Shocking footage shows police being attacked with bricks and fireworks after they are surrounded by 100 teenagers in town centre.

Body-cam video shows the huge gang of youths confronting officers in yet another night of violence across 'Wild West Britain.'

A Police Community Support Officer was punched in the face during the 'appalling' scenes in Stanley, County Durham.

One officer is heard saying 'we are asking people nicely to move away' before tensions rise and the teenagers are told to 'move back now'.

A youth attacks a police Police Community Support Officer, while other hoodies throw bricks and fireworks at officers

Durham Police were responding to a report of a 'vulnerable female' at the bus station in Stanley and were quickly surrounded by youths

Police were called to the area to reports of a 'vulnerable female' at a bus station - but it is unclear why the huge mob of youths was there, and what triggered the clash.

Up to 20 youths in hoodies start throwing bricks, they light fireworks during the disturbance at 8.40pm on a Saturday night.

The disorder came as violence on the streets of Britain continues to spiral as the nation is gripped by a crime-wave of muggings, knife attacks and shootings.

Sergeant Emma Kay said of the incident on November 3: 'Disorder of this kind is totally unacceptable and violence against our officers will not be tolerated.

'Action will be taken against all the individuals involved that night and Stanley Police will continue to take positive action against anyone involved in this type of behaviour.

'Parents were asked to come and review the footage from the officers' body cams that night and they all agreed the behaviour of the children was appalling.

Officers were heard to say 'We are asking people nicely to move away' before tensions rose and they shouted: 'Everybody out, move back now'

Durham Police urged parents to take responsibility for their children following the frightening disturbance in Stanley around 8.40pm on Saturday November 3

A large group of youths in the street. Sergeant Emma Kay said: 'Disorder of this kind is totally unacceptable and violence against our officers will not be tolerated'

'While there is a hardcore group of individuals involved in this incident, there are many more people stood on the sidelines, young people who are going to affect their life chances by continuing to engage in this type of behaviour.

'We are asking for parents to step up to the plate, take responsibility for your children.

'Do you know where they are, or are they going to bring trouble to your door?'

Police officers were assaulted more than 26,000 times in England in Wales in 2017/18, according to Home Office statistics.

That means around 72 police officers were attacked every day last year on average — or one every 20 minutes.

The total number, however, is likely to be higher because many officers don’t report some attacks as crimes.

Earlier this month a policeman and his colleague were savagely beaten in a brutal attack on a south London street.

In mobile phone footage posted on Twitter two men can be seen punching and kicking the male and female officer as scores of people pass without intervening.

The two men wearing tracksuits and hoodies savagely kicked the two police officers

The shocking incident in Merton, south west London saw the two male attackers wearing hoodies and dragging the policeman away from his patrol car and kicking him.

A policewoman can then be seen trying to pull them off her colleague but she fails as a man brutally kicks her to the ground.

The assault came amid London's violent crimewave, with the capital's murder count reaching more than 120 so far this year.

The clip, recorded by a man in his car at 7.55pm with music playing in the background, shows several people walk by without stopping to help the officers.

One of the men (pictured in navy) can be seen brutally fly-kicking the female officer (in black and white uniform on the ground) as she rushes in to try and help her stricken colleague

A bus also drives straight past the chaos without stopping to intervene.

Eventually, with the help of a heroic moped rider, the policeman manages to get the attacker off him and pins him down ready to arrest him.

The video was uploaded to Twitter alongside the caption: 'South London at night..

Martin Payne, 20, of South Croydon was charged with assault causing ABH and assault after a female officer sustained head injuries and a male officer suffered a fractured rib and cuts in the brawl.

A heroic moped rider (pictured in helmet) eventually manages to get one of the attackers off the officer

He was further charged with driving without insurance and driving other than in accordance with a licence.

He appeared at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court on Monday, 19 November, pleaded not guilty and was sent for trail at Kingston Crown Court.

Kursan Euell from Catford was charged with two counts of ABH. A third man connected to the incident remains at large and is being hunted by police.

On Tuesday cyclist thug Joshua Gardner, 18, was spared jail for brandishing a huge zombie knife on a busy south London road.

Joshua Gardner lashed out at the driver and tried to smash a window with an enormous knife

Shocking dashcam footage showed him threatening a 19-year-old driver, who got out and ran away.

He was handed a suspended sentence for the attack, and the Attorney General is now reviewing the ruling to decide whether there is grounds to ask appeal judges to jail him.

Gardner is known to the Met Police's gang unit and has appeared in drill videos produced by the so-called 'GLane' gang, The Times reported.

He had a previous conviction for attempting to rob a schoolboy of his mobile and wallet at knifepoint and was convicted of attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent over the road rage incident.

Violence in 'Wild West' Britain has seen 69,000 children hurt Nearly 70,000 children have been wounded in stabbings and beatings in just one year as violence on the streets of 'Wild West' Britain continues to spiral. Jackie Sebire, assistant chief constable of Bedfordshire police, revealed the shocking statistic in October 2018 as she lamented the 'constant torrent' of murders and knife attacks unfolding in the UK. Mrs Sebire said police forces face a 'constant and sustained' demand, adding: 'Wild West? It can be... it's happening in broad daylight, they're in public spaces.' Stats released earlier this month showed a wide range of offences showing dramatic increases In the year to June there were 69,000 child woundings, where a youngster aged 10 to 15 was stabbed or seriously injured, a rise of 4,000 on the previous year. Mrs Sebire, the National Police Chiefs’ Council spokesman for serious violent crime, said: 'I've worked in some really challenging London boroughs. This is different, this level of violence, this constant torrent of every single day there is another stabbing, that we can't seem to get ahead of.' Police chiefs believe they are at a turning point, after years of struggling to meet high public expectations and soaring demand. Recorded crime has risen by 9 per cent – including rocketing levels of knife crime and robbery – as 22,000 officers were lost from the frontline. Statistics released earlier this month show the number of homicides nationwide is up from 630 to 719, with overall recorded crime up by almost 10%. The number of offences registered as involving a knife or sharp instrument, 39,332, was the highest since 2011, when comparable records started. Advertisement

Last week The Metropolitan Police told how they are starting to fight back against moped thieves.

There has been a rise in the number of crimes linked to young criminals on scooters who were able to evade the police over fears they could be injured.

But not they have developed tactics to knock them off their bikes to stamp out the two wheeled crimewave.

A moped criminal is left scrambling on the bonnet of a police car in footage released today

Dashcam video showed a squad of specially trained drivers carrying out so called 'tactical contacts', which involve tipping crooks off their scooters or dumping them on the bonnets of police cars.

One incredulous rider raises his hands in indignation after he is sent clattering to the ground, and another told police: 'I took my helmet off so I thought you'd stop chasing me.'

The Met says it only uses the tactic as a last resort to stop muggers who are a risk to pedestrians or putting police in danger.