You are more likely to witness anti-social behaviour if you live in Ladywood than any other neighbourhood in Birmingham.

Figures from Police UK show that there were 2,168 cases of anti-social behaviour in the council ward in the 12 months to May 2019.

That works out as 57 cases for every 1,000 people living there - higher than any other council ward in the city.

Of all the incidents recorded by police as taking place in the ward, 14 per cent involved anti-social behaviour.

Other anti-social hotspots included Nechells which had 29 incidents for every 1,000 residents, and Bartley Green (24 for every 1,000 residents).

Longbridge had 21 for every 1,000, and Erdington had 20 for every 1,000.

The figures are partly explained by the fact that wards in the centre of towns and cities are more likely to have higher numbers of people spending time there who don’t necessarily live there.

That skews the ratio of anti-social acts to the number of full-time residents.

The figures do, however, still give a good indication of where relatively large numbers of anti-social acts are taking place.

People living in Sutton Four Oaks ward were the least likely to witness anti-social behaviour, with only 154 cases in the 12 month period.

That works out as six cases for every 1,000 residents.

The data was taken from the Police UK database.

That means there may be some location inaccuracies, as Police UK slightly round the location of crimes.

Across the country, the worst ward for anti-social behaviour was Herefordshire Central.

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There were 1,262 cases there compared to its small population of 3,312 residents.

Arboretum in Derby had the highest overall figure of 4,002 anti-social incidents.

City of London actually tops the list - but we have excluded it as very few people live there.

Scarborough Castle was the second worst ward in the country - with 342 cases of antisocial behaviour for every 1,000 residents.

There were 1,405,039 cases of anti-social behaviour across the entire country in the 12 months to May.

Anti-social behaviour can include vandalism, graffiti and fly-posting, street drinking, environmental damage, prostitution related activity and begging.