Residents of a city centre road blighted by anti-social behaviour say they are worried their children have to walk past open drinking and drug-taking every time they step out of the door. Zion Gardens in Brighton city centre has been ravaged by graffiti, drug needles and people openly urinating in the street. Residents said that despite complaining about the issue for over a year, problems still remain – and claimed the council is not doing enough to fix the problem.
Police said they are working specifically to reduce crime and antisocial behaviour in the tight street behind Queen's Road. But residents are calling for more action. One resident, who asked to remain anonymous, said: “I clean the graffiti off the walls myself because I am the one who has to look at it every day.
Drug paraphernalia left in Zion Gardens (Image: Supplied) “My children know too much about drugs because of this. They should be able to play football safely in the street if they want to. “We don’t deserve this.
We have tried everything, it's horrific. “The council don’t care – they should be doing something. But I’m not moving anywhere – they should be doing something.
” The Argus previously reported residents’ concerns that Zion Gardens was being treated “like a toilet” with people openly using the street to urinate. Residents now say that they have experienced people taking cocaine on their garden walls and people lying in the streets after taking heroin. One person who sai.
