ASB case review

If antisocial behaviour (ASB) is affecting your quality of life, or making you fear for your safety or the safety of others, there are people who can help. You can contact the police, your local council Community Safety Department or, if relevant, your housing provider.

These partner agencies have a role to play in reducing anti-social behaviour, supporting the most vulnerable and dealing with the people responsible.

Antisocial behaviour is an incident that falls short of a crime, where the behaviour of an individual or group causes or is likely to cause:

• harassment, alarm or distress to any person, not of the same household
• another party to feel personally threatened
• a public nuisance or detrimental impact upon the environment
• a detrimental effect upon the quality of life of an individual or the community as a whole

Advice

It is important to keep records of the behaviour and when it is happening. Don't be afraid to tell one of the partner agencies about it and to ask for support when you need it. To help you and others:

• report antisocial behaviour
• record it
• look out for others that may experience antisocial behaviour and report it on their behalf

Antisocial behaviour case review

The case review empowers repeat victims of antisocial behaviour to ask for a review of the actions partner agencies have taken to resolve their concerns.

You can request to activate an ASB case review or Community Trigger if, in the last six months, either of the following has happened and you believe no effective action has been taken:

• you've reported three separate incidents of ASB to the council, police or a registered house provider (social landlord)

or 

• you've been a victim of a hate incident

It should also be noted that for an ASB case review or Community Trigger request to be considered, you must have reported each incident within one calendar month of it having occurred.

How to request an ASB case review or Community Trigger

In Leicestershire, case reviews are processed by the Community Safety team within the council. Please visit the website of your local council and search for ‘Case Review’ or 'Community Trigger'.