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Reporting anti-social behaviour

Pages in Reporting anti-social behaviour

  1. 1. Reporting anti-social behaviour
  2. 2. You are here: Recognising anti-social behaviour?
  3. 3. What you can do about anti-social behaviour

2. Recognising anti-social behaviour?

Anti-social behaviour (ASB) is:

  • Behaviour that has caused, or is likely to cause, harassment, alarm or distress to any person
  • Aggressive, intimidating or destructive activity that damages or destroys another person's quality of life
  • A range of crime, nuisance and disorder which affects people's lives on a daily basis
  • Anti-social behaviour looks and feels different in every area and, to every victim. What is considered anti -social by one person can be acceptable to another.

There are three main categories of anti-social behaviour:

  • Personal ASB targets a specific individual or group.
  • Nuisance ASB is when a person causes trouble, annoyance or suffering to a community.
  • Environmental ASB is when a person’s actions affect the wider environment, such as public spaces or buildings

Examples of anti-social behaviour

ASB does not include:

  • Children playing in the street or communal areas - unless they are causing damage to property
  • Young people gathering socially - unless they are rowdy, inconsiderate and being intimidating to individuals
  • Being unable to park outside your own home
  • DIY and off-road car repairs - unless these are taking place late at night or early in the morning