This Is "Britain's Most Dangerous Road" ~20 Years On

[@ukexplored]

Hope you enjoyed this look inside Easton, in Bristol, and the infamous Stapleton Road - and as long as I keep surviving these ghetto and rough area tours, I'll keep bringing them to you. As always, all comments, questions, and feedback are welcome - Thanks for tuning in! 😀👍

[@Budgiearmy]

This roads worse than Manchester rd,Swindon .Great video btw do Portsmouth next.

[@LeonApricus]

The reason Easton isnt higher is because blacks dont report crime as much as other groups. They have an anti-police bias. Plus just exhaustion. If everyday there is crime, it becomes a normal part of life, not worth reporting.

[@stevejelly3161]

Thanks for the video 🙂...... You wont believe this !!!! . Way back in 1996 i got lost (Mechanics had farewell party in Keynsham Football Club) . Saturday night at just around midnight. . Wanted to buy some chips..... crowd in shop and across the junction saw a orange sign "Chinese Food and English Meals to Takeaway" . (GET THIS)............. the moment i stepped through the door ......... my life was reinstated as almost every memory came flooding back.............. and the smiling Chinese man motioned to his wife and i asked for sausage and chips and a can of tango . (i thought WOW ....... so they are not all deaf over here) lol . The moment i got to my home town on the M4 .............. i felt the oppression traveling up my legs and the neck pains started that were driving me mad . In September 2000 a spiritual healer blew them out of my ears for £40 . I looked a few years ago but it,s all changed ..... thanks for reading

[@k.common117]

Come and take a walk with me through these areas , get some genuine videos , we will stop and talk people from all races and cultures and get you some genuine content , instead of these just showing litter and graffiti. Plus I'll take you through the lanes and alleys and backstreets and show you that nothing bad happens its just gang or drug use/dealing that goes on the same as everywhere else , and even 99% of this is out of sight of everyone .

[@k.common117]

Yes , they all are . I used to live on bloy@alikoubrujup_Argentina

[@bokehintheussr5033]

I live in Fishponds so have to go through Easton and Stapleton Road to get back from the town centre. I often walk rather than getting the bus. Never had any problems. Like St Pauls and Barton hill I think it's reputation is because it's a mostly black and muslim area. I think a lot of people feel threatened by that. I'm white and I don't feel threatened at all in those areas. Hartcliffe and Knowle, which are the "white trash" parts of the city, are a different story. I avoid them like the plague because of having things happen like kids throwing bricks at me, and a guy setting his dog on me for no reason.

[@Chopcee]

I agree, Withywood and Whitchurch are scary!

[@bokehintheussr5033]

@@Chopcee yes and those areas in south bristol BS4/BS13 are where the majority of those EDL yobs come from who smashed up the city on the weekend.

[@longbar2344]

can tell that with all the shit everywhere

[@saeedmohamoud1610]

Wel Saïd

[@Forestfalcon1]

My view is those houses should have British families living in them not immigrants.. We've had a chronic housing shortage in the UK long before mass immigration.. There are no homes for British people.. They are giving them all to immigrants while British people are left living and dying on our streets... Many people living in caravans in Bristol have jobs and own vehicles but still cannot live in a house because Bristol City Council exclusively earmarks council houses for immigrants..

[@fancymcclean6210]

Lived in Easton 40 years ago (Chaplin Road). At the time, I had a young family and kept a machete under the bed. We were crazy poor and luckily, I managed to get a job in another part of the country. Not the greatest place to raise a family and I don't recommend the experience. Nowadays I own and live on a large rural property in New Zealand. Strange how things have turned out. Flaxen Saxon.

[@ukexplored]

Wow, thanks for sharing it. It is crazy how things turn out , but it sounds like you were very aware of your situation and made your change of circumstances happen, I got a lot of respect for that.

[@goonerboz6023]

It's not bad there at all you must be making up bullshit

[@fancymcclean6210]

Do you live there?@@goonerboz6023

[@RestlessBs3]

No it’s not bad at all now but it used to be but next to New Zealand it’s an absolute dump.

[@fancymcclean6210]

Depends where you live in NZ. Some parts of Auckland are pretty rough. @@RestlessBs3

[@brizzlebcfc]

I live here right now (you actually walked right by my house!) and I do think Easton gets a bit of an unfair rep. Agree with you on the litter and general state of things, but the restaurants, pubs, cafe's and general vibe of the place are outstanding. A really nice community with loads going on. As for Stapleton Road, you wouldn't catch me walking down there at night, but I walk down it every day and I've never once had the slightest issue.

[@lemming9984]

I've walked along the length of this road hundreds of times on my own. NEVER felt threatened - or even uneasy. There are sections of it where some shops are run-down, but that's it.

[@dontworry-i9o]

Yea but that's just your experience tho

[@lemming9984]

@@dontworry-i9o I'm sure most other people's experiences in the area will be the same.

[@barryscott1989]

@@lemming9984 agree! its not dangerous unless youre a drug dealer or a drug addict

[@RhysDavies-n9f]

Fine place to be. St Mark's Road is buzzing and friendly

[@jackmartinleith]

I agree 100 per cent. Never experienced any hostility in Easton.

