Anti-social behaviour. Explained.
Anti-social behaviour can take many forms and each can have a devastating impact on a community and the people who live there.
Below you will see what's classed as disruptive behaviour:
- Verbal abuse - intimidation, harassment and/or threatening behaviour
- Drug misuse - in communal areas or causing or related to further disruptive behaviour
- Noise - including things like dogs barking, doors slamming, shouting and swearing and loud music or TV. Noise is classed as ASB when it is recurrent over a period of more than two weeks between 11 pm and 5 am, causes considerable fear and distress, increases health risks or is detrimental to an individual's reasonable expectations of everyday activity
- General nuisance - including issues such as dogs running loose in communal areas, mini-motorbikes on estates, ‘knock and run’ games. General nuisance is when activities cause considerable fear and distress or is detrimental to an individual's reasonable expectations of everyday activity
- Physical violence
- Hate crime
Dealing with Noise Nuisance
We have created this short animation to detail what Noise Nuisance is and what steps we can take to support you when you have a complaint. We’ll also explain what you can do when a situation is something we won’t get involved with.