Categories of Anti Social Behaviour

We will assess and prioritise all cases of Anti Social Behaviour into categories: High, Medium or Standard:

High Priority (Category A)

• Crime or criminal behaviour

• Hate incidents and harassment – e.g. verbal abuse, threats of violence, assault or damage to property based on race, sexual orientation, gender, age, disability, religion etc

• Domestic abuse

• Alcohol related abuse

• Physical violence

• Intimidation

• Threatening behaviour

• Harassment

Medium Priority (Category B)

• Vandalism – e.g. graffiti, damage to property etc

• Noise nuisance – e.g. excessive banging of doors, shouting, arguing, playing loud music constantly etc

• Verbal abuse / insulting words

• Drug dealing or drug abuse

• Prostitution / sexual acts / kerb crawling

Standard Priority (Category C)

• Pets or animal nuisance – e.g. not keeping pets under control, dog fouling, constant dog barking etc

• Misuse of communal areas / public space or loitering

• Litter or dumping rubbish – e.g. fly-tipping etc

• Garden nuisance – e.g. untidy / overgrown gardens etc

• Nuisance from vehicles – e.g. dumped cars, vehicle repairs at the roadside.