[@jakubwyszynski3686]

Great video! Sadly, BCC is one of the worst councils, I came acros in the UK when it comes tp addressing inequalities and managing urban infrastructure. Despite their shiny policies and empty claims, the reality is that city is divided into areas where some level of management and upkeep exist (mostly Cotham, Clifton and Harbourside ) and the rest of the city is in a staggering state of decay. Lack of decent public transport, poor lightining, potholes, pavements suitable for trekking shoes, flooding after every rain, rubbish piling up, crime, filth and rodents.

[@ukexplored]

Yes, I have friends in Bristol and have seen most of it over the years now, the good and bad, and I agree. The contrast between the expensive and poor areas is staggering, it’s going to backfire at some point as the borders are getting more blurred all the time. And not to mention it’s unbearable to drive around for the most part 😅

[@mikehawes4935]

Whats needed is volunteers to step up now and take the streets back, Walsall is like this areas just left by the council but we are taking them back

[@wobblybobengland]

A Labour council perchance?

[@RestlessBs3]

It’s quite simple, affluent areas contribute far more in tax and they actually care about the environment they live in. Easton has too many people who love to live tramps, these people bring everyone else down.

[@imafackinjunglist]

It’s because they pissed all the money on Cabbot Circus and now can’t maintain it and they keep messing with the roads because they fucked it the first time. They didn’t realise that Bristol was a big place for events and that was the backbone of its revenue. They thought they could replace it with revenue from high end retail in a city where most of the people looked like greenpeace mercenaries. Now they’re gone, so is the money because they weren’t as poor as they looked and bought people from all over the country with the events they used to put on which got the big £ coming in. People don’t shop in the same place for long. They here about a new place, flock to it and then move to the next one. Night life is a far more sustainable economic model as proven by Bristol. Martin Rees destroyed the city by choking the life out of it.

[@gordonhutchison9647]

I used to visit Easton and see friends back in late 70s early 80, it was great back then.

[@Guccit865]

Ethnic enrichment… lovely.

[@juliantheapostate8295]

​Maybe appearances shouldn't be the priority ​@OhYesMate

[@shabirhussain6995]

I have business in Stapleton road and I had a business in west st bedminister part of Bristol both fast foods and this is my honest quote on Stapleton road we have a bad customer or fights or damage to property once in maybe 5yrs on the other hand in bedminister we had crowds of fighting in our shops fighting nearly every weekend so I say Stapleton road is very safe

[@dontworry-i9o]

Well that doesn't really make Stapleton road safer than west street does it? Your buisnes was just one out of hundreds of shops and I doubt you was everywhere at once were you?😂

[@PabloDon27]

@@dontworry-i9oits a valid opinion on someone who actually owned a business there, and unfortunately I don't believe anyone has the superhero quality of being at two places at once

[@lyonhartgreyflag]

Safer don't mean better. Place stinks,rubbish everywhere. The people that live there don't care for the area at all and it shows. It has the reputation it has coz of how it is. Don't lie lol back in early 2000s it was lively n alot more dangerous so yeah it's safer but it's worse and it's down to the residents. Facts

[@PabloDon27]

@@lyonhartgreyflag Bristol council is concerned they may go bankrupt, we just heard today, at a meeting

[@PabloDon27]

@@lyonhartgreyflag Caravans everywhere in Bristol now, word is the council is near bankrupt the books are terrible, you should see them so can’t see these areas being better and expect tolls and paying for the tip etc

[@adrianjones4812]

The relentless tagging is an eyesore and creates a feeling of hopelessness and despair.

[@drahcirnevarc9152]

True.

[@CarkBurningMoo]

Not really

[@illbehaviour9785]

I dunno I kinda like it, some of it is pretty good...

[@gilankitchen9940]

Jamaica street hostel is must crazy place on arth which I living right now.

[@richardarthur4024]

Ron jones house?

[@PabloDon27]

Looks it

[@bbcisrubbish]

This is a foretaste of what is to come all over the UK. Thank you Blair and the Tory legal trade.

[@johnnybambury]

exactly

[@goonerboz6023]

You have forgot the usa and uk have blown up the iraq Afghanistan Libya and Syria sending millions of refugees to Europe you seem to be a really thick and simple person that hasn't a clue on what's happening so blame refugees for the problems our government done and not the innocent people

[@Truth-And-Freedom]

It's the international bankers that control the politicians that have done it ... They closing down the west to move the power to the far east

[@spongeofsteel01]

What? Being safer than it was 20-30 years ago? Yeah sure sign 'em up.

[@tracklistwarrior]

* tirade

[@henrylovespies]

Would love to see you speak to some locals in there areas when you visit!

[@jackmartinleith]

Yes, and not people he's chosen because they fit his narrative.

[@jimcrawford5039]

Jeez that’s very sad to see. I left the UK in 1965 for Australia. I have never been back there. It’s certainly not like that here although there are plenty of murders, stabbings etc. those scenes in Bristol look like a third world country! Terrible.

[@alexhaynes6217]

'Diversity is our strength!'

[@paulmcallister8948]

Diversity is our strength! Not! 😳🥺🫣🤒

[@Fre667Roger-Ring]

Our strength it looks like a third world country.

