A leafy Stockport suburb has become a target for organised crime gangs, leaving some residents no longer feeling safe in their own homes.
People in affluent Bramhall say they have been rocked by a wave of break-ins and ‘to order’ thefts of up-market cars. Locals also complain of youths in black clothing ‘frightening the life’ out of residents and a police presence that is both ‘inadequate’ in numbers and ‘slow to react’. READ MORE : 'We will lock up the baddies' - Stockport's new top cop's vow after crime spree rocks borough And with Greater Manchester Police under intense scrutiny following two damning reports, Bramhall councillors have been worried enough to meet with a top officer about the situation.
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