ASB case review

If antisocial behaviour (ASB) is affecting your quality of life, or making you fear for your safety or the safety of others, there are people who can help. You can contact the police, your local council Community Safety Department or, if relevant, your housing provider.

These partner agencies have a role to play in reducing anti-social behaviour, supporting the most vulnerable and dealing with the people responsible.

Antisocial behaviour is an incident that falls short of a crime, where the behaviour of an individual or group causes or is likely to cause:

• harassment, alarm or distress to any person, not of the same household
• another party to feel personally threatened
• a public nuisance or detrimental impact upon the environment
• a detrimental effect upon the quality of life of an individual or the community as a whole

Advice

It is important to keep records of the behaviour and when it is happening. Don't be afraid to tell one of the partner agencies about it and to ask for support when you need it. To help you and others:

• report antisocial behaviour
• record it
• look out for others that may experience antisocial behaviour and report it on their behalf

Antisocial behaviour case review

The case review empowers repeat victims of antisocial behaviour to ask for a review of the actions partner agencies have taken to resolve their concerns. To be eligible, the victim needs to: 

• have reported three separate incidents to either the local authority, police or housing provider within the preceding 6 months and the antisocial behaviour still persists 
• have reported the antisocial behaviour incident within 30 days of it taking place

The victim can be a business, individual or a community group.

How to use the case review

In Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent we are the single point of contact for a case review. To apply you can either:

• call 101 and explain that you wish to apply for a case review
• use the live messaging service
• complete our online case review application form
• visit a police enquiry office at Longton, Cannock or Hanley

If you are unable to carry out any of the above then please write to the Central Disclosure Unit, Staffordshire Police HQ, Weston Road, Stafford, ST18 0YY. You should detail why you are applying for a case review.