Fresh calls have been made for tougher police action on late-night boy racer gatherings and persistent anti-social behaviour across High Wycombe.

Councillors warned the issues are worsening and leaving residents feeling ignored. Cllr Maz Hussain raised concerns about groups of cars with loud exhausts racing late at night in the town.

The Conservative member for Disraeli told Inspector Harry Gehnich of Thames Valley Police that around ten cars race from Desborough Road through to The Pastures and on towards Marlow Hill, often late into the night.

He said you can hear the noise “from one corner to another” and asked what action police are taking to stop it.

Cllr Arman Alam echoed similar frustrations, highlighting issues in his Booker and Cressex ward, where teenagers on motorcycles and electric scooters are riding through Booker Common and Booker Recreation Ground at “odd hours”, as well as speeding on nearby roads.

He said the behaviour is having a significant impact on residents, especially older people, and added that despite reporting the issues repeatedly, residents feel nothing has been done.

He said: “Despite them raising this on a number of occasions the response they seem to get is well, we acknowledge your report but nothing is taken forward, and its become a significant issue.

“Given that you have got some increased funding now of £280,000 from the commissioner is this something that you can now take action upon.”

The councillors were questioning Inspector Harry Gehnich of Thames Valley Police, at the High Wycombe Town Committee meeting.

Inspector Gehnich said that the force was taking action where possible against drivers who were behaving antisocially.

He said: “I am pleased to say very topically we are taking action where possible against people that are driving in that way.

“I know that the town centre team were out on Desborough Road and they had a vehicle driving around like that they’ve issued that warning to them.

“What that does is it’s a two strike warning that goes against either the driver or the car and what that does is if that car is seen again with a different driver then it is seized immediately.

“Or if the driver was driving a different car, then we could take that car straight away it’s a very powerful legal power that we have and we use it effectively.”

In response to Cllr Alam’s question, he said that during the summer, TVP sees an increase in these events, and that this is something that poses a challenge for the force.

He added: “What I can say is we now have specially trained officers, we had an investment from central around us having an off road bike team so we have now got specialist officers.

“Those are traffic officers who can ride those off road bikes and what we are able to do is get those into place.

“We are looking at implementing them into Micklefield, in the near future to help us with issues similar to those you are describing.”