Anti-Social Behaviour

Overview

To report anti-social behaviour, contact the council on 01302 736000 or the police on 101. We'll respond 24/7 to incidents of nuisance behaviour. Alternatively, visit Frequently Asked Questions - Anti-Social Behaviour

The Safer Doncaster Partnership recognises the huge effect that anti-social behaviour has on communities and therefore has made reducing anti-social behaviour one of its key priorities. Please see the documents below.

The Criminal Damage Strategy attached to this page sets out how Doncaster deals with criminal damage and focuses on the approach to be taken over a three year period from 2009-2012.

The legal definition of anti-social behaviour contained within the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 is ‘behaviour that causes or is likely to cause alarm, distress or harassment’.

Types of Anti-Social Behaviour

The following list includes some of the types of behaviour that constitute anti-social behaviour:

• excessive residential noise (from music, parties etc);

• use of foul and abusive language;

• threatening/intimidating behaviour;

• harassment ;

• street drinking;

• rowdy behaviour;

• improper use of vehicles (e.g. annoying use of motorcycles close to residential premises, riding bicycles on pavements, regular  repair of vehicles, abandoning vehicles);

• inappropriate use of space for leisure/play (e.g. ball games close to property; littering; graffiti; fly-tipping; allowing dog fouling; damage/vandalism to public and private property (e.g. damaging play equipment, snapping wing-mirrors);

• inconsiderate or improper parking;

• inappropriate use of fireworks.

Doncaster's three strand approach

In dealing with anti-social behaviour, Doncaster’s approach is directed within three distinct areas: prevention (including education), intervention and enforcement.

Examples of prevention include: tenancy conditions written into St Leger Homes of Doncaster’s tenancy agreement relating to anti-social behaviour and positive activities for young people provided by, amongst others, the Youth Service as well as presentations in schools including those delivered by South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue.

Examples of intervention include: Parenting Programmes to help parents improve their parenting skills; Acceptable Behaviour Contracts with accompanying support to agree the future conduct of an individual who has been involved in anti-social behaviour, and structured programmes run by, amongst others, the Youth Inclusion Support Service to work with those young people at risk of offending.

Examples of enforcement include Anti-Social Behaviour Orders, Injunctions, Designated Public Place Orders (tackling anti-social street drinking), Premises Closure Orders and ‘Crack House Closures’.

Delivering Our Approach

A wide range of services and activities are currently delivered within Doncaster to prevent the emergence of anti-social behaviour and tackle it when it has occurred.

Safer Neighbourhood Teams in which police officers, police community support officers and council officers work as part of one team is a practical example of this the council working closely with the police to tackle anti-social behaviour. 

Other services include the Council’s Neighbourhood Response Team which works day and night with anti-social behaviour. St Leger Homes of Doncaster’s Area Based Services also deal directly with tenancy related anti-social behaviour, working with other partners where appropriate.

Report Anti-Social Behaviour

To report anti-social behaviour, contact the council on 01302 736000 or the police on 101. Please visit the following page Frequently Asked Questions - Anti-Social Behaviour

Anti-Social Behaviour Service Standards

The service standards the public should expect from partners within the Safer Doncaster Partnership in relation to how anti-social behaviour is tackled are contained within the “Anti-Social Behaviour Charter”. To access the Charter please open the document attached to this page.

All partners within the Safer Doncaster Partnership hope that members of the public are satisfied with the actions taken to deal with anti-social behaviour. There may be instances where a member of the public is not satisfied with the action taken by an individual agency. In that situation, a complaint can be made through that specific agency’s existing complaints process.