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Antisocial behaviour

Everyone should feel safe in their own home. We want anyone living in or near a Yorkshire Housing home to be able to go about their day-to-day life without feeling upset, scared or intimidated.

But, sometimes antisocial behaviour (or ASB) stops this from happening. And when it does, we want to know about it. Because there are lots we can do to help.

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What’s antisocial behaviour?

There’s lots of different kinds of antisocial behaviour. It can be anything that makes you feel upset, harassed, frightened or distressed in your own home or neighbourhood.

Check out the main kinds of antisocial behaviour and find out what we can do to help.

How to report antisocial behaviour

Anyone can report antisocial behaviour.  You might be living in one of our homes. Or you might be a homeowner, a private tenant or a landlord that’s having a difficult time because of the way one of our customers, someone living with them or visiting them is behaving.

If you or someone you know is in immediate danger phone the police on 999.  If it’s not an emergency but you’d still like to talk to the police, call 101. If you don’t want to speak to the police directly you can contact Crimestoppers. They’ll take all the info but won’t ask for your name or any other personal details.

If you’re experiencing antisocial behaviour or you’ve seen something you’re worried about, please let us know.

Phone us - 0345 366 4404

Report ASB

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FAQs

We want you to have as much info as possible so you can decide what steps to take next. So, here’s some of our most frequently asked questions.

Success stories

Nothing makes us happier than being able to help our customers live safe, peaceful and happy lives.  Check out some of our success stories. 

Success stories
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Our promise to you

 Everyone has the right to enjoy their home, free from nuisance or antisocial behaviour. The distress nuisance behaviour can cause individuals and communities can be overwhelming so we take reports of antisocial behaviour very seriously.

We aim to:

  • Actively discourage nuisance or antisocial behaviour
  • Reduce problems associated with antisocial behaviour
  • Take positive action against, or on behalf of residents

Our service standards

 You can expect the following service standards from us:

  • We’ll aim to remove racist or offensive graffiti within 24 hours and other graffiti within three working days
  • We’ll aim to repair serious damage to property caused by antisocial behaviour within 24 hours, and within five working days in less serious cases
  • We’ll keep your information confidential and never share it without your permission
  • If it’s an urgent case we’ll be in touch within 24 hours. Otherwise we’ll contact you within 5 working days
  • We’ll investigate your complaint.  To do this we’ll speak to you and the person you’ve made the complaint against
  • If we think that your neighbour's causing  antisocial behaviour, we’ll decide on a course of action. And we’ll keep you informed at every stage
  • If we think that your report isn't about antisocial behaviour then we’ll close the case and let you know why
  • If there’s not enough evidence we’ll look for other options or close the case

Once we start working on a case, if the situation doesn’t improve, we’ll look to take further action.

Our policies

If you’re interested in getting into the detail, we’ve got loads more info for you about how we’re tackling antisocial behaviour.

Antisocial behaviour case review

We know that antisocial behaviour can have an overwhelming impact on those suffering and, in some cases, on the wider community.

The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 introduced ways to give victims and communities a say in the way that complaints of antisocial behaviour are dealt with.

This includes the anti-social behaviour case review (formerly known as the community trigger) which gives victims of persistent antisocial behaviour reported to any of the main responsible agencies (such as the council, police, housing providers like Yorkshire Housing) the right to request a multi-agency case review.

Agencies, including local authorities, the police, local health teams and registered providers of social housing have a duty to carry out a case review when someone requests one. Each area chooses a lead agency to manage the process. This is usually the council or police.

If you want more information on the ASB case review and how it works you can find it here.

Our ‘What the heck does that mean?’ guide to antisocial behaviour

We’re proud of being straight talking. But when it comes to talking about antisocial behaviour it’s not that easy!  And there’ll probably be a few words or phrases you’ve not heard before. That’s why we’ve pulled together our ‘What the heck does that mean’ guide, in case you’ve seen something you’re not sure about.