Families face a daily blight of anti-social behaviour, with 400 incidents being reported to police every day across the West Midlands, Tories have claimed.

Figures released by the Conservative Party, show 97,071 incidents of rowdy or inconsiderate behaviour – including shouting, swearing, throwing stones and urinating in public – were recorded by West Midlands Police last year.

There were a further 3,631 reports of vehicles being dumped in the street, more than 17,000 hoax calls to the emergency services and 6,652 obscene or harassing calls.

The figures also showed 2,189 complaints of street drinking and 1,327 calls about begging.

Tackling anti-social behaviour is now one of the top priorities of the force’s Chief Constable Chris Sims following his pledge to make public satisfaction the core of his policing plans.

Shadow minister for Birmingham Andrew Mitchell MP, who spent an evening with officers, said: “It has been most helpful to spend time on patrol looking at the work being carried out on the streets of Birmingham. 

“They are dedicated to making the city a much safer place to be.

“But these figures clearly show that anti-social behaviour is making many people’s lives a misery.”

He accused the Government of failing to address the issues that most concerned the public and pledged to scrap what they considered unnecessary paperwork to keep police officers on the streets for longer.

West Midlands Police have pushed neighbourhood policing into a central plank of fighting crime.

The move gives officers responsibility to target the minor issues in the beats that are having an undue impact on the public’s fear of crime in their neighbourhoods.

In one area, Birchfield in Handsworth, police have worked with residents to tackle prostitution and drug dealing on one road and speeding on another.

Elsewhere, in north Edgbaston police have responded to community concerns to tackle drinking in Summerfield Park which people in the area find intimidating.

Mr Sims said he wanted to transform the force from being very “target driven” to one focused on the needs of the victims of crime and anti-social behaviour.

As part of his reorganisation of the force, codenamed Program Paragon, he aimed to put the public “at the very heart” of its service.