MPs demand £50 million cash injection to free suffering seaside towns from yobs

Police chiefs and politicians have implored the PM to create a new 'Coastal Surge Fund' New research shows crime rates are 12 per cent worse on England ’s coast.

Hotspots like coastal North Devon see crime 151 per cent higher than inland areas.

In St Ives , Cornwall , with a population of 5,400 people during off-seasons, just ten cops monitor the town.