 Tell all what's poppin. We are on twitch. We are not live, but you can leave a like comment subscribe turn on your post notification bells Let's continue to grow the family from Chicago to the UK right behind me You see the warning screen man ain't nothing going on doing this video. That's just a city walkthrough man. We chillin This is a inside London's most dangerous town This is from window so little window man. I see you growing out there See you pushing the you pushing the brain man. It's good content And I appreciate you giving me a tour every time I turn your videos on salute my brother I didn't even know they had to set up in the UK. We got these in Chicago as well. Oh You can't see the video yet. Hold on my fault. Anyway copyright disclaimer under section 107 of the copyright act 1976 allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism comment news reporting teaching scholarship and research Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing Non-profit educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. No copyright infringement intended all rights belong to their respective owners There's little pie things right here. We have these two here and they happen in Florida, too I've never seen them, but they got them in Chicago You know here with all the tourists in Camden, but as much as I'd like to kick it with all the weird Wonderful and funky people in Camden town. It's time to get down to business Jump on the tube and head south to an area that not many tourists head to a place in London That has some of the worst crime statistics in the entire city a place That is recognized as if not the most then one of the most dangerous places In the entire city of London. So join me folks. Let's jump on the tube and let's see How the people live far away from the tourist center here Where there is a real struggle with crime and danger in every day of our lives. Let's go Where do we just matter morph to a Metallica concert what is happening? Memory I don't have a gun No, I don't have a gun No, I don't have a gun Memory And we're donating to get you drunk. Yeah, that's a cause that I can get behind He really had that on no, where are we this little Camden not even a lot of candy look like It looked like the West Side of Chicago not not the hood part. It looked like the hippie part like You know what I'm saying the rocker metal back. That's how I look I used to be over there. It was it was lit In out in the sticks in London when you have to type the over ground Like are you secure? I feel like this where Harry Potter was shot. Go back down here where he went through the wall Are you used security mate security in Costa? Yeah, I've never seen security in Costa What why do I need security in the coffee shop? Okay, okay. Yeah, I'm used to it in pubs, but not in a coffee shop Wow Welcome to Croydon in south London Now I go all around the country and I show you a lot of places that have problems But many people in the comments are telling me that if I really want to see places that have got problems Dangerous rough areas, then I should come to London and many people said check out Croydon now Croydon has some really unwanted statistics. It's really high in the London area when it comes to a crime rate in general Also for violent crime and knife crime and it's become in the last few years synonymous with knife crime So I'm here today to see what Croydon's like. I'm wandering the high street But we're gonna check out some of the areas we're gonna talk to the people in Croydon and see if it really is as Dangerous here in this part of south London as people say this. Let's check it out You just dropped these Yeah, you just dropped them on the floor down there So what's life like in Croydon? Well, it's pretty tough rough pretty tough, you know, it's rough It's a little trouble, you know, I mean, but this is the worst road you've been on. Okay. What's it? What's this road? West Croydon is London Road West Croydon. That's what a station not most places in any city centers. This is which is where you know Yeah, so I read a lot of like statistics about crime violent crime knife crime. Yeah, is that all prevalent here? Yeah, he's a guy a young boy 13 died over there. He died. Yeah, he couldn't even get to the hospital He tried to get the hospital himself. Yeah, he's got over here. Yeah, that's your main calls. Do you mean calls here? That's terrible. I've never met him 13 year old boy. Yeah, I'm 62, bro Yeah, next month. I'm 62 years old. You believe it. So are you born and bred? He doesn't look 62 I'm born down a road here. Yeah, born down a road here to James's Road to Mary's Hospital. Before Mayday and Mayday Hospital, right? They call it in Universal Hospital now. They call it Mayday as a joke. Mayday, Mayday, you know, but no, there's, you know It's not most places, my man. Yeah, most places. I can mention like Manchester, Liverpool, anywhere in this country, brother Yeah, I mean, I go all around the country and I go to all different areas from Seaside Town No, they do got a Griggs in there. Where are you from, bro? We got Jackson. Originally I'm from the Midlands Yeah, yeah, which province, yeah, something like that. New York, yeah. Black country. Yeah, pretty much, yeah. I've been war-weathered. I've been to Eves I've been to Eves and around about Eves. Yeah, and around, yeah, I've been to