Anti social behaviour

Anti Social Behaviour

Anti Social Behaviour (ASB) is defined as ‘acting in an anti social manner or a manner that caused or was likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to one or more persons not of the same household’  (Crime and Disorder Act, 1988).

Irwell Valley does not underestimate the effect anti social behaviour has on individuals, families and neighbourhoods and we are committed to working with our partner agencies both statutory and voluntary and communities in an effort to combat this. We adopt a zero tolerance approach to tackling all forms of anti social behaviour and will endeavour to address the underlying causes to create long term solutions by using the tools made available to us.

What is anti social behaviour?

Your tenancy may be at risk if you, your family/members of your household or visitors to your property are involved in any of the following:-

Noise nuisance

Noise nuisance can be playing your music too loudly, having parties, dogs barking, people shouting, screaming and swearing and undertaking DIY activities at unreasonable hours. Irwell Valley can take action where there is evidence of serious and persistent noise nuisance.

Criminal activity

This behaviour includes the selling, use of or cultivation of illegal drugs and the handling stolen goods. If you suspect a neighbour of committing these crimes please contact the Police or Crimestoppers. Irwell Valley will work in partnership with the Police and other relevant agencies to take action against perpetrators.

Hate behaviour and harassment

Irwell Valley does not tolerate any form of harassment. With the co-operation and support of the witness we will take action where people are subject to threatening, insulting or abusive behaviour. We do not tolerate any harassment due to ethnic origin, sexuality, disability, gender, age or faith. All our offices are designated Hate Reporting Centres and will help deal with reports of incidents, which are perceived to be racist either by the victim of any other person.

Domestic Abuse

Irwell Valley feel that it is a fundamental right that none of its residents live in their homes while in fear of violence or threat of violence from a spouse or partner. This includes current and former partners or any member of the household or immediate family. Irwell Valley will assist and support customers experiencing domestic violence to live safely by working in partnership with relevant specialist agencies.

Environmental ASB

Environmental ASB can be Graffiti, vandalism and damage to property, fly-tipping, abandoned cars and dropping litter. All these acts affect the quality of our neighbourhoods and create a spiral of decline. It is a key driver for people’s perceptions of anti social behaviour and affects how people feel about where they live, work and where children play.

 

It is criminal offence to drop, throw or deposit and leave litter anywhere such as materials related to eating, drinking and smoking.

 

Fly-tipping is the illegal deposit of any waste onto land, or any waste dumped or tipped on a site with no license to accept waste’ such as the dumping of household furniture and/or appliances, household refuse and hazardous waste.

 

Irwell Valley will work with the Police, Local Authority, Greater Manchester Fire Service, and DVLA to remove abandoned vehicles on or in the vicinity of our land.

 

Please help protect your local environment by disposing of your waste responsibly.

How can you help?

 

Irwell Valley and our partner agencies can do a lot to help tackle anti social behaviour but we also require help from the community.

 

Residents, their families and visitors should be considerate to their neighbours and help to create caring and happy communities, We want customers to report incidents as soon as possible so that they do not escalate in to a bigger problem.

Here are some tips for you to follow if you feel that you would like to address an incident of low level anti social behaviour yourself.