents have been left scared to leave their homes and let their kids play in the park on an estate branded the 'worst in Rochdale'. Drug dealers, balaclava-clad gangs of teens and boy racers plague the Alkrington estate in Middleton, according to terrified locals.
"People are becoming fearful to live in their own homes. It's not right," explains a mum-of-two in the doorway of her home. "Twenty years ago when I moved in, it was a lovely place to live... but not anymore."
Shopkeepers told the MEN how they have been bombarded with racist abuse from teens who smashed windows. "I only feel safe when I close the shutters" said Pervaiz, who has worked at the village store for two years.
