For two summers in a row, one desirable Welsh town has fallen prey to anti-social behaviour, criminal damage, drug use, and even bird murder, with locals fearing they have been "forgotten" as they are overrun by grief-causing teenagers. Quaint Caldicot in Monmouthshire has seen a consequent fall in visitors to the crime-blighted town centre.
“Caldicot is a forgotten town centre,” Martyn Semark, who has rented a flat above the shops on the high street for seven years, told WalesOnline's Jonathon Hill. “I moved here because I thought it was a nice place to be, it felt ideal. It has great connections with the M4, the M5, and Bristol Airport because I often work away.
"It was a popular town centre with shoppers but it was also peaceful. Now hardly anyone comes here to shop and we’ve got youths constantly gathering causing havoc.” Martyn said his home and his neighbours’ homes started being targeted last year and incidents of criminal damage have continued ever since.
