A campaign to impose a ban on street drinking in Wallingford is being stepped up, as councillors fear antisocial behaviour in the town centre may increase during the summer.

Since February, town councillors logged all alcohol-related incidents to prove to police and South Oxfordshire District Council that a ban would help cut drunken antisocial behaviour.

Mayor Betty Atkins said that the number of people congregating near the war memorial to drink was causing problems.

She added: "We had to have the town hall's windows blocked up because drunks were urinating through them."

Town councillors want to introduce an alcohol ban, similar to the one already in force in Oxford and one due to be launched in Thame.

They also intend to install CCTV cameras to improve security in the town.

Town clerk Andrew Rogers said: "I've got at least a dozen reports of antisocial behaviour by people who lounge around the market place, drinking cans and bottles of cider.

"As the weather improves I'm expecting it to get worse."

Mr Rogers will be taking the council's catalogue of problems to the district council later this month.

Hilary Green, community safety officer, said the viability of the street drinking ban in Thame would need to be assessed before the introduction of a similar scheme in Wallingford.

She added that consultation between police and the local authorities would identify an area within which street drinking would be restricted.

Insp Jane Meadows, of Wallingford police, said: "We're monitoring incidents of vandalism and fighting, relating to alcohol, over a six-month period."