Eves sometimes, I mean, long time back. So what's your situation at the moment? I lost my job. I was a postman. I toothed, dislocated shoulders. I made my finger cut off, you know, like, in December. Geez, I'm never gonna work here. I'll see you on four things. Whoever did this, like, the doctors, it looked clean. It looked like it's supposed to be like this. Yeah, well, three in a formula. Well, I'm never gonna work here, bro. Yeah. Because I've got no power on me. I don't care, I work. Well, you're good with that. You're getting the check, ain't you? I see young people work. Yeah. Come on, man, I'll see you soon next month. Yeah. So do you think because of the obvious crime in the area, do you think that puts people on edge, like walking rounds, like the risk of stabbing some things? Well, not people. We know each other around here. We know where they go, you know, where they're not going. Well, imagine, you know, anywhere where you go, anywhere in this country, you know, where they'll go. You know, if you go down this area a certain time tonight, you could get in trouble. Yeah. So in daytime, it's okay, but after dark, it's sketchy. Yeah, definitely. Yeah. And that's the further you go down this road. The further you go down, the worse it gets, bro. It's the way it is, bro. Yeah, yeah. I'll see some sit-round. You wouldn't believe that. So would you, I mean, like, people on my channel, they said, like, be careful in Croydon. No. You'll be right. No. Just wandering around. You wouldn't tell people not to come here. I feel like it's the same with every hood, like every bad area. If you go there looking for badness, badness will find you. If you go there looking like a walking lick, to the people that are watching this who don't know where a walking lick is. If you go there and you see, if you're in a town that's full of poor people who don't have any opportunity, don't have money, and you go around with jewelry, you go around with flexing nicely, they might hit you for it. You know what I'm saying? You've got to be smart going into where you're not supposed to be. And my suggestion is don't go there if you're not from there, because that's what I always tell people in Chicago. It's streets in Chicago that I ain't never been down because I'm not from there. And to preserve my life, I will not go down. You know what I'm saying? Simple as that. You know what I'm saying? That's just me. We're good people. Good people, mate. So you've been here all your life? 62 years. So have you seen it change a lot over the years? Yeah, that was my question. Has it always been this dangerous? No, no, no. To me, I was in the bricks and rights in 1980. I was a telly round boy at 16, 17, 18 years old. This is getting out of that, bruv. Really? Do you see civil arrest on the horizon? This high street could be like round road. That's what you're supposed to say, you know what I mean? I hope you don't come to that because it's a good people here. You've got loads of different nationalities, you know? Everyone mingles and it's all good. You beat the class of living girl food. What the hell? Barbed water is this. I don't want anyone to get in there, do they? Jesus. I ain't never seen that. So what's life like in Croydon in 2024? Shit. Why do you say that? A lot of trouble, people fighting or whatever. I mean, there are really bad violent crime statistics. Is that a real thing? Is that something that... Yeah, yeah. He got that on though. People feel threatened by? Yeah. Yeah. The time you stop, somebody stops already. Really, yeah. Do you feel safe in the streets? Yeah, yeah. You know, it depends, though, of course, for yourself. Defend yourself, you know. If visitors come to Croydon, like whatever... That's a false narrative. You can't defend yourself in the UK. If you defend yourself in the UK, whether it be from home invasion or if somebody else robbing you on the streets and you just defend yourself with any type of lethal force or force that can cause some type of harm or anything, like with any type of weapon, you're getting charged. And less borderline, unless you're a farmer. But I remember that farmer who got charged in the UK. So, it's like... You know, they make all these laws, they ban all these weapons that cause no harm ever. And then they just prevent citizens from defending themselves from criminals because criminals are always going to get the weapons, no matter what you do. Doesn't matter. The dangerous areas? You're going to go everywhere, but you know, you have to be taken care of. Have you got money for me to wait and talk to me? I haven't spoke to you, I'm speaking to him. Yeah, well, that's my bet. Yeah, okay. So, you are speaking to me. Okay. Yeah, what's life? What do you want to know about Croydon? What's Croydon like these days? Oh, rough. Rough. Very rough. Yeah, I can imagine being on the street here. A lot of buildings being built. We've got no house. No house. Yeah. How long have you... How long have you all been on the streets like this? Mario's telling me I've only been on the streets. Almost years. Really? One and a half years. Is it dangerous? Of course it's dangerous. Yes. There are a lot of people, people that have stopped. Even kids are going to school to stop them. Yeah, I better stand on business. There's a window. Don't you dare, buddy. Well, it comes in Croydon up. No, I'm just playing. I'm