[@pani777]

there's more coloured people here and its safer than it was in the 2010s pipe down jobless bum

[@shinkansenshinkansend8316]

In the early 1970s we used to walk from near to Eastville Park where we lived, to the far end of Stapleton Rd, that's right along the area shown in this video, at the far end was Buss's fruit and veg shop, Mum would get the weeks groceries there, then we would stop at other shops on the way home until all of the week's provisions were bought. It was clean, totally safe and completely unrecognisable from what it's become.

[@laurie3]

I live on the edge of St Pauls and have delivered at night down the Stapleton Road; I find nothing but generosity and friendliness.

[@George-bi8sj]

I saw the heading 'UKs most dangerous road' and instantly thought of Stapleton Road

[@King_seagull]

This guy would quit KZbin if he found out about St. Paul's.

[@janetblack5181]

This is so horrendously sad. I was born and raised in the UK, got drunk and married an American with whom I lived happily with until his death! I have returned to UK 22 times over the last 30 years and I am literally devastated as to how it has changed. Is it caused more by the British people living there or is it made worse by illegals coming in and immigrants? I do not know but I am sad. Well, also sad is I have had a gun in my possession for 22 years and have never run across a violent situation since moving here (lucky!) but enough is enough. This is revolting, disgusting and pitiful and I am sorry people are suffering with this kind of crap close to where they are living.

[@thathurt]

I think it's a mixture of things including Tory Government and capitalism. People can't afford stable housing. Rent or buy. Immigration forces rent prices up and keeps wages low. Drugs gangs and addiction are a huge factor. The breakdown of the family unit too. Changing values and standards.. This is true of nearly anywhere in the UK. though. It's a depressing rat race for many. Once the boomer generation die out who knows.

[@tinachristine4573]

Mate, no one will ever draw a gun on you in the UK. That's like crazy organised crime stuff. Here you'll get low level smash and grab kind of property crime eg car or house break ins, maybe witnessing a drug deal in progress, antisocial behaviour like loitering, street graffiti, damage to abandoned property, throwing litter around, drunken Street fights, and gang members stabbing each other in London. The UK may look less pretty compared to the US but I can go to Stapleton at night and get out of my car to go to a shop or a pharmacy (which I have done many times) and yet I can't think of going to downtown L.A. during the day in a car. Most 'illegals' here in the UK actually have an incentive not to engage in criminal activity. If they live here without breaking any laws for 10 years, they have a right to residency. So, Janet honey, don't equate being foreign with being a criminal. And all of our ancestors at one point were foreigners in the lands we now call home. Be humble.

[@Silent002]

Well, according to the ONS, there was a net migration of 2 million people into the UK between 2011 and 2021 and 6.8 million births, therefore it's 3.4 times more likely the issue is with British people rather than immigrants. I know that's a simplification since 1-year-olds ain't going to be breaking into cars and that we should be comparing the births from 1991-2001 to immigration between 2011-2021 instead, but that's skipping over the real issue in the UK - the gap between the richest and the poorest is getting wildly out of control. Since 1970, income share for the top 10% has ballooned whilst income for the bottom 50% has reduced or remained stagnant, all while living costs in the past 30 years have risen. So you've got people unable to make a decent living going straight and more people on the upper end looking like larger targets than ever, it's not really that surprising that some people have decided to take back what society has leached from them. It's easier for most older people to blame the anonymous brown man that just walked into town rather than the government, though 🤷‍♂.

[@Azrael1st]

You westerners get drunk to meet each other. Yuk!

[@Billybhoy]

​@@Azrael1st yous eat fucking insects and wipe your arse with no paper

[@Ellis_B]

I lived in Bristol 20 years ago. Good video my friend. 330k to get stabbed and robbed. I'd never go back there

[@ukexplored]

Thanks. The house prices are offensive, I think it pushes landlords to buy up and turn those large houses into multi occupancy - which is exactly what no one wants to see.

[@Ellis_B]

@@ukexplored usual British 2023 horrorshow

[@theabandonedhunter3604]

Another class video mate, thank you! …. Smithy

[@ukexplored]

Thanks, appreciate it!

[@ontoyou7362]

Stayed in a bedsit on Stapleton road back in 05 it was grim and witnessed some incidents a woman was raped in the corridor up stairs by homeless people that forced their way into the building 2 teenagers were stabbed outside from a mugging gone wrong endless drug dealing and antisocial behaviour and one morning i couldn't leave for work as the road was cordoned off due to a murder from a house a few homes up the street that's when I finally got out poverty living causes stress

[@jakegreenwoodphotography]

Parts of Easton is pretty gentrified now, i dunno 🤔 after watching a few of these vids which is basically looking at mattresses and sofas in front gardens im starting to think they’re not particularly meaningful 🤔 i don’t really like that part of town but these videos never seem to focus on any positive aspects of the areas deemed terrible , so they just feel a bit shallow and vacuous .

[@IamNotANumber]

Used to get the train to Stapleton Road from Avonmouth back in the day with my two dogs to go and see friends in Fishponds. Ever been to Avonmouth? It's grim. I had a council place in an old Mariners Mission full of addicts. That was an education. The dealer used to turn up 'toot toot toot' on his horn and all the front doors would open and thud thud thud down the stairs as they all went and got their gear, like the ice cream man.

