Police have fired a warning, with anti-social behaviour reportedly on the rise in a Greater Manchester town centre. Visitors to Golborne, near Wigan, have been 'intimidated' in the evenings, while objects have been thrown at passing cars amid a surge in incidents over recent weekends.
Officers say that anti-social behaviour had been on the decline in the town and in neighbouring Lowton, before a recent spike in incidents. Police dealt with three incidents in Golborne over the bank holiday weekend while arresting two 14-year-old boys in connection with issues that took place the weekend before.
In an update issued today (May 4) Insp Andrew Smith, from GMP Leigh, Atherton and Hindley, said: "Whilst we’ve seen reductions in anti-social behaviour incidents across many areas of Lowton and Golborne, including in previous hotspots, we’ve recently started to see increases again specifically in Golborne town centre during the last few weekends. Unfortunately some of the incidents involved young people throwing items at passing vehicles, and intimidating people visiting the town centre during the evenings.
