BRADFORD police have revealed that a 19 per cent increase in anti-social behaviour in the district over the last year is mostly down to illegal use of motor vehicles. Figures from data.police show that over 2,000 more anti-social crimes were recorded from March 2020 – February 2021 (12,875) than in the same period across the previous year (10,776). Police say they have addressed the main cause by increasing the activity of Operation Steerside. Chief Inspector Bash Anwar, of Bradford District Police, said: “Bradford Police did record an increase in anti-social behaviour (ASB) in 2020, with the majority of this due to a significant uplift in reports of the anti-social use of motor vehicles during the Covid pandemic.