[@JosephMorgan-zt4of]

Sounds eventful 😂

[@ukexplored]

The old subtle tooting of the horn technique! I’ve driven through Avonmouth, never had a reason to stop there. I saw lots of discarded drug stuff on the floor in Easton that I didn’t want to put into the video, it’s crazy how much of this stuff goes down in plain sight, isn’t it.

[@IamNotANumber]

@@JosephMorgan-zt4of honestly it was something else. I came home from work one day and just inside the door were several shopping baskets full of alcohol, chocolate and cigarettes. I ran inside my flat. Not involved.

[@IamNotANumber]

@@ukexplored it's bonkers isn't it. I've lived all over Bristol. I live out in a village near Pensford now. A real world away.

[@tinachristine4573]

A lot of places are like this now. Even Plymouth has a serious open drug dealing problem. Somerset towns like Highbridge too are getting seriously overrun by the county lines.

[@mrbenn1489]

Doesn't surprise me, it's Bristol what do you expect?

[@philipvjones397]

I was going to recommend the Isle of Sheppey for a visit (not that I would), but another channel has beaten you to it. Still, plenty of choices remaining. I liked the intro you had before - visiting the places you probably shouldn't. Definitely better to look at on Google Maps than in person.

[@elliotspencer2648]

I used to live in Bristol up until July 2023 then I moved to Leicester, I was glad to see the back of Bristol.

[@paulmcallister8948]

Out of the frying pan into the fire, no? 🤔🧐🫣🤒

[@PabloDon27]

Bristol to Leicester come on lad 😂

[@PabloDon27]

@@paulmcallister8948excactly

[@SubArchitectDJ]

I lived and spent a lot of time around Easton. Personally, i never experienced any trouble in Easton. Yeah it's rough but I think as long as you aren't in a gang and don't mess about you're probably OK.

[@ukexplored]

Yes, if you’re smart and careful, for the most part you should be ok in areas like Easton. But slipping up can be costly, I read a lot of reports about what’s been going down in recent years, we have to remember there are a lot of victims are living with it. As a parent, I still live in hope that areas get safer over time, not more dangerous though.

[@yardman16]

And be sure to give the local hookers a spare roll up if you got 1 or there will be trouble

[@drahcirnevarc9152]

I agree. I'm a White viciously anti-woke conservative man, have walked through Easton multiple times weekly in the 18 years I have lived in Bristol, and have never once experienced any trouble.

[@bloodmoney6018]

​@@drahcirnevarc9152Ok well done your good at staying out of trouble keep it up because it used to be the most dangerous street in the UK and still loads of knife crime and attacks that still happen these days on the road.

[@crystalken]

Why do people want to make out that it's so sketchy, it's really not. Stabbings happen all over the UK. Shootings here are rare and the ones that happened on this road were mostly people from other cities, also after carnival which used to bring trouble back in the day. Other than that it's just your average multi-cultural area and actually quite artsy / hipster.

[@thathurt]

I once went to Stapleton road. Good Lord it was a surprise. Won't be back. 😆

[@Papercraftofficialll]

I live in this Area and i Love it .I haven't seen dangerous things

[@johnwood2684]

Relieved you haven't had any problems but please be careful, enjoy Easton's positives but always be aware of its soft under belly.

[@2tapped-sc1oq]

Then you don't go outside much because knife crime is common around there

[@colrol603]

Lived there for many decades, and it is obvious that Easton does not suffer fools gladly. The violent crimes are nearly always confined to chancers from out of town swinging their weapons and arrogance around until someone gives them an education.

[@terryjenkins9955]

Stapes is calm, the bottom bit past Lebeq's is the worst part

[@2tapped-sc1oq]

Na by the coach house pub

[@k.common117]

It's all calm, even tho it's just mini Somalia nowadays not how it was in its prime 😅

[@richardfarrer5616]

All I can say is Bristol Sweet Mart. One of the best shops in Bristol if you want to get herbs, spices, vegetables, or anything you need for any Indian meal ever. Yes, you can find lots of tagging (but have you ever been through the railway tunnels around St Werburghs?) and I'm sure that the crime rate is higher than the national average. I've never felt worried when I've walked around there though.

[@longbar2344]

'lots' is an understatement

[@Autonomous1969]

Just to point out there are two parts of Stapleton Road. Old Stapleton Road and New Stapleton Road. The most dangerous road in Bristol is Grovenor Road, St. Pauls.

[@yardman16]

Doubt it all the most dangerous streets now are in the city centre and the groves in hartcliffe

[@ukexplored]

I was in St Paul’s , as I said, but I wasn’t paying attention to the road names. I bet I went down it though.

[@yardman16]

@@ukexplored it's same the road where 2 people were killed this year

[@drahcirnevarc9152]

Grosvenor Road is 3 minutes from my front door. I agree with you, it is dangerous.

[@Autonomous1969]

@@drahcirnevarc9152 The area used to be my second home when I trained at Empire Sports Club. I haven't been there in years now. I just left it all behind me.

[@electronicearnings]

Another banger of a video 🎉

[@ukexplored]

Thanks man!

