ASB case review
If antisocial behaviour (ASB) is affecting your quality of life, or making you fear for your safety or the safety of others, there are people who can help. You can contact the police, your local council Community Safety Department or, if relevant, your housing provider.
These partner agencies have a role to play in reducing anti-social behaviour, supporting the most vulnerable and dealing with the people responsible.
Antisocial behaviour is an incident that falls short of a crime, where the behaviour of an individual or group causes or is likely to cause:
- harassment, alarm or distress to any person, not of the same household
- another party to feel personally threatened
- a public nuisance or detrimental impact upon the environment
- a detrimental effect upon the quality of life of an individual or the community as a whole
Advice
It is important to keep records of the behaviour and when it is happening. Don't be afraid to tell one of the partner agencies about it and to ask for support when you need it. To help you and others:
- report antisocial behaviour
- record it
- look out for others that may experience antisocial behaviour and report it on their behalf
Antisocial behaviour case review
The case review empowers repeat victims of antisocial behaviour to ask for a review of the actions partner agencies have taken to resolve their concerns. To be eligible, you need to:
- have experienced three incidents as an individual in the last six months
- be five individuals in the local community who have separately reported similar incidents, where you all feel dissatisfied with the action taken and all agree that they want to raise the case review
Each of the incidents need to have been reported within one month of them taking place and you must apply for case review within six months of the latest incident. The victim can be a business, individual or a community group.
The case review empowers repeat victims of antisocial behaviour to ask for a review of the actions partner agencies have taken to resolve their concerns. To be eligible, you need to:
- have reported three separate but related incidents of ASB in the last six months to the council, police or registered housing provider and feel no effective action has been taken to resolve the ASB which persists.
Each of the incidents need to have been reported within one month of them taking place and you must apply for case review within six months of the latest incident. The victim can be a business, individual or a community group.
How to use the case review
Case reviews are processed by the Community Saftey Partnership. If the threshold has been met, a case review will be undertaken.
The relevant bodies will share information related to the case, review what action has previously been taken and decide whether additional actions are possible.
You will be informed of the outcome of the review. Where further actions are necessary an action plan will be discussed with you and should include timescales.
Access case review information in your local area:
If you are unhappy with the review, you can raise it with the organisation you made initial contact with.