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Contact Us
Head Office
01392 273462
Emergency Repairs
01392 424344
repairs @ cornerstonehousing.net
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Cornerstone, 18 Southernhay East, Exeter, Devon. EX1 1QD
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Anti Social Behaviour
What is anti-social behaviour?
Anti-social behaviour is a general term used to describe a whole range of things that people do to upset other residents. According to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, anti-social behaviour is behaviour which causes or is likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to one or more people who are not in the same household as the perpetrator.
Harassment or the threat of it includes harassment on the ground of gender, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, nationality, religion, political beliefs, disability, age, class, unrelated criminal offences or any other condition not justified in law which may interfere with the peace and comfort of, or cause offence to, any of the above persons.
Examples of anti-social behaviour
Anti-social behaviour can take a number of forms. Some anti-social behaviour is of a serious criminal nature. Other behaviour may not be criminal in nature but can still affect the quality of life in a community. Examples of anti-social behaviour include:
- Racist, sexist or homophobic behaviour or language
- Actual or threatened violence against people or property
- Domestic violence
- Sexual abuse
- Foul language
- Damaging or threatening to damage a person's home or possessions
- Writing threatening, abusive or insulting graffiti
- Hate behaviour that targets members of identified groups because of their perceived differences
- Loud music
- Arguing and door slamming
- Offensive drunken behaviour
- Use of abusive, aggressive, threatening or insulting words or behaviour
- Operating noisy machinery or undertaking other noisy activities for an excessive amount of time or at unreasonable hours
- Rubbish dumping and littering
- Drinking alcohol in shared areas
- Obstructing communal areas
- Skateboarding or ball games where this is likely to cause nuisance or annoyance to nearby residents or where such activities are banned
- Breach of any local by-laws
- Barking dogs and dogs fouling communal area
- Vandalism
- Dealing drugs
- Using homes to sell drugs or for any other unlawful purpose
- Doing anything else that interferes with the peace, comfort or convenience of other people
- Making a complaint about anti-social behaviour
- Processing a complaint about anti-social behaviour
- Gathering information and evidence
There are a number of ways in which we can gather evidence about anti-social behaviour. The process of gathering evidence may start as soon as the complaint about anti-social behaviour is received, or may start after the initial approaches to the alleged perpetrator have failed to achieve an end to the problem. The methods we use will depend on the nature of the anti-social behaviour.