THIS IS THE BLOG OF COLIN JONES, RHYL TOWN COUNCILLOR: BODFOR WARDl
The opinions expressed in this blog are entirely my own and not the views of the town council.
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This is John Street in the county council ward of Rhyl West. At a glance, it is an unremarkable place: bedsits and flats mostly owned by private landlords, some housing association properties, a few guest houses and a corner shop. The street has been in the news because residents hired a private security firm to help keep law and order.
People with behavioural problems have been dumped into the area for years by NACRO, SOVA, Clwyd Alyn Housing Association, Denbighshire council's Social Services and other agencies/organisations. We residents are expected to live alongside an unusually high proportion of criminals, substance addicts, resettlement cases, basket cases and all sorts.
Yesterday a resident of John Street handed me a list of incidents including sexual abuse, threatening behaviour, abduction, car torching, domestic violence, stabbing, robbery, attempted suicide, assault and battery. If I had the ear of government I would say, send no grant aid here except to remove cheap rented accommodation.
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