Anti-social behaviour
What is anti-social behaviour?
Anti-social behaviour (ASB) is any selfish and unacceptable activity that can blight the quality of community life.
Examples include:
- nuisance neighbours
- threatening and abusive behaviour
- intimidating groups taking over public spaces
- vandalism, graffiti and fly-posting
- dealing and buying drugs on the street
- dumped rubbish and abandoned cars
- begging and anti-social drinking
- misusing fireworks
Anti-social behaviour matters: it can have a negative effect on everyone's quality of life and we are committed to tackling it with all the powers at our disposal.

