Anti-social behaviour (ASB) covers a range of activity that can blight the quality of life of individuals and communities. As well as making life unpleasant it can also hold back the regeneration of areas and create an environment where more serious crime can take hold. Examples of ASB include:
- rowdy and nuisance behaviour
- intimidating gatherings of young people in public places
- vandalism, graffiti and fly-posting
- dealing and buying drugs on the street
- people flytipping and abandoning vehicles
- anti-social drinking
- the misuse of fireworks
Local Authorities and Community Safety Partnerships (CSPs) across Wales are doing a great deal of work to prevent and tackle ASB in their communities. Each CSP in Wales has an Anti-Social Behaviour Coordinator who is responsible for coordinating a response to all reported cases of ASB. CSPs have a number of interventions open to them to address ASB. These include:
- warning letters and interviews, contracts and agreements
- fixed penalty notices and penalty notices for disorder
- parenting orders, Individual Support orders, Noise Abatement Notices, Injunctions, dispersal powers and Anti-Social Behaviour Orders
- ‘crack house’ closure orders
- possession proceedings against a tenant
For more information contact: Rachel Morgan