In February alone nearly 1,000 incidents have been attended to by the Middlesbrough Council workers from Central ward at the northern tip of the town to Nunthorpe, Stainton and Thornton at the southern point.
They include everything from gang nuisance and neighbour disputes to fly tipping and graffiti.
The full list of incidents in February is:
|
Category |
Total |
|
Property damage |
43 |
|
Gang nuisance |
12 |
|
Cycling/skateboard nuisance |
2 |
|
Verbal abuse to MBC employees |
6 |
|
Rough sleepers |
13 |
|
Drunk/rowdy behaviour |
6 |
|
General ASB calls |
109 |
|
Neighbour dispute |
15 |
|
Domestic Incident |
2 |
|
Throwing missiles |
2 |
|
Drug house |
6 |
|
Drug/substance misuse |
33 |
|
Needle find |
9 |
|
Suspect dealing |
42 |
|
Bonfires |
2 |
|
Racial harassment |
3 |
|
Car repairs/street/gardens |
1 |
|
Off road motorcycles |
18 |
|
Fly tipping reported |
66 |
|
Dumped rubbish/litter |
38 |
|
Damage - street furniture/tree |
16 |
|
Graffiti |
2 |
|
Dog fouling |
2 |
|
Misc. property find |
2 |
|
Help in street |
73 |
|
Joint operations |
66 |
|
Police crime targets |
5 |
|
Suspicious person |
22 |
|
Community safety talk |
8 |
|
PSPO begging instruction issued |
16 |
|
PSPO FPN begging issued |
1 |
|
PSPO littering instruction issued |
2 |
|
PSPO spitting instruction issued |
1 |
|
PSPO alcohol instruction issued |
6 |
|
PSPO part of a group instruction issued |
2 |
|
CBO breach |
2 |
|
Breach of civil injunction |
5 |
|
Verbal warning issued parking |
102 |
|
Monitored area |
133 |
|
Police intelligence submitted |
11 |
|
Loitering for the purpose of solicitation |
16 |
|
Suspected street begging |
44 |
|
Confirmed street begging |
3 |
|
National influenced tension |
1 |
|
International influenced tensions |
1 |
|
Grand Total |
972 |
Additionally in the town's TS1 area which is subject to a Public Space Protection Order 16 begging instructions were given by the wardens with one Fixed Penalty Notice issued for begging and a further 11 warnings given for littering, spitting, alcohol consumption and being part of a group likely to cause anti-social behaviour.
Middlesbrough Mayor Andy Preston said: "It gives me no pleasure at all to see this list of really horrible incidents that have happened in the last month alone.
"What does please me is that we're getting stuck in and tackling it head on. The wardens are doing a great job on the frontline and intervening wherever there is bad behaviour whether it's anti-social or environmental or anything else.
"We shouldn't forget either that on top of these nearly 1,000 incidents of bad behavior that Council frontline workers like the wardens also spend an awful lot of time helping people and dealing with positive issues.
"There's loads of good work going on in our communities and especially at such a difficult time with the pandemic we really need to pay tribute to those working to look after our areas and the people."
