Stapleton Road - the most dangerous road in Britain

[Zaskar]

The articles sub text is ' blackest street in britain ' imho - fucking racist bollox innit.

People have tried to rob me twice in the street ( stress on tried) - once outside the dentists in st pauls, and once in clifton...

 

[Zaskar]

I don't know what a troll is, but if you do a google search for Stapleton Road, this board comes up and I just found it. I was thinking of going back to the hair and beauty shop as I was too scared to stay in it because of all the groups of men standing around outside and I didn't know if the internet would tell me it's safe. I just felt that if I had been attacked, that no police would have come as it seemed lawless. I didn't know if I had made a big deal out of nothing and the people weren't as threatening as they seemed. As a woman alone, some places can seem threatening.

No police? You are probably safer there because there are so many police - DOH - are you for real love?

 

[Zaskar]

TUT - just read back a few pages - she is clearly a troll - not something I say without consideration.

 

[gentlegreen]

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[greenthumb77]

Ha HA

I personally cant see what all the fuss is about with Stapleton Road. Why, most evenings I like to stroll through Easton, pick up a prostitute and score some crack on my way home from work. I just wish the hookers were a bit cleaner as I caught the clapp just last month. The dirty bitch.

 

[Zaskar]

I personally cant see what all the fuss is about with Stapleton Road. Why, most evenings I like to stroll through Easton, pick up a prostitute and score some crack on my way home from work. I just wish the hookers were a bit cleaner as I caught the clapp just last month. The dirty bitch.

And your point is ?

 

[greenthumb77]

My point is Zaskar, that no matter where you go in this country you will find drugs, prostitution and robbers. This country is full of degenerates, who milk the system that I work my ass off to contribute to and you are just as likely to be robbed in yuppy Clifton as you are in Easton or St Pauls. If you look like a rabbit in headlights when you go through these places you are sure to be a target.....

 

[Zaskar]

Indeed - sorry - I misunderstood. I tht you were implying the opposite...

I just gave up smoking, been awake all night, just to put my dimness into context

 

[greenthumb77]

No worries, it can be tough at the begining dude, tried it myself once or twice, to no avail. lol

BLOODY DROUGHT!

 

[Crispy]

This country is full of degenerates, who milk the system that I work my ass off to contribute to

To the dogs I say, to the dogs!

 

[JTG]

to be fair I'm sure us degenerates are very grateful

 

[greenthumb77]

Well I wouldnt go that far, a bit of national service should knock the little blighters into touch.....

 

[JTG]

shouldn't you be at work? my rent isn't going to pay itself you know

 

[ovaltina]

Does anybody still read the Sunday People?

 

[greenthumb77]

JTG, Why you little........

 

[greenthumb77]

So JTG, you are not a bum after all, I have the all seeing eye....

 

[3_D]

I once had a severe ticking-off from a traffic warden for parking on Stapleton Road's notorious 'zig-zags' (just down from the Lebeqs). It was pointed out to me that I was causing a potentially serious obstruction in the event of the emergency services needing to access the area. Suitably chastised, I naturally apologised and moved my vehicle promptly to a safe and legal location.

Aye, 'tis a savage and lawless neighbourhood and no mistake.

 

[fishingrhod]

I drove up the street there were gangs of men shoting at me in my car.

i was alarmed until i realised it wasn't shooting. and yet impressed by the casual manner by which our correspondent tossed this piece of info into her report.

anyway, i'm off to Bris for the first time since 2001 this Saturday visiting mates in Wood Street. we'll be going for a delicious curry and maybe a pint or two in The Old Fox (please tell me it still exists).

now then - do i need to come tooled up and ready for aggro? body armour? small tank? photon torpedoes? WMD?

or shall i just wear a coat like i usually do?

yours really-looking-forward-to-itly,

Rhod.

 

[butchersapron]

Old Fox shut down i'm afraid.

 

[Geri]

There's always the Coach House.

