Greater Manchester Police<\/a> (GMP) said the incidents were not reported to it at the time. People living on the estate said they had to book taxis to go out over the weekend without buses.<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/0_JS396764981.jpg\")
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The 325 bus connects Brinnington and Stockport town centre(Image: LDRS)<\/p>\n
David Deakin, a resident in one the tower blocks on the estate, said he was planning to take the bus to go out but walked instead.<\/p>\n
He added: \u201cI was gonna get the bus on Friday evening, but there were no buses. I went on the website and they were all cancelled from about 5.30 until about 9.30, it said \u2018due to anti-social behaviour\u2019 they were no longer going round the estate. People are wanting to get home from work at those times and things like that, it spoils it for everyone.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe previous night I got the bus and I got on and he went further round and there must have been a gang of about 10 or 12 teenagers, and he [the driver] didn\u2019t stop, he just went straight past, and I don\u2019t blame him, their hands are sort of tied.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chris Hoyles, 40, lives in Brinnington and said anti-social behaviour is not unusual in the area. He added: \u201cIt\u2019s a massive council estate and it\u2019s got a reputation, so it is what it is. They [the kids] are not doing it for any political reasons or anything, there\u2019s just nothing [for them] to do. I\u2019ve been here six years and you do notice things like that.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Chris Hoyles said the issues may have been caused by ‘bored’ kids(Image: LDRS)<\/p>\n
Another resident on the estate named Annie said: \u201cYou can get kids throwing stuff at the buses, living around here can feel unsafe. They can cause terror when they get together in gangs, it\u2019s gone really bad. You get fed up with it all.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Northumberland Road, a resident who did not want to give their name added: “It was caused by kids throwing stones at the bus. We\u2019ve got a lot of people who are immobile around here and they\u2019ve had to take taxis. It\u2019s just kids.”<\/p>\n
Despite the issues, the resident said it does represent the area as a whole. She added: “It is a good place to live, I\u2019ve been here 25 years.”<\/p>\n
A GMP spokesperson said: “Anti-social behaviour is a blight on the lives of hard-working people who simply want to feel safe in their own community \u2013 and is something we will never tolerate. Teams across the entire district regularly take action to tackle anti-social behaviour and all manner of crimes \u2013 which includes our neighbourhood crime team, who have contributed to a reduction in multiple crime-types through their dedication and hard work.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn November, we conducted a three week intensification period in Brinnington, which resulted in 21 arrests, 45 stop-searches, the seizure of 12 vehicles, and thousands of pounds worth of drugs seized. This action also helped contribute to our intelligence picture and means we have the most up-to-date knowledge on those causing issues within the community.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis means we can build cases against individuals, monitor known hotspots, and take direct action when required. Additionally, work closely with our partners in the GMCA and across The Bee Network, regularly taking part in proactive operations and sharing the best practice with each-other to ensure the safety of members of the public.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis includes the promotion of Live Chat \u2013 which can be easily accessed to report crimes via our website. I would urge anyone with any issues to contact us, directly or anonymously.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"People had to take taxis to get out over the weekend Northumberland Road in Brinnington, Stockport(Image: LDRS) Gangs…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430092,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[135691,59,57,58,50,2443,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-430091","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-kingdom","8":"tag-brinnington","9":"tag-gb","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-greatbritain","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-stockport","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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