Inside Kidderminster flat block hit by antisocial behaviour

Photos show discarded syringes, blood spattered on the floor, cigarette buts and faeces on the floor in the communal areas of the 1902 building in the Horsefair.

Georgia Price has said she is scared for the safety of her young child after finding “crack pipes” and “needles” in the hallways and stairs.

Ms Price said that the apartment block, which is managed by housing association Citizen, attracts antisocial behaviour and claims that drug users have “quite literally taken over the communal areas”.

The 1902 building (Image: Georgia Price)

Ms Price, aged 26, said she’s that her boy Harley-James once picked up a “crack pipe.”

She said: “My little boy is absolutely petrified to be here.

“We’ve had needles in my pram. My little boy has picked up a crack pipe.”

Caitlyn Clarke, aged 22, lives with her son Remi who is two in March. She said living in the block of flats is “horrendous”.

“I’m having to take my son past people injecting on the stairs”, she said.

“The amount of police presence that we have at the block, and it still doesn’t change what’s going on”.

Ms Price shared a photo of a sign that has been posted on walls at the apartment block.

(Image: Georgia Price)

It says: “Citizen and West Mercia Police are working together to prevent incidents of anti-social behaviour occurring within these premises.

“The following is prohibited in all Citizen properties: illicit drug use, illicit drug dealing, storage of illicit drugs, smoking in the communal areas, sleeping in the communal areas, drinking alcohol in the communal areas, forcing/wedging the main doors open, any behaviour which will cause alarm and distress to others.

“West Mercia Police Safer Neighbourhood Team will be doing regular visits, along with Citizen representatives. If we believe you should not be on these premises, you will be asked to leave”.

Director of housing care and support at Citizen, Peter Gill, said: “We are aware of the anti-social behaviour at the 1902 building in the Horsefair and have been working hard with our partners to resolve these issues. Due to the current situation, we are unable to comment further on this incident while the police conduct their investigation.

“If any of our customers experience anti-social behaviour we need you to report it to us. If you witness a crime, make sure you contact the police on 999.”

Senior PCSO Andy Stevens added: “We are aware of some recent issues with anti-social behaviour at the 1902 building and have been proactively working with Citizen Housing to speak to the individuals responsible as well as residents living at the address for wider reassurance”.

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