Antisocial behaviour: guidance for professionals
Brings together information for professionals working with antisocial behaviour including the statutory guidance.
This collection is aimed at professionals working to address antisocial behaviour.
You can read information to support you if you or someone you know is a victim of antisocial behaviour.
Statutory guidance for frontline professionals
The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 provides the police, local authorities and other local agencies with powers that they can use to respond quickly and effectively to antisocial behaviour.
The Home Office has published statutory guidance to support local areas to make effective use of these powers. It sets out the importance of focusing on the needs of the victim and the local community.
Anti-social Behaviour Action Plan
The plan sets out measures that will support local areas to reduce the antisocial behaviour in their communities.
Anti-social behaviour principles
The Anti-social Behaviour Strategic Board has created principles for taking a consistent approach to understanding and addressing antisocial behaviour in local communities.
The principles can be used by any agency tackling anti-social behaviour. This could include local authorities, community safety partnerships, police forces, health agencies, housing associations, civil society organisations, and police and crime commissioners.
Anti-social behaviour case review
The anti-social behaviour case review, formerly known as a community trigger, gives victims of persistent antisocial behaviour the right to request a multi-agency review of their case.
Agencies, including local authorities, the police, local health teams and registered providers of social housing have a duty to undertake a case review when requested by someone whose case meets a locally defined threshold.
Related guidance and best practice
More guidance and best practice is available from the links in this section. You can also:
- refer to the College of Policing’s anti-social behaviour toolkit
- create a Knowledge Hub account - used by the police and local authorities to share best practice and useful documents
- visit the Local Government Association and Welsh Local Government Association websites for more guidance and case studies on antisocial behaviour
Consultation
A consultation on the relationship between community safety partnerships and police and crime commissioners, the role of community safety partnerships and police and crime commissioners in tackling antisocial behaviour and the expansion of antisocial behaviour powers.
Research reports
These reports present findings on how antisocial behaviour is managed locally, the experiences of victims across the incident journey stages, and the impacts of antisocial behaviour on individuals and communities.