PEOPLE living in a street in Calne believe more should be done to curb anti-social behaviour after one teenager threatened to stab a man and knock his teeth out.

Police are hunting for a teenage girl, described as white, plump, aged 14 or 15, who threatened an elderly man outside the play park in Charlotte Court on Sunday afternoon after he confronted her and another teen for taking two dining room chairs from the front garden of a new resident moving in.

The man, who does not wish to be named, said: "I went outside to help my new neighbour move some things inside as they were getting damp and with that we saw two kids making off with his dining room chairs. They had also taken his daughter's bicycle and he called them and got them back.

"When I asked them what they were doing, the girl's language was absolutely unbelievable. They were down the bottom of the pathway, about 20 or 30 yards away, and she was threatening to knock my teeth out, stab me, all sorts.

"I have had three years of this and I am starting to lose my temper. My wife is caught in the middle of it all because she is trying to stop me going out there and doing something stupid. These days, kids do not seem to have any fear at all and society has gone absolutely barmy."

The girl, who had shoulder length brown hair, wore a black hooded top, carried a handbag and was smoking, also threw an egg at the house, but residents in King Edward Close believe more should be done to stop anti-social behaviour in the area.

One mother said: "There are a lot of kids around. Some of them are just playing innocently but others are smoking weed, effing and blinding and I have even had two of them sit outside and when asked to move on, they leave slowly, shouting and swearing.

"It is a nice family street and it is just not fair. The police do patrol the area quite a bit and drive around but the teenagers see them coming and do a nice big circle around them."

Residents have been meeting with Councillor Glenis Ansell since last June and in an attempt to prevent teenagers causing havoc in the area, measures such as dimming street lights and increasing police patrols have been implemented and now residents will have the power to lock the play park.

Coun Ansell said: "We have recently developed an agreement which enables volunteer residents to lock the play area at dusk and reopen at dawn. The police have also been heavily involved and the area is on their list to visit regularly."

PCSO Mark Cook of the Calne Community Police Team says: "We have been working with the residents and with a local Councillor to address these issues of Anti-social Behaviour.

High visibility patrols are being done in the localities to combat this issue and for the reassurance of residents.

As a temporary measure the some of the street lighting in the area of a small play park was switched off to prevent youths loitering in the park and causing anti-social behaviour. This was welcomed by residents and we have seen a significant reduction in issues I'm the area.

The latest report comes as an isolated incident which the Calne Community Police Team are taking very seriously due to the comments made by the youths involved.

I would urge anyone with information on persons responsible to come forward and contact us on the number 101 or via private message on our Facebook Page. Information can always be passed anonymously to crime stoppers.”