Harvest Lodge: 17 children and 20 police visits a week
In the past year, Harvest Lodge children's home in Rowley Regis, West Midlands, has seen police arrive on average 20 times a week.
Overall, police say they have made almost 1,000 visits in the year - to a home that contains only 17 residents.
Most of the calls to Old Hill police station in Sandwell concerned minor disturbances or cases of children running away from the home.
The majority of calls are made by local residents who say their lives are disturbed day and night.
"It can be all hours of the night," one woman said. "They're smashing windows ... letting fire alarms off."
Sandwell Social Services Department admits Harvest Lodge is in "crisis" and says it is unsuited for use as a children's home.
But it said could not afford to build smaller units, where it would be easier to control residents, without private financing.
A spokesman said: "We have been considering alternatives for the future for some time and are looking for funding."
The council added that it was retraining staff because of its concern over the number of call-outs.