The term anti-social behaviour covers a whole range of behaviour which affects other people's quality of life. This page will give you more detailed information on anti-social behaviour and how to tackle it.

What is anti-social behaviour?

The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 and Anti Social behaviour, Crime and Policing act 2014 defines anti-social behaviour as someone acting in a way that causes or is likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to one or more people who are not in their household.

What types of behaviour does it include?

• Assault
• Criminal damage
• Graffiti
• Harassment
• Hate crime
• Neighbours nuisance
• Unacceptable noise
• Threatening behaviour
• Vandalism
• Vehicle crime
• Verbal abuse 
• Youth nuisance

Who can help?

Depending on the issue there are several organisations in Bury that can help including; the Local Authority, Six Town Housing, Police, Probation and Victim Support.

Types of action we can take include:

• Setting up Mediation
• Putting activities in place to divert people from committing anti-social behaviour
• Do joint warnings with other organisations such as the Police about the consequences of continuing to behave in an anti-social way.
• Use Acceptable Behaviour Contract (s) to deter people from continuing to cause anti-social behaviour
• Use of Civil Injunctions or other legal remedies to prevent people continuing to cause anti-social behaviour.

Once a complaint is made to our team you will be asked to complete a diary of incidents you experience/witness. These diaries can be sent out to you via post or can be downloaded on this page.