Gunchester

English Gun crime in south Manchester Etymology en gun Manchester. Proper noun en UK informal derogatory The English city of Manchester, particularly Moss Side, referring to the city's historical high gun crime rate. en 1993-11-15 Shawn Pogatchnik w:Associated Press ‘Gunchester’: A Dead Son and Shooting in the Street With AM-Guns Invade Britain, Bjt https://apnews.com/article/42aef6f5246e3e5252adb183d112bb7f ″You hear people firing off guns all the time,″ she said. ″That’s why they call it Gunchester. I just thought some poor bugger’s got it again, and went on sudsing my hair.″ https://web.archive.org/web/20230524143355/https://apnews.com/article/42aef6f5246e3e5252adb183d112bb7f 24 May 2023 en 2011-04-11 Helen Carter w:The Guardian Farewell to Gunchester https://www.theguardian.com/global/the-northerner/2011/apr/11/manchester-guns-gunchester-police The chief constable of Greater Manchester Police has said that the city has finally shrugged off its notorious Gunchester image thanks to their intensive efforts to combat gangs. https://web.archive.org/web/20261020174804/https://www.theguardian.com/global/the-northerner/2011/apr/11/manchester-guns-gunchester-police 20 October 2026 en 2018-08-13 Imran Rahman-Jones w:BBC Moss Side: A history of the Manchester neighbourhood https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-45166988 Throughout the 1970s and 80s, gang violence increased, which earned the area [Moss Side] the nickname of "gunchester". https://web.archive.org/web/20250703054533/https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-45166988 3 July 2025 en 2021-03-21 Emily Retter Daily Star (United Kingdom) Daily Star Inside 'Gunchester': The brutal blowtorch-armed gangs running riot in Manchester https://www.theguardian.com/global/the-northerner/2011/apr/11/manchester-guns-gunchester-police Manchester earned its name Gunchester in the 1980s and 1990s but violence came to a head when Benji Stanley, 14, was shot dead at a takeaway. See also en Shottingham en Derogatory names for cities