THE true level of crime committed by residents of a notorious Glasgow homeless hostel was revealed by police today.

A shocking 100 incidents, all leading to arrests of clients of the Parkview Hotel, took place over 18 months.

The catalogue of trouble - including a stabbing and several random attacks on neighbours - has seen the upmarket neighbourhood around Queen's Park turned into one of the city's worst hotspots for violence and anti-social behaviour. Parkview residents' catalogue of crimes

10.10am, Tuesday September 20, 2005 Police spot a 22-year-old Parkview resident using a brick to smash into a parked car on Langside Road.

8.31pm, Thursday November 17, 2005 A knife-wielding hostel client and two pals attack three local residents who are whitewashing their house on Titwood Road. The thugs punch and kick the victims before the hostel resident pulls out a large knife.

5.10am, Thursday April 13, 2006 A police patrol car tries to pull over a speeding car in Victoria Road but the driver refuses to stop - prompting a high-speed chase through a built-up area. The 35-year-old driver, a Parkview client, is caught and arrested - in possession of cannabis.

8.30pm, Monday April 24, 2006 A Parkview resident stabs a 24-year-old man near another homeless hostel, run by the same firm, in Balvicar Street. The attacker, a 29-year-old man, is charged with serious assault.

8.50pm, Thursday April 27, 2006 Police are speaking to an Asian male on Langside Road when a Parkview resident shouts racist abuse at him and swears.

10.10pm, Tuesday May 30, 2006 Local residents call police to report a suspicious man knocking on doors pretending to be a charity collector. He threatens at least one woman when she refuses to hand over cash. Police trace the bogus caller - a Parkview resident.

10.15pm, Saturday June 10, 2006 A Parkview client is found carrying a kitchen knife with a four-inch blade by police called to Queen's Cafe on Victoria Road.

2pm, Sunday August 27, 2006 A Parkview resident mugs a man in Queen's Park, threatening him with a hammer and syringe.

8.50pm, Sunday October 1, 2006 Police stop and search a man in Langside Road and find him carrying a golf ball in a sock - a makeshift weapon commonly used in street attacks. The 29-year-old is charged with being in possession of an offensive weapon.

11.30pm, Tuesday January 30, 2007 A Parkview resident, 51, is seriously assaulted by another client and suffers serious head wounds. The attacker, a 26-year-old male, is arrested after a struggle with police. A search of the attacker's room reveals a stash of 75 diazepam pills.

Details of the 100 crimes have been made public by police as part of a bid to convince councillors to shut down the business.

The B&B is one of two next to Queen's Park run by the McKever hotel group, a private firm paid by Scots councils with a shortage of homeless accommodation to house people, many of whom have addiction problems. The result, police figures show, has been a huge rise in crime in the neighbourhood since the hostels began operating around four years ago.

The Parkview has fallen under the spotlight again because McKever wants new House of Multiple Occupancy licences to increase its capacity of 53 people to 63.

But police have responded with the objection, detailing 100 incidents between August 2005 and February 2007.

Crimes included violent attacks, a stabbing, break-ins, shoplifting, drug offences, threats, a bogus charity collector and even a high-speed car chase. Most offences were alcohol-related or breaches of the peace, but there were also 10 drug incidents, 20 theft and dishonesty crimes, and 15 violent attacks.

Letters opposing the licence bid, which will be heard by city councillors on Thursday, have been sent by 19 residents, Cathcart MSP Charlie Gordon, Glasgow South MP Tom Harris, and Crosshill-Govanhill Community Council.

One of the objectors, Catriona Mackenzie, said: "To get to the park we have to walk past the Parkview Hotel, where there are often people hanging about, swearing, spitting and being anti-social.

"We recently witnessed one man from the hotel relieving himself on the boot of someone's Mercedes in the middle of the day, and then walk straight into the hotel."

Dr Ian Aitken said the behaviour of Parkview clients meant there was a "threatening air" in the community.

He said: "I work as a GP in the East End, and have much experience working with people with drug problems.

"The policy of housing people in an unsupervised manner in one establishment, such as is the case with Parkview, is a recipe for disaster."

Gavin McNae, who lives near the hotel, said there was a "serious threat to women's safety" because of the risk of sex attacks. He said it was "not unusual" for teenage girls and women to be "leered at and called names".

Not included in the 100 incidents listed by police - some of which are detailed on these pages today - are the dozens of occasions where no-one was arrested.

Incidents near Parkview involving residents from McKever's other homeless B&B, the Queen's Park Hotel on nearby Balvicar Street, are also not included.

Some residents also claim complaints to police have fallen on deaf ears.

One neighbour, Ann Marie Coulter, said she was followed by a man from the steps of the Parkview whom she feared was going to mug her.

She said: "The man ran down the stairs to follow me.

"Seeing that there was no-one near enough to call on for help, I turned around to face him and made sure he knew that I could identify him.

"He promptly turned around and ran upstairs back into the Parkview. I went to Craigie Street police station to report the incident but was told that no crime was committed'."

However, police insist they are taking all reports of trouble connected to the Parkview seriously.

And the level of detail seen in the police objection seems to confirm a change in policy from Strathclyde Police, who in February 2006 declined to object to an HMO licence renewal for the Parkview.

The hotel on Queen's Drive is actually three properties, and each needs an individual licence to operate as an HMO.

The main part of the building, housing 53 people, lost its licence in November following a similar police complaint.

But the hotel is allowed to continue trading until an appeal at Glasgow Sheriff Court next month.

Councils pay around £30 a night per person to McKever, meaning the Parkview alone could earn the firm almost £600,000 a year.

McKever also runs the similar-sized Queen's Park Hotel and a string of upmarket hotels across Scotland, including a Best Western hotel - formerly the Ewington - near the Parkview.

In his objection to the two HMO licences, MSP Mr Gordon said: "Granting of a licence is likely to increase crime in the area, given the strong possibility that clients with addiction problems will be placed there with no on-site professional support."

Labour MP Mr Harris said: "Surely such a blatant attempt to increase the capacity of the Parkview by applying for a licence for neighbouring flats would be inappropriate while the hotel's HMO licence is under appeal?"

Nobody from McKever was available for comment. Locals tell of crime fears in unsafe' area near hotel

ANGUS METCALFE, 26, lives along the street from the Parkview Hotel with his girlfriend and two flatmates.

The student said: "I worry about my girlfriend walking by herself, even during the day.

"The figures speak for themselves - the Parkview is clearly a trouble spot."

Robert Williamson, a grandad, has lived in the area for 50 years.

The 74-year-old said: "My wife passed on two years ago so I'm at home more, and I see undesirables hanging around that hotel.

"They don't even bother with the front door - you see them climbing out the windows in their rush to get to the pubs and the bookies."

Chris Mowatt, a 33-year-old local resident, said: "The level of crime is outrageous - it makes you afraid to leave your home.

"There should be a clampdown."

Valerie Kane, 44, lives with her three daughters across the road from the hotel.

She said: "I've got two young children and a teenager and I never let them out.

"There's always dodgy-looking characters perched on the steps of that hotel. It's not safe here any more."