Inside London's Most Dangerous Town 🇬🇧

westminster and parlinment are the most dangerous places in london

It’s not just Croydon, the country is a train wreck…

I broke down in Croydon about 20 years ago. And the guy in the yellow sweater reminded me of the guy who came to my assistance, nobody asked him to, but he did, he let me crash out in his flat, we went for a beer with him and his pals, and he wouldn't take anything from me even though without his help I'd have been totally screwed. Good people. Makes you proud to be British

The man with the dirty yellow top is a legend. Had a rough life but gets his points across very well

Croydon is definitely not the most dangerous part of London. It’s a concrete jungle.

The majority of Britain has been turned into a futuristic, dystopian horror movie. Thanks Government. It resembles the film, "Escape From New York".

Rumour has it, the people of Croydon go on holiday to Gotham City to get away from it all 😳

Wendell, I appreciate your compassionate approach to these videos. I know some people would characterise it as poverty porn, but you give people a chance to speak and you do so without judgement.

I could cry when I see what's become of Croydon. I grew up there in the 70's and it was a fantastic place. It is unrecognisable now to the town i once knew. Like the 62 year old interviewed, I was born in St Mary's maternity hospital back in the mid 60's. I could not have wished to grow up in a nicer area. But like others have said, it's not just Croydon, so many other towns have taken a similar downturn. Though gladly, not all have become as dangerous as Croydon. But honestly, if you could look back in time to the 70's you would not believe you were in the same place. Very sad.

So many good people struggling is heart breaking. Thank you for giving them a voice on youtube.

I was born in the UK and lived in South London and Bristol but have spent my life in Australia travelling back and forth every 3-5 years for the past 40 years. Parts of those areas have always been rough. However, during that time I have seen quite big changes in places that were once familiar to me. Now I don't really have any urge to return.

Being from the midlands myself, I could tell exactly where about you are from. Your accent was difficult to place at first. Then I could hear you replacing the “Th” sound of words that begin with “Th”, with a “V” sound and it told me a lot. I love what you’re doing with your channel and how you confidentially approach people with a plan for your video 👍🏼

My daughter and son-inlaw will not work in Croydon, colleagues have been targeted by muggers etc....and it's dangerous!

Up until the mid-1980's Croydon was a fantasic town to live and work in, vibrant and full of energy with the best and most varied retail outlets in the whole country, after Harrods and Selfridges (In London), Allders was the largest department store in the UK, and many people to this day thought it was the best to shop in - Not to mention Croydon's two other iconic department stores, Kennards and Grants. Prior to 1989 when North End was pedestrianised and closed off to traffic, on a Saturday, around Christmas and during the annual shop sales (Without exaggerating), it was impossible to walk along the high street without brushing every single person you passed, to say Croydon was busy back then would be an understatement. Surrey Street Market has been trading since 1276, one of the oldest markets in the UK and there was a time during the 1970's / 80's when there was up to a five-year waiting list for a stall, and many generations of families worked there. Today Croydon is a shadow of its former glory, totally neglected with 80% of the shops either dilapidated or boarded up, depressing, filthy and full of unemployed wondering immigrants. This demise is solely due to Croydon Council and the amount of corruption, incompetence, and their mismanagement - Unfortunately not one Council leader was held to account or prosecuted, but instead getting massive financial payoffs and moving on to other high-powered jobs - All well documented. There is investment but only hungry opportunist investors constructing high-rise low-quality tower blocks, mainly rent only apartments. Unfortunately, Croydon is not an isolated case, there are literally 100's of other towns and area’s just like Croydon throughout the United Kingdom. I have travelled and lived in most of Asia and when one compares the United Kingdom to all these other countries you realise just how backward and third word the United Kingdom has become - Extremely sad but 100% fact.

Very articulate and fair in how you investigate these statistics. Great the way you interview the people who truly know what’s going on- the people who live it in the streets and residents. Great videos my friend! Keep up the great work!!!

I lived in Croydon for 33 years, when I had enough money to buy a property I decided to move to East Grinstead. I never had any trouble in Croydon, but even in my lifetime it changed drastically. I wouldn't feel safe going down London Road at night at all. I still work near East Croydon station so I'm there once a week or so. Still feels like home. Great video, really interesting to read some of the comments.

I lived in Mitcham for 41 years and used to go to Croydon every week. It’s definitely not how I remember it from years back.

Where has our country gone heart breaks ..

dude thankyou for doing what u do, Much respect.

My Mum was a Psychology lecturer back in the 90's when i was growing up as a kid. She had studied at Oxford and knew lots of well-to-do people who were "finacially blessed". I travelled to London with her one particular weekend and stayed in an incredible multimillion pound residence near Camden which had marble floors and high ceilings. When my Mum and her friend went to sleep i snuck out onto the balcony to smoke a cigarette (i was only 14). As i smoked i looked down on the streets below. I was absolutely astounded at all the drug dealing, crime, yardies and fights going on in what was supposed to be an afluent area. I ended up sitting there watching the madness unfold for at least an hour before i crept back inside. I'm no sociology expert but something tells me that London has been full of crime and skulduggery since its inception.