Anti-social behaviour

Overview

Anti-social behaviour is behaviour by a person which causes or is likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to one or more persons not of the same household as the person.

Anti-social behaviour covers a wide range of unacceptable activity including, but not limited to:

  • Nuisance, rowdy or inconsiderate neighbours
  • Littering or dumping rubbish
  • Shouting or noisy behaviour in places where this might be annoying or upsetting
  • Using rude, abusive or insulting language
  • Threatening behaviour or bullying
  • Excessively drinking alcohol, alcohol-related trouble or buying and selling drugs

See the Anti-social behaviour policy for more information.