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16:04 20/07/2021
Leicestershire Police is supporting the first national Antisocial Behaviour (ASB) Week.
Running from July 19 to 25, ASB Awareness Week – Making Communities Safer aims to encourage communities to take a stand against ASB and highlight the options available to those facing it.
The week of action is bringing together people and organisations from across the country to take a stand and work together to make communities safer.
Organised by community safety specialists Resolve, ASB Awareness Week is being backed by the Home Office, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), Local Government Association (LGA), National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and the National Fire Chiefs’ Council (NFCC).
Behaviour that is antisocial is conduct that has caused, or is likely to cause, harassment, alarm or distress to any person; conduct capable of causing nuisance or annoyance to a person in relation to that person’s occupation of residential premises; conduct capable of causing housing-related nuisance or annoyance to any person.
There are three main categories for antisocial behaviour, depending on how many people are affected:
Leicestershire Police is supporting ASB awareness week by helping communities recognise ASB, sharing ways to report it and by promoting examples about how our dedicated neighbourhood teams are proactively tackling issues.
Leicestershire Police’s ASB officer, PC Suzy Willett, said: “As a force we deal with numerous cases of ASB, some are short term and some cases take longer to resolve.
“If you are aware of antisocial behaviour taking place please report it – if it’s not reported we won’t necessarily know about it.
“We work in conjunction with partner agencies such as local councils, housing, children and family wellbeing services in a combined approach to tackle ASB to achieve the best results for the communities we serve.”
Here are some examples of how we have recently dealt with instances of ASB, both reactively and proactively:
Suzy continues: “Communities and neighbourhoods are a vital resource in helping us to identify and deal with ASB. If you are suffering ASB please report it. We’d like to thank everyone who takes the time to make a report as you are helping to make the place where you live better for everyone.”
Rebecca Bryant OBE, chief executive of Resolve, said: “We need to change the way we think about ASB. It is not low-level crime. It devastates the lives of victims and communities and can be a precursor to more serious crime.
“As the nation begins to recover from the impact of the pandemic and our society and economy celebrates the start of return to normal life, it is important that the challenge of ASB continues to be given the priority it needs nationally and locally so that people feel safe in their homes and communities.
“It is vital to develop partnership approaches across communities to deal with the growing challenges around ASB.
“Everyone has the right to feel safe in their home and community.”
For more information visit www.resolveuk.org.uk/asbawarenessweek
If ASB occurs in your community please let us know, here’s where to report it: Report antisocial behaviour | Leicestershire Police (leics.police.uk)
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