We live on hellhole street in shadow of posh town loved by celebs – yobs lob chairs & POO in gardens but no one cares

The Sun

22-05-2025

RESIDENTS in a hellhole street say it's crime ridden with yobs lobbing chairs and people defecating in their front gardens.
They claim the council has "neglected" the area and they don't feel safe anymore.
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Shepherds Bush locals report that drug use is rife and crime has soared on Uxbridge Road.
Resident Nigel Singh, 65, told MyLondon: "This is a bigger issue that we need tackling so that we can live in a decent, peaceful area and feel safe.
"We don't feel safe in this area now.
"It's gone downhill over the years, and it's been neglected by the council.'
But he did admit he found living in the area "fantastic".
Another resident said "it's really gone downhill" in the last two years.
They said: "The things that we see and the things we have to live with in the 21st century, one of the richest capitals in the world, it's just unbelievable the way we live, the things we see.
"We have people defecating, urinating in our front gardens.'
Another said her three-year-old was slapped in the face by someone "off their face" while on the school run.
Noor, who has started a petition, moved to Shepherd's Bush two years ago and was "shocked" at the number of drug addicts on the streets.
She said: "They'd be swinging in office chairs outside of news agents and no-one stopping them, people coming up to me in quite an intimidating manner.
"Just the level of loitering and the level of dereliction…it just felt like almost, other than the criminal behaviour, all of the loitering, that it was a forgotten street that no-one wanted to do anything to.'
The petition was launched in a bid to fix up Uxbridge Road, a key highway running from Shepherd's Bush towards Uxbridge in Hillingdon.
It has drawn 2,200 signatures where only 250 are needed for it to be debated by the council's cabinet.
They are claiming limited investment and enforcement from Hammersmith and Fulham Council is to blame for Uxbridge Road's decline.
But the council has pointed to the work put in place to improve Uxbridge Road.
This includes regular patrols by its Law Enforcement Team (LET) which amount to an average of 2,400 patrols a year.
These patrols have seen the removal of 96 graffiti tags and 68 flyposters since April 1.
The council has also made improvements to shopfronts, including paying for two businesses to have artwork painted onto their shutters.
A spokesperson for the council has argued it is taking "real action" and is "determined to work with local residents and businesses to make Uxbridge Road an even better place to live, work and socialise."
A spokesperson for the Met also said: "We want people to feel safe and secure in their communities, which is why our neighbourhood policing teams regularly patrol residential areas to deter antisocial behaviour.
'So we can tackle this behaviour we ask residents to report any criminal activity they witness, so we can act accordingly and help keep communities safe.'
The petition calls on the council to take "urgent action" and address "the environmental decline that fosters criminal activity and makes residents feel unsafe."
It requests a three, six and 12-month plan be developed by the council for improvements to the road.
But residents have also shown concern over the 5,000 signature threshold for the petition to be debated at Full Council, branded by one as "unnecessarily high".
To address concerns, the council has also removed defunct phone boxes, deep cleaned the entire road, revamped waste collections and say they are working with local businesses.
They said: "We're giving the Met Police unprecedented support to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour in the area.
"As a council, we now have the largest Community Safety team in London."
It added that the Law Enforcement Team were making 33 patrols of Uxbridge Road every day with the aim of stepping them up alongside the Met.
There's also been an investment of £4.5 million in a "ground-breaking" CCTV network to share incidents in real-time with the police.
It also called on help from residents and businesses to report crime to the Met to better "deter, prevent and fight crime".
Uxbridge Road isn't the only area seeing decline in the shadow of more expensive areas either.
The leafy neighbourhood of Pimlico, home to a number of millionaires, has seen many living in poverty a well as a high rate of homelessness.
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