Residents of Oval Road, near East Croydon station, express growing concerns about increasing anti-social behavior (ASB), including drug use and squatting, that has become prevalent since the area's exclusion from Croydon's Public Space Protection Order (PSPO). Locals feel overlooked and vulnerable, reporting incidents of threatening behavior and disturbances that have a direct impact on their daily lives. Active measures like police arrests have occurred, but residents want more inclusive protection to address the spillover of problems from the nearby town center to their quieter street.
Residents of Oval Road feel abandoned as anti-social behavior escalates in their neighborhood, exacerbated by their exclusion from Croydon's Public Space Protection Order, creating a spillover effect.
Melanie Felten emphasized that since the PSPO was enacted in 2023, there has been notable displacement onto Oval Road, leading to a significant increase in anti-social behavior.
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