just... I'm riding with a window though. Don't do that. But I see I like how window de-escalated. Because see, this is why I can't do stuff like this. As soon as buddy would have got stood up, got that close, I would have put the camera down. You know what I'm saying? Like I'm not going for none of that. But he also wouldn't have came at me like that. I refuse to believe he's coming at me. I'm 6'2", 280. Like what you... You got a two... He's picking and choosing. That's how he said that. He calm though. He just off that uh... What he drinking? He off them hard times. Do you feel in danger? Danger is of course. Especially in life. You want to know? Yeah. You want to know how to live like? Leave your house, undress, and come out and live with us. Yeah. And you will know. No, I understand. You want to live with us? Yeah. You want to live with us? Come and live with us. Dude, he's... I understand. Brother's pretty fed up. It's rough out here. At the same time, like... I would want to come from a place of understanding, but the person that's inside of me couldn't. I popped a QR code on screen, folks. For those of you that are watching on TV, that aren't signed into your YouTube account, you can hover over the QR code with your mobile device, and you can click the subscribe button because it really helps to make the channel grow. And for those of you that are signed in, and please do it, folks. It really helps. You live in Croydon already, so... That's tough though. I ain't never seen nobody do that. That's right. Yes. What's life like in Croydon in 2024? I can't swear. You can if you want. Shit. Yeah. Why do you say that? Well, I've lived here all my life. It's changed tremendously. So when did you notice Croydon changing if you've lived here all your life? I would say within the worst part has been since the last five, six years. Yeah. And even before that, it was going downhill, but it's just not my Croydon anymore. Yeah. Yeah. It's so different. And I mean, years ago, I'd say to people, all go to Croydon. It's a lovely place. You know, you can get people to help you. So you just have a good sense of community back today. Yeah. But now, nothing. No. I don't... Now's our man for himself. Feel it's anywhere near that. It's got some really bad crime statistics. Very much so. Do you feel that living here? Yes, I do. I mean, to be quite honest, I don't go out after about sort of half past seven, eight o'clock at night. Even though at the moment, it's still... I'm not even playing when I come to the UK. If I'm in one of the neighbourhoods and I'm going out at night time and I'm going to the club or something, I'm hiring security. Ask me if you... You can judge me all you want through the screen. This is not my neighbourhood. I'm not from here. I do not know the lay of the land. I don't got no homeboys out there. Secure me. There's a lot at that time. Secure me. But in the wintertime, I wouldn't go out after that time because I'd be too frightened. Yeah, it's a scary place up to dawn. Yeah. I got kids. One hundred percent. Okay, okay. RIP, whoever. This is a memorial here to one of the victims of the knife crime here in Croydon. Young lady. Aliana. Before I came here. Unfortunately, was stabbed to death. Which just shows you how dangerous it is for young people if they're in the wrong place at the wrong time. Here in Croydon. See what I'm saying? And I'm almost guaranteed to be at the wrong place at the wrong time. Croydon. So you live in Sutton. You come in to shopping Croydon. You said the African shopping? Yes. Yeah. Most of the African shopping and they have most halal food. Okay. You know what? This is Ramadan for me. Yeah, yeah. And we hope very soon we will pray on Wednesday. Yeah. And it's nice to meet you, man. Yeah. Yeah. Croydon is a nice place but if you know how to move in it. Okay. Yeah. But if you don't know you cannot live in Croydon. Yeah, it's got really bad crime statistics and people say it's a very dangerous place. I was living here before three years up there. They put me someplace I don't want to talk about it. Yeah. But I manage my life with all my disability. I can go around. Yeah. Nobody talked to me. Nobody harmed me. They are good. Some of them. So you lived here for three years. Before. I just moved to... You didn't feel in danger when you lived here? People say it's in danger but for me it's not in danger because I'm polite to everyone. Yeah. The way you talk to people the way you live but if you want to be harsh for anyone then you will be harsh also. They will harsh you. Yeah. Yeah. I see many things but it's not my problem. Don't be angry. When you get angry you will get a slap. So I don't need a slap. Life will give you a slap if you're angry to it. And I cannot run. No. It's not a problem. Enjoy your shop in my friend. Thank you for talking to me. Have a nice day. And you my friend. I love your camera. Thank you, yeah. So it's time for people to come with open doors so they can walk away and go to the building. There's a lot of doom and gloom, crime and deprivation here in Croydon. There's been a lot of high-rises built-in the jobs that come with those office blocks over the last few years and one article that I read before I came here said that it's becoming quite a popular place for people and a place that's more affordable than the ridiculously high rents that people