Residents say it now only has 'minor flaws'
Neighbours on a Nottingham estate have opened up on how their community has 'turned a corner' and drastically improved. The Bestwood Estate, home to more than 4,700 people, was in the past notorious for crime, but in recent years, residents say it has changed for the better and now has only minor flaws.
“Despite the millions of police cars that I’ve seen zooming around here, the fights and people getting arrested, the good people make this area and we need to start being portrayed in a better light because the estate has turned a corner.” “A lot of it was young people being pushed into things that they didn’t want to do and in their minds, they must have thought ‘might as well’ because there wasn’t anything else in the area useful for them and there still isn’t.
“I like the area and the customers are great, the store has been here for about a year and a half. Sometimes we see a lot of the same person, sometimes it’s new faces.” Assistant Chief Constable Rob Griffin from Nottinghamshire Police said: “Operation Reacher was launched in April 2018 following an increase in organised crime around the Bestwood Estate.This dedicated team of officers were set up to disrupt and dismantle criminal gangs and those living lavish lifestyles off the back of crime and to provide a link between our neighbourhood teams with our Serious and Organised Crime assets.
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