Anti-Social behaviour

Anti-social behaviour is defined by the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 as, ‘behaviour which caused or is likely to cause, harassment, alarm or distress to one or more persons, not of the same household’.

Anti-social behaviour may include:

• Verbal abuse
• Abuse due to race, religion or sexual orientation
• Noise nuisance
• Graffiti
• Litter
• People engaging in threatening behaviour in large groups.

Results from the 2004 Crime Audit

Media portrayal of anti-social behaviour has heightened people’s awareness and in some cases has raised expectation.

Hart District Council continues to take all reported incidents of anti-social behaviour seriously and will not hesitate to use the full range of options available, including court orders, to tackle the problem.

Anti-social behaviour was considered to be the top concern amongst residents of Hart. According to our Residents’ Survey, of the 545 respondents, 41% (223 respondents) said they had been a victim of, or had witnessed anti-social behaviour. This represents 753 individual incidents of anti-social behaviour. Of the respondents who said they had been a victim of, or had witnessed anti-social behaviour, 23 were repeat victims. The graph below shows a breakdown of types of incidents.

According to the Residents’ Survey, those respondents who reported incidents of anti-social behaviour reported these as occurring most commonly on Friday and Saturday evenings. (Number of incidents add up to more than 223, as respondents were able to tick more than one box).

If you are a victim of anti-social behaviour let someone know!

Support Services

• Child and Family Consultant Services 01483 782900
• Childline 0800 1111
• Connexions (Government Education Scheme) 01252 311411
• Daylight Project (Homelessness project) 01252 31240
• Family Crisis Line (Parenting advice) 01483 722533
• Family Mediation 01306 741777
• Hampshire Children and Families Forum 01962 843677
• ‘Safer Hart’ Community Safety Partnership 01252 774476
• The Emmaus Project (Re-education Programme) 01252 312364
• The Point Youth Centre and Cyber Café 01252 812308
• The Base 01256 761897
• Young Minds (Information for Parents) 0800 0182 138