[@shaunw9270]

Just watched your video on West Bromwich and recognised your accent immediately as Bristol. I just watched this and feel thoroughly depressed. Can't believe the house prices in Easton. I've been down Stapleton Rd recently myself and it doesn't even feel safe on the bus , so well done 👍

[@ukexplored]

I'm not actually a Bristolian, not too far off though and I'm often over there, I'm actually from Cheltenham; and yep, I wouldn't go down Stapleton Road at night, that's for sure.

[@rickydowning7557]

Are you sure this is the uk? Having a closer look at the shop names I find it hard to believe it’s uk?

[@mrrrrr5158]

That's what the Spanish say about shops in Benidorm. You sure it's Spain amigo??

[@GPTechno]

Oh belive me, that's exactly what it's like, a fucking shit tip

[@awentimes]

@@mrrrrr5158 Two wrongs don't make a right, do they?

[@mrrrrr5158]

@midgetbonesdiary point being that ex-patriots go to Spain and then open up shops to satisfy the demand of other ex-pats that are in Spain. Supply and demand. They're not taking away anything from Spanish folk are they??

[@mrrrrr5158]

@JackTheAverage what you on about?? How many white british have moved to Benidorm?? Loads! I'm white English and used to go regular with my parents when I was younger. There are loads living there and hardly speak a word of Spanish

[@cmmooney564]

I was brought up partly in Stapleton Road, from the ages 10-23, 1973-86 and I found it to be a vibrant area, once you know who and what to avoid you’ll rarely encounter the negative stuff, most of the bad people have no interest in ordinary folk and territorial disputes are the reason for most of the serious crimes. Once your face is known most muggers too won’t bother you but it could be very different for strangers passing through. I certainly witnessed my fair share of terrible things but thankfully managed to stay well away from the bad stuff.

[@J.S-762]

Need to do hartcliffe and knowle west

[@davehedgehogUK]

What's up with all the grafitti? I don't think I've ever seen that much in one place other than at the side of railway tracks near London.

[@ayt_a]

It's just a Bristol thing really. Banksy's from there and it's not the Council's priority to remove (due to the abundance, costs and actual street art).

[@davehedgehogUK]

@@ayt_a for some daft reason, I've always thought of Bristol as quite a posh place. Maybe I'm thinking of Bath I dunno.

[@yian9226]

@@davehedgehogUK West side such as Clifton is quite posh.

[@davehedgehogUK]

@@ayt_a ah right, explains a lot if it's the Banksy connection. Just seems a massive amount for one city otherwise as I've been to far rougher places than Bristol and it isn't nearly as tagged up. They must have a few quid to spare as spray paint ain't cheap anymore. Cost me £7 to spray a tiny bookcase and even then I bought the cheapest I could find, and still ran out during the first coat. Luckily nobody will ever see the back.

[@yesthen2704]

@@davehedgehogUKbristol is entirely full of graffiti apart from cribbs , clifton , westbury, heanleaze , parkway , patchway… the rest has a lot to graffiti

[@markotoole7937]

I temporarily lived on St Marks road for about 6 months and have been down Stapleton numerous times, never had issues and been in Bristol over 10 years. The crime is likely isolated to those involved with crime in the first place, so if you're not involved, you really don't have anything to worry about. It is a bit rundown though.

[@crystalken]

Agreed, these videos are just jumping on headlines or feeding people that want to say they live in the 'baddest' areas. Easton has rough parts but also hipster parts, been to The Black Swan many times no trouble, Millionaires Club, no trouble, The Mill, no trouble, Lebeq Tavern, Jolly Roger...you get the picture. It's by no means Britain's most dangerous road. Stop with the clickbait.

[@yardman16]

@@crystalken This video says Britain's most dangerous road 20 years on! It actually was back then so find me another street back then that was topping over 2000 reported crimes each year for like 5 years running good luck with that because you can't

[@crystalken]

@@yardman16 You talk about it like it's something to be proud of? I've got better things to do than look at crime stats but when I used to spend the most time there probably would have been around 20 years ago when Millionaire's Club was open. There were much worse places in the UK...but whatever 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@crystalken]

Man's been watching too much Top Boy 😂

[@yardman16]

@@crystalken lol your gassed top boy is dead

[@paulcampbell85]

Yes we had a caribbean meal up in Easton 2 weeks ago, I am looking forward to seeing it keep pushing forward and get the funding it needs as they are lovely people.

[@S1m0nX386]

Diverse you mean taken over 😂

[@AngelasNoFrillsASMR]

This is quite scary when you think about it. It's getting worse is the UK. And it's spreading like wildfire, poverty, fly tippping, drugs, crime, hate crime, burglaries. Most steal to live I blame the government. People haven't got any hope, no inspiration to do better. Low wages, overcrowding houses, high tax on wages if you work overtime for extra money. Lack of education and degrees. It then shifts from one generation to another. It's dire!!

[@atilllathehun1212]

'Culturally diverse' equals very high crime rate......tell us something we don't know.......

