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- Alcohol, drugs and substance misuse
- Anti social behaviour
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- Crime - public disorder
- Crime - statistics
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Anti Social Behaviour
Anti-social behaviour can destroy lives and shatter communities. Basically it is behaviour that is generally agreed to be unacceptable by others. If it is not dealt with , ant-social behaviour can seriously damage people's quality of life through the fear of crime and the long term effects of harassment and intimidation..
What is anti-social behaviour?
The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 explains that anti-social behaviour is acting in a way that causes or is likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to one or more people not of the same household.
It is very important to report acts of anti-social behaviour in the Hambleton and Richmondshire Districts and most types are dealt with by either North Yorkshire Police or the District Councils.
Anti-social behaviour includes things such as:
- rowdy, noisy behaviour in otherwise quiet neighbourhoods
- night time noise from houses or gardens, especially between 11.00 pm and 7.00 am
- threatening, drunken or 'yobbish' behaviour
- vandalism, graffiti and fly-posting
- dealing or buying drugs on the street
- litter and fly-tipping rubbish
- aggressive begging
- drinking in the street
- setting off fireworks late at night
- abandoning cars on the street
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Anti-social behaviour doesn't just make life unpleasant. It can ruin lives and make whole areas feel unsafe.
If you encounter it, report it:
If anti-social behaviour is a problem in your area, there's a lot you can do to help put a stop to it.
You can:
- talk to your neighbours to find out if they're affected as well
- if you feel comfortable doing so talk to the person causing the problem; they may not realise how it is affecting you
- report the problem to your local council's anti-social behaviour coordinator
- call your police force's non-emergency number
- tell your landlord or residents' association about the situation
- contact your local neighbourhood policing team, or attend one of their regular meetings
- If the situation is an emergency (if someone's life or health is threatened) call 999.
No matter how you report anti-social behaviour, all complaints are treated as confidential. So you don't have to worry about your identity being revealed.
The council and police both need evidence of what's happened to you, so keep a note of problems.
Once you have reported the problem, you will be kept informed of progress in your case.
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