What is Anti-Social Behaviour?
What is Anti-Social Behaviour?
Anti-social behaviour (ASB) includes a variety of behaviour covering a wide range of selfish and unacceptable activity that can blight the quality of community life.
Examples include but not restricted to:
- · Nuisance neighbours
- · Rowdy and nuisance behaviour
- · Vandalism, graffiti and fly-posting
- · People dealing and buying drugs on the street
- · People dumping rubbish and abandoning cars
- · Begging and anti-social drinking
Anti-social behaviour can impact upon an individual, a family, the community and the town as a whole. It can make life unpleasant and create an environment where serious crime can take hold.
Southend Crime Disorder Reduction Partnership is committed to tackling anti-social behaviour and has a dedicated team called SMAART (Southend Multi Agency Anti social behaviour Response Team). This team comprises of officers from Southend Police, Southend-on-Sea Council and South Essex Homes
Structure of SMAART and its place within the Community Safety Unit can be downloaded here Presentation1csu
General Enquiries Address |
01702 423504 SMAART, Southend Police Station, Victoria Avenue, Southend on Sea, SS2 6ES |
To report/remove graffiti |
01702 215006 |
To report/remove abandoned vehicles |
01702 215006 |
To report fly-tipping |
01702 215006 |
To report noise nuisance – office hours Out of hours |
01702 215005 01702 466550 |
In the event of an Emergency |
999 |
Essex Police |
0300 333 4444 |
South Essex Homes |
0800 833 163 |
E-mail: smaart@southend.gov.uk