[@wendytobiassen6740]

Aw, that's so damming! I live easton, it has so many qualities that other parts of the city do not. True re fly tipping, and the council does need to invest more money in cleaning the place. The bin men, leave rubbish all over too. More tlc in general. But MY Easton is safe, friendly, relaxed with many unique qualities. Including, rich cultural and coexistance, many green spaces, without having to drive, nice schools, great food shops etc etc

[@2tapped-sc1oq]

Not safe it has a knife crime problem so many attacks mainly teens even murders and a huge drugs problem

[@PabloDon27]

Eastons not bad at all

[@frankiecook9113]

Cheetham Hill Road in Manchester is worse. I used to hear gun shots every week, and a 16-year-old lad was shot in the head with a shotgun outside Spender Avenue.

[@yardman16]

Yea Stapleton road used to get all them headlines aswell happens everywhere

[@PabloDon27]

@@yardman16Cheetham Hill and Moss side and Salford way worse, look up the crime stats

[@OneSixSuspect]

​@PabloDon27 it's not tho Stapleton road is the most dangerous road in the country not cheetham hill road (look up the stats)

[@yardman16]

It was back 20 plus years ago I remember one year 2003 I think there 4 murders on Stapleton road in the space of 6 weeks

[@ukexplored]

Yeah I read a load of reports, but the data is pretty bad online going back to the 90s. I’m sure I saw a short documentary on Stapleton road as well back in the day, but I couldn’t find it.

[@yardman16]

@@ukexplored yh that was Macintyre's toughest towns - bristol) that was took off KZbin years ago i think you can still find it thru Google tho

[@ukexplored]

Yeah! It was that donald mcintyre guy, good memory, mate. I’ll dig it up. Thanks.

[@yardman16]

@@ukexplored no worries

[@malcolmmitchell6529]

Be very satisfying to take our prime minister for a tour. ( In an open top car for preference). Totally scandalous, the difference in our tiny island. Diverse indeed.

[@davidwright-p9v]

he`s probably got relatives there

[@coniferclose]

Bristol is labour, says it all.

[@AJ-hi9fd]

Why is it that the most diverse communities are the least safe.

[@-trixiespumpkins3846]

Because you can take the man out of the jungle but you can't take the jungle out of the man

[@GPTechno]

All courtesy of the ethnic

[@mike-A299]

You should try the white working class shitholes then! Not a job or word of proper English spoken among them!

[@NecroMoz]

I’d much rather live in Easton than Hartcliffe which is nearly entirely white and far worse.

[@billsinger9200]

I mean this sounds like racism to me. Diversity isn't the reason, it's poverty. Hence places like knowle west being rougher than Easton but also much whiter

[@jeffbarnes54]

You have the most amazing speaking voice! It just adds to the quality of your videos which I find very interesting and entertaining. Really opening up my eyes to the conditions in so many of these UK towns. I knew some were bad areas but I had no idea there were so many. What’s sad is that you can tell with some of these housing estates that they were really nice when they were new and I’m sure the first people that lived there were really happy. But as you have said, the loss of the industrial jobs has really crippled so many parts of the UK, put on top of that the current financial situation for so many. the government really needs to get it in gear and at least keep the junk and trash picked up. They could employ entire groups of people, pay them a really good wage to go around and just clean.

[@lemsip207]

The Bristol to Bath cycle path runs close to it. I cycled through Easton along Stapleton Road to Narrowways one Saturday morning at around 9 am, and it was dicey even then with road hogs in large expensive cars that I had to dodge. I found out later that they are owned and driven by big-time pinps and drug dealers. I didn't have a smart phone then, so I didn't have the Cycle Streets app to find a better route, only a street plan book.

[@bobgnarley1]

The most dangerous road in Britain...if you live in Bristol. Other cities opinions may vary.

[@yardman16]

Stapleton road had over 2,000 crimes reported in less than a year

[@PabloDon27]

Soft up to a lot of places

[@OneSixSuspect]

Doesn't matter what other cities opinions are 😂 it's a fact this used to be the most dangerous road in the country check the statistics from the home office from London and have a read for yourself and still is one of the worst in the country

[@g7eit]

10 years ago I heard the same thing so I went to see for myself. I walked down Stapleton road at about 10.30 pm and found most people to be absolutely fine and a few even quite polite. No problems whatsoever, I felt quite safe. St Pauls, I only had time during the day but felt equally safe. Braunston and Portland square were great. This was all about 10 years ago and my experiences so for others it may be different.

[@tinachristine4573]

It still hasn't changed. I've popped to Stapleton at night for emergency meds for a child in a late night pharmacy and I'm a rather petite lady, was alone at night, and everyone was very unbothered and moved out of the way politely and respectfully when they noticed that I was a lone lady out at night. I did not feel watched, threatened or harassed at all. This is just people saying that they don't like seeing somali people out and about at night.

[@g7eit]

@@tinachristine4573 I really appreciate your comment, it just goes to show that people’s opinions are subjective. Yes crime is high there but from my personal experience I find everyone quite nice and respectful. I’m an ex bodyguard and a bit biased because I just adore Bristol.

[@k.common117]

These are the comments that portray how easton really is , not how posh people from elsewhere make it out to be based on what they read rather than experience

[@tomhiorns5012]

I live in Bristol and go through Stapleton road daily. Its got lots of great food places and is always busy. The place does struggle with litter/flytipping, homelessness and hard drug use. The flytipping is so frustrating, but it is something that will be done by people more desperate for money, perhaps more support can be given from local councils. The homelessness is quite a wide spread problem on this side of Bristol, stretching from the centre. All I see are some city center charities trying to help, but i think more support for these people is required on a city or regional level.

