Anti-social Behaviour

Anti-Social behaviour is any activity which causes, or is likely to cause, harassment, alarm or distress to one or more people not of the same household. Some of the more common forms of anti-social behaviour include:

  • Substance misuse i.e. dealing or using drugs in the street,
  • Drinking alcohol on the streets,
  • Acting in an aggressive and intimidating way,
  • Animal related problems e.g. not properly restraining your dog in a public place,
  • Aggressive begging,
  • Prostitution,
  • Abandoned vehicles,
  • Vehicle nuisance such as revving car engines, wheel spinning and mini-motos,
  • Noisy behaviour in quiet streets,
  • Graffiti, vandalism and littering,
  • Fireworks misuse,
  • Neighbourly disputes,
  • Unacceptable behaviour,
  • Setting off fireworks late at night,
  • General drunken behaviour (which is rowdy or inconsiderate),
  • Hoax calls,
  • Use of an imitation weapon like a BB Gun in a public place

Factsheet: Anti-social behaviour Fact Sheet (PDF; 206Kb)

Key Messages:

  • Council related Anti-Social Behaviour incidents are categorised into Environmental, Nuisance and Personal. Data to the end of December 2020 shows a rolling year figure of 14,649 which is below the 2017- 20 3-year average of 14,776,
  • Council related Enviro crime includes abandoned vehicles, bonfires, dog fouling, fly-posting, graffiti, discarded needles and drug paraphernalia, stray dogs and litter. Data to the end of December 2020 shows a rolling year figure of 8,581 which is below the 2017- 20 3-year average of 10,091,
  • Fly-tipping data is reported separately from the other categories of Enviro-crime in line with Government reporting. Data to the end of December 2020 shows a rolling year figure of 7,541 which is above the 2017- 20 3-year average of 7,265. The latest benchmarking information is for the financial year 2018/19 and shows County Durham had 13.79 incidents per 1,000 population against a North East figure of 23.95 and England figure of 19.16. When comparing against the proportion of incidents per 1,000 hectares County Durham had 32.56 incidents, the North East region had 73.36 incidents and England had 80.67 incidents,
  • Council related Nuisance data includes noise, smoke, odour, light and dust. Data to the end of December 2020 shows a rolling year figure of 5,472 which is above the 3-year average,
  • In relation to Personal incidents data to the end of December 2020 shows a rolling year figure of 596 which is below the 2017- 20 3-year average of 789.

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