One of the “best shopping centres” in Oxdown has become notorious for crime after serious incidents continue to be reported, says the Oxdown Chamber of Trade.
Subways which link the bus station to the town centre are now acknowledged as no longer safe to use.
The worst incident to be reported involved a fight between an elderly man, who received a head wound, and a group of teenagers.
Other menaces which haunt the subways during the day as well as at night include beggars, drunks and thieves.
Laden shoppers who frequent the subways are prime targets for muggers.
Philip Rush, Chairman of the Oxdown Chamber of Trade, is calling for the council and the police to take action, whilst he is offering to donate some benches and murals to “give the subways a face-lift”. He said yesterday:
“Occasionally, the police move people on, but it isn’t long before they are back again.
[…]Rubbish lies there for days on end before it is cleared away and efforts to remove the graffiti are few and far between.
[…] We believe that we have one of the best shopping centres in the region, and we want to encourage people to visit us, not to see them put off.”
Mr Rush proposes to meet with representatives of Oxdown Council and Oxdown Police to discuss the situation, but whether sufficient action will be taken remains to be seen.
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