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Anti-social behaviour (ASB) is the broad term used to describe a wide range of behaviour that upsets tenants and residents, and has a negative impact on their lives. It can include issues such as graffiti, vandalism, noise, verbal abuse, harassment, drugs and other criminal activity.
What one person sees as anti-social behaviour may not be seen as such by another. This is due to the difference in lifestyles and expectations, and a clear definition of anti-social behaviour is hard to make.
For example, to a group of people staggering from a pub shouting, singing and kicking bins over, their own behaviour might seem like harmless fun, but to residents nearby, this behaviour could be seen as intimidating.
The Crime & Disorder Act 1998 defines anti-social behaviour as behaviour that caused or was likely to ‘cause harassment, alarm or distress to one or more persons not of the same household as (the defendant).’
The list below describe some types of anti-social behaviour:
Gedling Borough Council believes that every person has an entitlement to enjoy life in their own way, providing they do not adversely affect the lives of those living and working around them.
Diary sheets are used by Gedling Borough Council to investigate complaints of anti-social behaviour. In order to investigate complaints of anti-social behaviour these diary sheets must be completed.
If you are downloading the diary sheets to record incidents of anti-social behaviour please contact Gedling Borough Council at this point, to ensure that the Council can start investing your complaint immediately, rather than when you return the dairy sheets to the Council. Please telephone 0115 9013652
To download diary sheets click here.
When you have accepted a Council tenancy you will be issued with a Housing Tenancy Agreement that details your responsibilities regarding your home. Your agreement outlines your responsibilities regarding anti-social behaviour. You are responsible for the behaviour of every person (including children) living in the property, whether temporarily or permanently and for the behaviour of any visitor (including children) to the property.
If your tenancy conditions are breached, Gedling Borough Council will investigate the matter and could take legal action against you, someone living with, or visiting you, in order to prevent the further occurrence of acts of nuisance, harassment or anti-social behaviour.
Anti-social behaviour can happen for a variety of reasons such as:
The aim of any action is to:
Protect victims, witnesses and the community
Measures that can be used by the police and other agencies include:
Action may be initiated by a number of agencies including the police, local authorities, registered social landlords, housing trusts and youth offending teams.
Gedling Borough Council has adopted the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 (Part 2, see link below) which has set out new powers for social landlords to tackle anti-social behaviour.
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