Report antisocial behaviour to the police

Report antisocial behaviour to the police if you feel threatened or you think the behaviour could be breaking the law. For example, if it includes: threatening, offensive or indecent behaviour聽 a dog behaving aggressively聽 vehicle theft illegal drugs or drug dealing vandalism of your home or other private property聽聽 speeding or dangerous driving聽聽 Call 999 if you or someone else is in immediate danger, or if the crime is in progress. If it鈥檚 not an emergency, report it: on the police website by calling 101 (from within the UK) by visiting a police station on the British Transport Police website if the behaviour took place on a train or at a train station

Report antisocial behaviour to your council

Go to your council website to report: a noise nuisance 鈥� including loud music or dogs barking abandoned vehicles fly-tipping or dumping waste dog mess in public areas - such as parks, playgrounds or pavements discarded needles, syringes and other drug-related items vandalism in your area - for example damage to bus shelters or bins graffiti in in your area fly-posting - putting up posters or stickers about events without permission Check your council鈥檚 website to find out what other types of antisocial behaviour you can report to them.聽

Reporting antisocial behaviour to your landlord

If there鈥檚 antisocial behaviour in your building, how you report it depends on whether you rent from a private landlord or a social housing landlord. If you rent from a private landlord Find out about reporting antisocial behaviour if you rent from a private landlord . If you rent from a social housing landlord If you live in council housing or a housing association home, report antisocial behaviour to your landlord. This will usually be either: the council a housing association If you鈥檙e not sure who your landlord is, you can check your rent statement. Find out more about getting help with antisocial behaviour for social housing tenants . If you鈥檙e unhappy with their response You can make a complaint to your landlord. If you鈥檙e unhappy with how they handle your complaint, you can then complain to the Housing Ombudsman . Find out more about how to complain about a council or housing association on the Shelter website. You may also be able to request an antisocial behaviour case review .

You鈥檙e likely to be asked to give more details when reporting antisocial behaviour to the police , your council or your landlord . For example, you might be asked: what happened where it happened who was involved and what they did if anyone else saw what happened the date and time that the incident took place if this has happened before Reporting antisocial behaviour anonymously You may be able to report antisocial behaviour聽anonymously to Crimestoppers. Check what types of antisocial behaviour you can report to Crimestoppers on their website. You can also check with your council or your landlord before reporting antisocial behaviour to them if: you can make the report anonymously any details you give will be kept confidential After you report antisocial behaviour You should get a confirmation of your report and an update on:聽 what鈥檚 being done to investigate聽 the outcome of the investigation If you do not hear anything, you can ask for an update from the authority (the police, council or landlord) you reported the antisocial behaviour to. Requesting an antisocial behaviour case review If you鈥檙e unhappy with how your case is handled, you may be able to apply for an antisocial behaviour case review.聽 To check how to apply for an antisocial behaviour case review in your area, contact either: your local police your council Find out more about antisocial behaviour case reviews .

Get support and advice

You can get support to deal with antisocial behaviour from: ASB Help Victim Support Victim Support in Wales Citizens Advice Neighbourhood Watch

How to report antisocial behaviour: Overview

How to report antisocial behaviour

Overview

Antisocial behaviour is behaviour that causes harassment, alarm or distress to other people.

It can include both criminal and non-criminal behaviour, for example:

noisy neighbours聽聽
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fly-tipping and littering聽聽
discarding syringes or needles聽聽
threatening, harassing or inconsiderate behaviour

Local police, councils and social housing landlords work together to deal with antisocial behaviour.聽They do this differently in different areas.

Who to report antisocial behaviour to

Who you report antisocial behaviour to depends on the type of behaviour it is and where it takes place.

Report it to:

the police - if you feel threatened or you think the behaviour could be breaking the law
your council - if it affects your local area
your landlord - if you live in a council or housing association home and it鈥檚 happening in or near your building

There鈥檚 a different way to and .

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