New stats reveal almost 4,000 anti-social behaviour complaints in Motherwell tower blocks

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Shock new data reveals that there have been almost 4,000 complaints of anti-social behaviour at 22 Motherwell tower blocks in recent years.Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig councillor Nathan Wilson submitted a Freedom of Information (FOI) request to the local authority to find out the total number of anti-social behaviour complaints at the towers located within his ward over the previous five financial years.

The information released by the council highlights a total of 3,741 reports of alleged incidents in this period.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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