Examples of ASB and glossary of terms
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Types of Anti-Social Behaviour |
Examples of Anti-Social Behaviour |
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| Violence, abuse, intimidation, threatening behaviour and harassment | Threats to cause and/or harm to an individual, persistent behaviours which cause alarm, fear, distress and/or upset |
| Noise nuisance |
Where there is noise from persistent dog barking, persistently loud music during the day and the night DIY during unsociable hours and noise from house and car alarms
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| Communal Areas Nuisance | Where youths congregate and/or loiter within housing blocks and are causing rowdy and/or threatening behaviour or vandalism |
| Animal Related Nuisance | Animals fouling communal areas or not under proper control |
| Environmental Crime | Fly tipping, dog fouling, litter, damaging trees, abandoning cars, graffiti and holding bonfires |
| Drugs, substance or alcohol abuse | Alcohol related ASB. Use of, supply and cultivation of illegal drugs is criminal offence and can cause ASB. |
| Other Criminal Behaviour |
Violence against people and property Arson Prostitution and other sexual acts Gangs Gun, knife crime, and other weapons Malicious communications |
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Glossary of terms used in the policy
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| Anti-social behaviour or ASB | Behaviour that causes, or is likely to cause, harassment, alarm or distress to people outside the person’s household |
| Breach | When the terms of an Order have not been kept |
| Closure Notice or Closure Order | Legal powers used to temporarily close a property where there is serious nuisance or disorder |
| Complainant | The person who is reporting ASB |
| Community Protection Notice or CPN | A formal legal notice requiring a person or business to stop behaviour that is unreasonable, ongoing and negatively affecting others |
| Community Protection Warning letter or CPW | A written warning explaining that behaviour must stop, or further legal action may be taken |
| Demotion of Tenancy | A court order that reduces a tenant’s rights because of anti-social behaviour |
| Environmental Crime | illegal actions that damage the local environment, such as littering, fly tipping, dog fouling, graffiti or abandoning vehicles |
| Fixed Penalty Notice or FPN | A fine issued for certain offences (for example littering or dog fouling) instead of going straight to court |
| Fly tipping | Illegally dumping waste on land without permission |
| Hate Crime | Any criminal offence which is perceived by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by hostility or prejudice, based on a person's disability or perceived disability; race or perceived race; or religion or perceived religion; or sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation or transgender identity or perceived transgender identity |