Community safety delivery plan outline 2022 - 2023
Priority two: anti-social behaviour
Anti-social behaviour (ASB) is a broad term used to describe the day-to-day incidents of crime, nuisance and disorder that can make people’s lives a misery – from litter and vandalism, to public drunkenness and abusive neighbours.
ASB in Lichfield District
In 2020-21 there were 3,460 ASB incidents in Lichfield, equivalent to rate of 32.8 per 1,000 population. This is lower than the force-wide rate (41.0) and rates for England and Wales. ASB recording for 2020-21 includes incidents of recorded Covid-19 legislation breaches, which accounted for 1,455 incidents or around 42% of recorded ASB in Lichfield.
While rates of ASB in the CSP area overall are low, there are some hotspot areas – particularly around Lichfield centre (Stowe ward) and Chasetown.
The proportion of ASB which relates to Neighbour Disputes (27%) is higher than that recorded across the force-area (21%).
Actions we will take
- Agree an initial single agency response to complaints across partner agencies
- Develop a triage process
- Develop a process to deal with repeat and perpetuating cases
- Utilise support services such as Harmony
- Fund diversionary activities
- Deliver training for partners around ASB complaint management and dealing with community triggers
Outcomes
- Better understanding of issues across the partnership
- Reduced duplication of work by partner agencies
- More holistic response to complaints
- Increased satisfaction of service users
- Reduced number of repeat and perpetuating cases
- Support provided to people who have experienced ASB
- More potential victims and perpetrators supported to divert away from ASB
- Shared understanding of good practice
- Reduced number of repeat complaints
- Increased satisfaction of service users