Businesses are struggling and gangs have moved, say locals, as custom on the popular Wilmslow Road strip continues to dry up
When Nadia Khan used to visit Manchester’s curry mile in the 1990s, the street was filled with families and felt completely safe. Travelling from Milton Keynes to see family and friends in the area, she would be excited to see the bustling street lined with stalls selling clothes and bric-a-brac.
“Now a woman can’t walk on these streets on her own at night without getting harassed,” she said. “It never used to be like that.”
