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Empowering Victims of Anti-Social Behaviour and its Importance in Successful Case Management

Almost 2 million ASB reports went unattended by 34 police forces in England and Wales over 3 years between 2019 and 2021. In this video, ASB Help share some of the devastating impacts of antisocial behaviour case mismanagement to highlight how services can better support victims.

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Delivering Effective Antisocial Behaviour Services in Social Housing

The police recorded 1 milloin incidents of anti-social behaviour in the year ending December 2022. In this video, Mark Fitton, Community Safety Manager at ForHousing shares how the implementation of triage services and community safety officers has streamlined communications in anti-social behaviour cases and provided better support for service users.

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Anti-social Behaviour and the Future of Neighbourhood Policing

28% of adults in England and Wales have personally witnessed or experienced ASB in the last year, reports the Office for National Statistics. In this video, Andy Higgins, Research Director for the Police Foundation discusses the 2025 Policing Vision and the role of neighbourhood policing in antisocial behaviour cases.

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Working with Residents to Tackle Anti-Social Behaviour and Build Safer Communities

The police recorded 1 million incidents of anti-social behaviour in the year ending December 2022. In this video. Marek Witko, Regional Director of Housing at Clarion Housing discusses the benefits of working with residents to tailor Anti-Social Behaviour policies and create a victim centred approach to addressing incidents.

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Government Update: The Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan

Police forces across England and Wales forces received 1,039,579 crime reports about anti-social behaviour (ASB) in 2022. To support local authorities and police in decreasing incidents of ASB, the government has recently launched the Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan. This article provides a summary of the key points shared in the plan.

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Taking a Community-Led Approach to Address Anti-Social Behaviour

The Government’s Levelling Up White Paper places the regeneration of coastal towns and cities at the heart of the national policy agenda. Dave Ryland, Community Connections Strategy Manager, Plymouth City Council discusses working collaboratively with communities to empower them to address anti-social behaviour in their local area.

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Tackling Anti-social Behaviour to Ensure Safe Communities for Residents

Clarion Housing Group is Britain’s largest social housing landlord, providing a home to over 350,000 people across the country. In this video, Michelle Reynolds, Chief Customer Officer at Clarion Housing, discusses their customer strategy and how they have developed a victim centred approach to support residents with anti-social behaviour reports.

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Improving the Outcomes of Community Triggers

Community triggers were introduced to the UK as part of the Anti-Social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014. ASB Help share improvements that can be made across the public sector to improve outcomes of Community Triggers.

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Improving Anti-Social Behaviour Strategies with Staff Training and Community Safety Notices

The police recorded 1.3 million incidents of anti-social behaviour in the year ending March 2022. In this video, Liz Smith, Head of Anti-Social Behaviour at Stockport Homes shares how training staff and using community safety notices has helped reduce costs and improved the handling of anti-social behaviour cases in their housing association.

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Identifying and Working to Support Victims of Cuckooing

Using a Community Safer Grant, Stockport Homes were commissioned to undertake a 16 month pilot project to address the issue of cuckooing in the borough. Liz Smith, Head of Anti-Social Behaviour shares with us how they have supported vulnerable tenants who are victims of cuckooing.

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Criminal Behaviour Orders: Insights from ASB Help

Criminal Behaviour orders were introduced as part of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, replacing Anti-Social Behaviour Orders. We heard from Angela Denison, Victim and Partnership Project Manager at ASB help about her own experience of using Criminal Behaviour Orders.

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The Community Trigger: Obstacles to Effective Access and Implementation

Out of 195 councils approached by BBC Panorama, 1 in 5 of them had never held a community trigger. ASB Help provides advice and support to victims of anti-social behaviour in England and Wales. In this article they discuss obstacles to effective access and implementation of the community trigger.

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