have to pay in most other parts of London. I will say that considering it is an area with incredibly high crime statistics I've hardly seen any police in fact thinking back I think I've seen one police car all day since I've been here you would think they're in a place that has such obvious problems with violent crime that there would be more police on the streets and that to me is worrying the community here those that abide by the law and definitely deserve far more police presence to help them feel at ease like things are under control. Police count number two all day. So what's life like in Croydon 2024? Yeah I mean I think it's okay for me that place is very good. Yeah and everything that we want so I don't have any problem about that place. Yeah it's got a reputation and that's the thing man you can't ask somebody that's not originally from there if you're asking somebody that's coming from another country they're gonna be like oh no this ain't got nothing to do with where I came nothing on where I came from so it's lovely love it. The crime numbers are really bad and it's a dangerous place do you experience that? Okay you know maybe from work to house from work to house I don't go out to mongol or to run things with them you get me. So you think if you run in the wrong crowd? Yeah I hear about that but you know to see it physically I've never even appeared or to go closer to watch those kinds of things. Yeah. I was drawn to you because I absolutely love your shirt. You're the best dress man I've interviewed so far. Thank you. That's a sensational cap. That's good for you man. Good for you for letting that man feel that he is out here stepping above average. My boy you did good. Yeah thank you for talking to me mate. Thank you. Have a good day. It's good up here. There's new shops from America for fucking Wendy's, Popeye's, five guys. There's a Popeye's in Cronin. Oh it's already busing. It's already busing. I'm going. Why would I not go where the Popeye's is? There we are. So some more food's coming yeah. I could care less about Wendy's but Popeye's is nice people here still. Nice girls and you get me. The summer time is going to be litty. Good looking girls in summer. It's going to be litty still. Yeah. So I need to come back in summer for the good looking ladies. Another positive thing that Croydon's got going for it is this cool little street market. I don't know if it's on every day. Maybe if you know Croydon you can drop in the comments whether this is a daily thing. I hope it is. But look. Amazing fruit and veg. Fish behind me there. More exotic veg there. So this is something good. This is something good for the community here in Croydon that you don't see in many other places around the UK anymore. Would you chat to me about the market stall? You haven't got time. Too busy making money. One question. It's business good. It's trade good. Is this here every day as well? Yeah. Every day. Yeah. You don't see that in many places in the UK anymore. I don't normally comment on empty retail units. I normally leave that to my mate Wander and Turner. But this is the shopping centre. I think it's called the Whitegate centre here in Croydon. And this part of it at least is basically all closed in. There's a tall shop down there but pretty desolate. Pretty sad retail offer here in the shopping mall here in Croydon. We've got a mall on the north side of Chicago. It's kind of like an Evanston Skokie in that little border of towns. On a border it's so dead like this. It used to be popping. It's been by far the most difficult place that I've been to in the UK yet trying to get street interviews. Many people are not happy talking to me on camera. And people definitely seen. They're stormy, right? Not at ease when I talk to them about things like violent crime and danger in the area. There's definitely an edge to this place. It definitely is dangerous. And many people are telling me that it really does change after dark. There's no way I'll be walking around with this little action camera trying to get interviews from people after sunset. Folks, there's no hiding from the fact that Croydon is a rough place. I wouldn't even say that it has an underbelly of danger and crime because you don't have to scratch below the surface here to hear the stories about how dodgy it can be. But on the flip side, the people that have spoke to me today, I've met some quite engaging people, especially some of the older people who say that it was a much more community friendly place back in the day. But there's a lot of investment too here by the overground station. You can see the high rises glistening behind. But of course that's not the true story of Croydon. I'll put a link in the description below for all the different places that I got the crime statistics from. And I think if you look into them, do a little bit of reading, you will see the evidence that this is quite a dangerous place. So folks, thanks for watching. Thanks for coming along with me to what is without doubt, if not the most, it's definitely one of... That was a peek. It was very interesting though, that Croydon is very similar to very many parts of Chicago. It's like West Side, West Loop, West, you know what I'm saying? Over there. See y'all don't leave a like, comment, subscribe, turn on your post. 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