WYNDHAM residents have vowed to reclaim their streets following a spate of violent attacks.

A community taskforce will be formed as the brutal assaults take their toll on a municipality left living in fear.

Recent police reports reveal taxi drivers are being robbed in callous attacks, helpless teenagers beaten to a pulp and elderly residents set upon in their homes.

Senior Sergeant John Johnston said police had poured resources into the problem.

“We try to get a presence happening but we do concede Wyndham is a very busy police service area,” he said.

“When we resource our units they are generally kept very busy with a wide variety of policing tasks.”

Wyndham City Council’s high-level talks with Victoria Police and the State Government to boost numbers ended in failure.

Mayor Shane Bourke was disgusted by the attacks as he spent the last year campaigning to make the streets safe.

A Hoppers Crossing family was shattered last week when their son was savagely beaten by a group of up to 10 youths.

Brad was walking home from Volt nightclub on Heaths Rd when he was repeatedly punched and kicked.

He staggered to a Hoppers Crossing service station seeking help with a large laceration to his head, which was bleeding profusely.

He was taken to The Alfred hospital in a serious condition.

Two of his teeth were broken, he suffered from bruising, swelling and required five staples at the back of his head. Brad’s mobile phone and wallet were stolen.

His parents Ron and Jacalyn thought they were going to lose their son.

“It just brings tears to your eyes because it just doesn’t make any sense,” Ron said.

“You need to know where your kids are and what they are up to.”

Jacalyn returned to the scene of the crime the following morning to find her son’s blood spattered on footpaths and fences.

Brad said he would never walk the streets alone again.

“Even if it was around the corner its just not worth it,” he said.

For the apprentice plumber the psychological scars could take years to overcome.

Jacalyn said people who were victims of crime and their family’s need to unite to prevent similar attacks.

Wyndham activist Lori McLean said youths were roaming the streets with an agenda to provoke havoc.

“I want people to get together to make our streets safe,” she said

“We need to be able to walk down the street and not be frightened and for our youth to go out at night and not be bashed.

“People need to stand up to them and not be afraid.”