 

[fishingrhod]

when? why?

that has not made me happy.

 

[butchersapron]

Couple of years back. Not sure why, one of many though.

 

[strung out]

there was a double spread feature in the times today apparently featuring stapleton road as the most dangerous road in britain. it's led to A&S police releasing this statement...

http://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/LocalPages/NewsDetails.aspx?nsid=21760&t=1&lid=1

Police in Bristol say violent crime in Stapleton Road has fallen by 40% and robberies by 39% during the course of the last year.

Complaints about on-street prostitution also fell by 13% last year.

Police released the figures following reports in a national newspaper, focusing on drugs and crime, which residents feel give an unbalanced view of day-to-day life in the area.

Police are backing members of a community who are angry about the coverage and the way in which it portrays their community.

Superintendent Ian Wylie, who deals with reducing violent crime in the city, said: "We are really disappointed with this story. It has no basis in facts or statistics to prove any of the sweeping statements made, and very little effort has been made to offer a balance of opinions.

"We feel it undermines a huge amount of positive and effective work done in the area by residents, community groups, the police and council over the last few years to make Stapleton Road a more safe and pleasant place to live, work and visit.

"It is a vibrant and multi-cultural inner city area with lots of community events, independent businesses and proactive residents doing good work in their community

"Yes crimes happen in the area but during the last year violent crime has fallen by 40%. Between April and September this year reports of robbery have fallen by 39% compared to the same time last year and compared to the same period in the previous year (2008) the reduction amounts to 47%.

"During the last two years CCTV has been installed by the council along the entire length of the road. There have also been lots of clean up days with the community and the council's Clean and Green teams.

"In the last six months we have started Operation Bowler to provide additional response officers specifically for Stapleton Road.

"A new beat manager has also been seconded to Stapleton Road to support the existing two beat managers. This will continue for at least the next six months.

"Avon and Somerset are committed to policing our neighbourhoods effectively and working with the community and other agencies in future to build on our successes."

 

[Mr Smin]

I used to have a commute that involved a walk down there. I always felt much more threatened by all the people who hung around Bristol bus station at night.

 

[floella]

Stapleton Road is threatening and unnerving

I moved to East Bristol just over a year ago, fromm the heart of Moss Side in Manchester. There, however, if you werent gang associated or affilliated you were generally able to walk the streets in peace and prostitutes and punters kept themselves to themselves. Stapleton Rd is Awful! Especially vulnerable if u are a single woman, and I wont walk down there or let my children, unaccompanied.

 

[butchersapron]

Nice try.

 

[A. Spies]

This is bizarre. I suppose statistics etc, but I would've thought that there are worse places to live. I'd live on Stapleton road happily. The parks not far up from the arches is it, and the bit around the black swan is fairly nice, if its so evil why aren't there piles of student corpses after every saturdy night. Most of the obvious + wasted students I knew in Bristol used to walk back up there very regularly and I never heard of anyone ever getting mugged ever. Or locals either. What a hysterical article.

 

[Corax]

Spotted this on Stapleton Road

Is this an incredible signwriting fuck up, or am I missing something?

 

[Geri]

I moved to East Bristol just over a year ago, fromm the heart of Moss Side in Manchester. There, however, if you werent gang associated or affilliated you were generally able to walk the streets in peace and prostitutes and punters kept themselves to themselves. Stapleton Rd is Awful! Especially vulnerable if u are a single woman, and I wont walk down there or let my children, unaccompanied.

Not that I am denying your experiences, but I used to walk home along Stapleton Road on my own and I have never been hassled. It can feel very intimidating however and I wouldn't be too keen to walk there after dark, but that is more to do with the possibility of accidentally getting caught up in some gang related hassle rather than because I am a female on my own. It's more dodgy for women much further up towards where I live, Fishponds Road/Eastville, due to men looking for prostitutes.

 

[butchersapron]

I deny them.