Listen: 'Disturbance, threats and attacks' in Goldthorpepublished at 09:11 Greenwich Mean Time 5 February 2018
Andy Kershaw
Reporter, BBC Radio Sheffield
People in Goldthorpe, South Yorkshire, claim criminals are being allowed to blight their lives due to a lack of action by the police.
They say it's common for property damage, abuse and intimidation to go unchecked by officers and that the community spirit is in decline in that part of the Dearne Valley.
This resident, who wants to remain anonymous, feels it is now getting out of control:
But Ch Supt Scott Green, district commander for Barnsley, says he wants to re-assure the public: