Tower block is hit by crime | Braintree and Witham Times
A TOWER block which sees one crime every two days is blighted by drug deals in stairwells and youths breaking Covid rules gathering in crowds. Beaver Tower, in Mansell Close in Eastwood, has seen yobs smoking and drug dealing on the stairway, forcing Southend Council to install further CCTV as a result. This comes as a whopping 15 crimes were reported from the tower blocks in January alone, Essex Police revealed. A call was made to the force, through 999 or 101 from Mansell Close every two days in the first month of the year. These ranged from anti-social behaviour, vehicle crime, v...
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