The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 defines antisocial behaviour as someone acting in a way that '...caused or was likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to one or more persons not of the same household'.
Examples of antisocial behaviour include swearing, fighting, intimidation (through threats, or actual violence), littering, and vandalism.
Before you make a report of antisocial behaviour, you should try and talk to the person who is causing the problem (if it is safe to do so). This can often solve the problem.
Antisocial behaviour can be very distressing and upsetting. We will not tolerate antisocial behaviour, and we will take you seriously.
Please allow up to 14 working days for an Officer to respond to your report. All reports are dealt with in line with our antisocial behaviour policy, which has been agreed with by our Communities team.
For more information, please visit our Antisocial behaviour webpage.
A hate crime is any criminal offence which is perceived, by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by prejudice based on a person's actual or perceived:
A hate crime can include physical or verbal abuse, intimidation, threats, harassment, online abuse, and damage to property.
For more information about hate crime and how you can access support, please visit our Hate crime webpage.
