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When there’s something strange in the neighbourhood, Brits are skipping Ghostbusters and calling the police, according to new data.

As Halloween approaches the police will be gearing themselves up for a host of spooky calls.

In the run up to Halloween, when witches, ghouls and goblins regularly roam the streets, police forces will no doubt be gearing up to investigate a number of spooky sightings.

Previous 999 calls have included reports of poltergeists stealing house and car keys, a devil possessing a doll, werewolves trying to break down a front door and a load of zombies traipsing across a field, reports the Daily Express.

People who have been freaking themselves out with creepy films as October 31st approaches will be pleased to hear that none of these spooky calls, which took place over the past five years, have uncovered any actual hauntings

After looking into zombie sightings in Wales, officers stumbled onto the set of a horror film being shot at Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, while other ghostly sightings turned out to be shadows on the wall.

One caller begged the police force to send Ghostbusters round, apparently unaware that the cult eighties film was a work of fiction.

Among the data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, was a call to Gloucestershire Police by a woman who had been locked out of her home after returning from 'dinner' at a pub in a particularly haunting incident which she blamed on a poltergeist.

Norfolk appears to be a popular spot for bloodsucking, with the police in this area reporting five vampire sightings, while Merseyside Police were called seven times about ghosts, witches and a vampire.

Unsurprisingly, many spooked callers were told to stop drinking and go to bed.