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Red paint Creasy calls for help to investigate vandalism
The Guardian
|March 21, 2025
Pattered across a row of homes, the red paint that appeared on the front of houses in north-east London this week was as unwelcome as it was inexplicable.
Yet the vandalism was not confined to this corner of Walthamstow - the second such attack in a fortnight - it mirrors other incidents in communities across the country that have left local people seeking answers from police and local councils.
Similar attacks have taken place in Huddersfield, Bradford, Reading and other London boroughs. In each case, red paint has been thrown over the front doors of houses at night, often accompanied with the daubing of numbers and the word "brothel".
This story is from the March 21, 2025 edition of The Guardian.
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