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Anti-social behaviour

Anti-social behaviour is a problem that can seriously affect our customers' quality of life.

We take an uncompromising stance when we tackle anti-social behaviour. This means we will not allow any acts to take place where our tenants and residents can't enjoy peace and quiet in their own home and feel safe and secure in the area they live. We believe people have a right to enjoy life in their own way as long as they do not affect the lives of those living and working around them.

The Crime and Disorder Act 1988 defines anti-social behaviour as:

Behaviour which causes or is likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to one or more persons not of the same household as the perpetrator

Anti-social behaviour can range from serious acts of violence and harassment, to more everyday incidents such a noise nuisance or vandalism of the estate or local area and may or may not amount to a criminal act.

This section is designed to offer you help to sort out the problems of anti-social behaviour.

Anti-social behaviour is all of the following

• noise such as playing loud music or having loud parties
• verbal abuse, harassment, intimidation, threatening behaviour
• hate related incidents
• vandalism and damage to property
• nuisance from vehicle including mini-motos
• drug misuse and dealing
• alcohol related disturbances
• domestic abuse or violence
• physical violence (not domestic violence), including threat of violence
• litter, rubbish, fly-tipping
• garden nuisance, overgrown gardens and hedges
• misuse of public space, loitering, prostitution, sexual acts, kerb crawling
• other criminal behaviour not included in above categories

For more information

Read our leaflet about how we tackle anti-social behaviour, domestic violence and hate crime.

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