Anti social behaviour enforcement
For further information on Antisocial Behaviour please use the links below. You will find information on our Neighbourhood safety team if you scroll down to 'Also in this section'.
Types of Behaviour
The term anti-social behaviour covers a wide range of selfish and unacceptable activity that can blight the quality of community life.
Examples include:
- Nuisance neighbours
- Yobbish behaviour and intimidating groups taking over public spaces
- Vandalism, graffiti and fly-posting
- People dealing and buying drugs on the street
- People dumping rubbish and abandoned cars
- Begging and anti-social drinking
- The misuse of fireworks
- Reckless driving of mini-motorbikes.
A legal definition of anti-social behaviour is found in the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. The Act describes anti-social behaviour as 'acting in an manner that caused or was likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to one or more persons not of the same household as the complainant'.
Why is it important?
Anti-social behaviour ruins lives. It doesn’t just make life unpleasant; it prevents the renewal of disadvantaged areas and creates an environment where more serious crime can take hold.
Parenting
Poor parenting skills, a weak parent/child relationship and a family history of problem behaviour.
Types of behaviour
Our major areas of work fall within 2 broad categories; individual “problem” households and gang nuisance. Both cause serious problems for individuals and communities.
To report an incident please use the link for online reporting.