How life has changed on the crime-ridden estate shut off to outsiders
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukNot too long ago, it was a notorious, crime-ridden estate shut off to outsiders. Now, police and neighbours say, it's changed.
In the Freehold area of Rochdale, people were scared to leave their homes after dark. Plagued by drug-dealing, anti-social behaviour and other criminal activity, residents were terrified.
Police were forced to take drastic action. In November last year, officers stepped in and took an extreme measure, shutting down the estate to outsiders.
A closure order imposed on 19 blocks of flats banned outsiders entering the area for three months. The measure was intended to stop criminals going onto the estate and dealers 'doing their business in stairwells'.
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