W13 has got a mild problem compared to other areas of Ealing. I live in the UB1 area of Greenford. Firebombings, stabbings, shootings, multiple murders, shopkeepers stabbed to death, and most of those are recent events. In the Shadwell road area the shops have had to board up their windows because they keep getting smashed regularly. The no booze zones have driven the boozers into our local parks, and they can get rather ugly sometimes. Muggings are a regular occurence, and the bradway area has had the heart ripped out of it by Ealing Council by allowing five supermarkets to be built within a five minute walk of each other, killing the local commerce. The most common sound is a police siren, and flashing blue lights are alarmingly regular every day.W13 can get to the back of the queue, your problems are not nearly bad enough to complain about yet. When Ealing Council, along with the London Mayors office have stopped turning their backs on the real bad areas you don't have a problem.
Dennis Bailey ● 2531d