[@bigal3055]

Hard drug use is definitely a problem... which is why I like to stick to the ones that are easy to use.

[@MadelnMachines]

This makes the worst areas of Preston and Lancaster look amazing. What a dump!

[@ArkaHtun]

On😂e of my favourite pubs in Easton is the plough 🎉.. great pub . No trouble , nice beer garden .

[@billsinger9200]

That's where I work!

[@ArkaHtun]

It’s all about the back garden for me 🎉

[@billsinger9200]

@@ArkaHtun yeah it's a good one. Chelsea just down the road has a nice garden too

[@PabloDon27]

@@ArkaHtuni bet it is ☘️💨

[@gkinguk]

if people report crime its dangerous if they do not its safe

[@ukexplored]

If a crime goes unreported, was it actually a crime? It’s like that old philosophical question; ‘If a tree falls in the forest, and there's nobody around to hear, does it make a sound?’ 😁

[@Trudgboi]

I live in Easton, and it really isn't that bad. Although it's reputation is terrible, and it has had some bad things happen there, it is a really nice place to live in.

[@VloggingALife]

I went today . Shocking ! Video will be up tomorrow

[@dontworry-i9o]

One of the best stapleton road videos I have seen what time was you there? most youtubers walk thru in the morning when it's quiet

[@James1-9-7-8]

My cousins are proud Bristolians so I’ve seen a bit of the city (clearly, not all bad). However, they’ve told me the odd haunting story. A friend of theirs was walking back through an area like Easton and got randomly hit on the head with a sledgehammer. Had major PTSD afterwards. And less gravely when we went out to a local pub in St Paul’s, my cousin’s bike was stolen. I’m stunned at the house prices: it’s not far off Colchester where such houses are ensconced in bourgeois enclaves!

[@johnrollins9153]

1:02 I wonder if there's a link?

[@sensationalselection]

Just moved from Saint Paul’s to Easton and live very close to Stapleton road, got to have your wits about you at night especially if you’re on your own but I feel much safer here then I did in St Paul’s n I would say in and around old market at night is just as bad if not worse than Stapleton road

[@2tapped-sc1oq]

A 16 year old boy ĺliterally collapsed on Stapleton road after being stabbed in a near by park in Easton just 2 days a go

[@dihydrogenmonoxide]

You do Easton a disservice here, it's increasingly being gentrified & full of young families.

[@DMDGARAGE]

Last week in Easton a 16 yrs boy has bin killed by 2 young kids 15yrs old in park

[@anthonyduffy6953]

Anywhere with a domed reliigios place is dangerous.

[@jamessones4044]

The ‘black banana’ fruit n veg is another sign.

[@berniethekiwidragon4382]

St. Paul's Cathedral, London.

[@anthonyduffy6953]

@@berniethekiwidragon4382 more like 50 something mosques

[@thinkrevival1]

Really?

[@berniethekiwidragon4382]

@@anthonyduffy6953 You might want to consider looking up a list of domed cathedrals and synagogues before you continue down that route.

[@goonerboz6023]

It's not dangerous my friends live there for over 25 years

[@bobthebuilder2967]

Looks luvly 😁👍

[@michaelwaring2068]

I live nearby to Easton and reguaor walked thru Easton at night. Feels far less unsafe than other areas of Bristol that are more expensive to buy in.

[@RegiyThornton]

My friend told me he moved to Bristol for a better life I didn’t think it was like this 🤨

[@samuelhonywill4499]

I live just round the corner and it's absolutely fine - in fact, I wouldn't live anywhere else. As another poster has said, the reputation of Easton and St Paul's is built mainly on racist assumptions dues to their ethnic make-up more than facts (which isn't to say there isn't crime, just that this video is rather sensationalist) - whiter areas of the city, such as Lawrence Weston and Hartcliffe are considerably less safe IMO (although even there it's overblown, and rather than race that's good old class prejudice at work). This video also ignores the fact that Easton is currently fighting a losing battle against gentrification and that a lot of the area surrounding Stapleton Road is now one of the biggest property hotspots in the entire country, which is infuriating for the locals trying to cling on in the face of spiralling rents and bidding wars they've got no hope of competing in, meaning a lot of the rougher element has actually already been driven out.

[@dontworry-i9o]

So why has there been almost a 50% increase in knife crime in bristol? With most attacks in the easton and St judges area?

[@dontworry-i9o]

St judes*

[@Binzlebabble]

Love your videos. I would LOVE you to visit HORDEN in County Durham. This is a blighted mining village where you can buy a house for £5,000. All streets are numbered and full of drug users. Heart led community but it is seriously the British version of the outback. I feel you would make a great video there....what is different to all of these southern places, the people are extremely friendly and will actually talk to you about life there

[@SJ_Vibezz]

Lived in Easton for 6/7 years. Barely went out in the dark by myself after dark. Did the correct thing seriously…. Worse than Barton street in Gloucester

[@ukexplored]

I covered Barton street in a video as well; and I’ve driven through Barton at night a few times, it’s insane, like zombies roaming around at times.

