[1] As an ethnically and culturally diverse area, for many years, Longsight has been plagued by gang related violence, similar to that of nearby Moss Side.

The Gooch Gang, from neighbouring Moss Side, were jailed in 2009,[3] Consequently, gun crime in Greater Manchester as a whole has fallen dramatically, from a high of 120 gang-related shootings in 2006 to just 16 in 2011.

[5] The area is represented on Manchester City Council by three councillors, currently Abid Chohan,[6] Shahbaz Sarwar[7] and Suzanne Richards.

[8] Abid Chohan was initially a Lib Dem councillor but defected to Labour ahead of the local council elections in 2010.

There are a large number of authentic Pakistani takeaway food shops and restaurants and a very wide variety of fresh fruit and vegetables and other supplies to cater for the interests of the various immigrant communities in the area.

Daisy Bank Road is a particularly good example, featuring Edgar Wood's Grade I listed First Church of Christ, Scientist and the Edwardian art nouveau Chadlington House, as well as the residences of Charles Hallé and Emmeline Pankhurst.

Larger Victorian period properties are predominantly clustered around the leafy western parts of Longsight, an area informally known as Westpoint.

A spur of the West Coast Main Line passes through Longsight, which is located between Manchester Piccadilly and Stockport.

The nearest station is now at Levenshulme, which provides local Northern stopping services between Manchester, Stockport and locations in Cheshire.

Little is known about its early history, except that it produced fifteen single wheeler passenger engines to a design by Sharp, Stewart and Company.

[27] Brown also mentions the area in the Stone Roses song "Daybreak" which contains the line "From Atlanta, Georgia, to Longsight, Manchester".