Families living near the scene of a Derby murder have told how terrible Hartington Street has become as a place to live.
David Archer, 50, said he had lived in the street for 12 years and wanted to move.
He said: "It is a noisy street and there is always trouble.
"When I first moved here there were a lot of drugs and prostitutes and alcoholics.
"It has been on and off and it is like snakes and ladders with how bad it is."
Another resident, 63, who did not want to be named said: "I want to get out of here, it's like hell.
"It's like living in one big open dustbin but it is marginally better than it was 10 years ago.
"Before there were hundreds of needles being found every week but the drug users are not down here so much now."
But one resident, who has lived in Hartington Street for one year, said she liked living in the street.
She said: "I have lovely neighbours. The area is getting better but slowly.
"There are a lot of people who come to the street who do not live here though and there is some bad behaviour."
Their comments came after the body of a woman was found by a member of the public on a service road at the back of houses in Hartington Street shortly after 11am yesterday.
Police believe the body is that of a white woman in her 30s.
Detectives from the East Midlands Special Operations Unit are leading the murder investigation.
Police would like to speak to anyone who was in the area between the night of Saturday, April 5 and 11am on Sunday, April 6 and saw anything suspicious.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Derbyshire police on 10