[@martinbagneris5345]

I can believe that Easton was dangerous in the 90s but this video is a massive exaggeration. I've lived in and around Easton four years and never felt unsafe or experienced anything dangerous. There are crimes but they seem to be almost all gang or drug related. If you're not involved in a gang, you'll absolutely safe. In fact I get less hassle from drug addicts around there, plus with it being the centre of a huge religious islamic community people are super friendly, warm and respectful to each other. Honestly anyone who feels threatened by being in Easton or St Pauls these days is either shit scared or racist. Some people have just never stepped out of there plush gentrified comfort zone of a neighbourhood and get freaked out when they see reality.

[@k.common117]

Love this comment . ❤ although even in the 90s it was the same kinda thing , just a but more run down loads of boarded up houses etc .

[@stayrealneverchange3804]

You only went to one end of Stapleton road? Should of recorded by the coach house pub end that's the worst part

[@terryjenkins9955]

Nah, the other end between Old Market and Lebeq's is way moodier

[@doctorjames4245]

Used to be but not that bad now. Gentrification has really hit a lot of Easton

[@dontworry-i9o]

Then why has there been at least 11 reported stabbings on Stapleton road/Rawnsley Park so far this year alone? 😂 the road is a hole always will be

[@doctorjames4245]

@@dontworry-i9o used to be that a month, bedminster is much worse than Easton tbh

[@Al-iv3mb]

45 years ago Stapleton Rd and Easton were OK, a bit rough but not too bad. There's a reason it's a hellish place today,but like St Paul's we can't discuss why that is.

[@superman_69703]

you didnt cover Ikea and the non official camping and caravan association site. good video though

[@Ang-NM222]

Never had any real trouble in Easton.

[@jamiedalton2623]

Fly tipping has become very 'popular' in recent years, for some reason...

[@RichardReesWilliams-rc2wg]

Planet Easton is good vibes

[@tubbst2367]

I am from easton originally and i was told it was a great place in the 70s, i used to go to the shops with my mum on Stapleton road and eastville market, ive worked there aswell a couple of times and it was dodgy but its not as bad as it was, very multi cultural but i have no problem going there, st pauls is fine too, did alot of work in st pauls and met some great people, Bristol is a great place, unfortunately a few spoil it

[@naruto21048]

Come visit Woolwich one day, you can't think of any worst after you visit there

[@freeman8128]

The true meaning and impact of "diversity".

[@CarkBurningMoo]

I walk up and down stapleton road on a daily basis and it's fine tbh. The bit closer to the centre after you cross the bypass is a bit sketchier though

[@DemetrioBris]

Hartclife is worse than Easton

[@johnpullen3729]

it's not that bad. i lived in St Paul and Easton for 15+ years. Shore there's trouble, if you go looking it. I miss living there to be honest..

[@andrewbass6837]

I think videos like this prove's that the zombie apocalypse has allready arrived in the UK but most of us Brits are too skint to be prepared for it

[@PabloDon27]

Driving is a nightmare there

[@JackTom-ts7wk]

Do more Swindon places

[@S.Holloway]

Well done stay safe.

[@clearlynotwoke4929]

Multicultural toilet?

[@ukexplored]

But who will press the flush?

[@Mutts12268]

Always was a shithole always will be

[@gracemae8599]

You should check out Druids Heath in Birmingham!

[@coniferclose]

I rather wouldn’t.😂😂

[@ukexplored]

I’ve been told druids Heath and alum rock are two areas in Birmingham I might now come out the same man as I entered them 😀 so I’m going to go at some point for sure.

[@rlxts]

nothing quite like walking out of black swan at 4am to be honest

[@bloodmoney6018]

Saying stapes won't ever be as bad as it used to be mite be a stretch history has a strange way of repeating it's self and knife crime in the southwest especially bristol is to common these days

[@lesn4528]

Why have so many of our cities and towns become so scruffy, dirty and dangerous. Bristol used to be a desirable place to live. What on earth has changed over recent decades for such a deterioration to take place in our country.

[@nubianfx]

My Gran rest her soul lived on Belmont Street for 45 years..id spend many summers there, visited many times, even though i didn't live in the UK. I remember people would gasp when i told them i lived in Easton, but I never once felt unsafe. My gran had never any incidents. There was one time i came home from work and they had police taped off the entrance to my building cos someone got stabbed. And she told me the mechanics next door got raided for drug distribution. But the people, many who had also been there for decades were warm and friendly. My personal theory is the gang bangers very much leave civilians alone. If youre from there.

[@billsinger9200]

Lived on Stapleton road for the last 6+ years, before that i was st pauls. Its not super dangerous these days but the crime is obvious, lots of streetwalkers and dealers even during the day. I dont ever feel at risk but then again im not involved in the gang stuff. It was a bit worse when i first moved to bristol in 2012 but honestly i felt more at risk in places like stonehouse (Plymouth) or knowle west than i do on stapleton rd

[@dontworry-i9o]

It is way worse now than what is was in 2012 knife crime has rised in bristol by almost 50%

[@jamestower4473]

I believe Dr WG Grace had his surgery on Stapleton Rd back in the victorian era.