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This week is ASB Awareness Week. It is a national campaign dedicated
to raising awareness about anti-social behaviour (ASB) and encouraging
communities to take action.
Locally, community safety partners across Warwickshire are coming
together to ensure residents and businesses feel #SafeInWarwickshire.
Throughout the week, Safer Warwickshire partners are spotlighting the
work being done to tackle ASB and urging residents to report incidents that
affect their quality of life.
From nuisance motorbike riding to abuse against shop workers, ASB
takes many forms - and everyone has a role to play in addressing it.
Anti-social behaviour (ASB) is defined by :
conduct that has caused, or is likely to cause, harassment, alarm or
distress to any person,
or
conduct capable of causing nuisance or annoyance to a person in
relation to that person’s occupation of residential premises,
or
conduct capable of causing housing-related nuisance or annoyance to
any person
Tackling ASB in our communities
Warwickshire Police’s Operation Undertook is actively addressing the
issue of motorbikes being ridden antisocially and illegally - an issue that
causes fear and frustration in many neighbourhoods.
Residents are encouraged to report what they know through Warwickshire
County Council’s Dob ‘Em In scheme: www.warwickshire.gov.uk/dobemin
Reports from the public are already making a difference; 225 reports
were submitted between January and May this year, with 25 bikes seized
(including 13 bike seizures in April alone) and 5 arrests.
Additionally, hotspot policing is being used to focus resources on
areas where ASB is most prevalent. Known as Op Resolve, this targeted
approach across the last year in Atherstone is showing positive results.
Surveys carried out in hotspot patrol areas reveal:
We work alongside North Warwickshire Borough
Council community safety partnership to tackle this
issues and to prevent further issues to continue.
Throughout the week, both our Safer Neighbour Teams will be out and
about engaging with the community, patrolling ASB hot spot areas and
conducting ASB awareness.
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