Anti-Social Behaviour includes a variety of behaviour covering a whole complex of unacceptable activity that can blight the quality of community life.

Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council is firmly committed to tackling the causes and consequences of anti-social behaviour. Anti-social behaviour can affect anyone and its consequences can often be devastating to both the individual and the community.

We do not have to tolerate anti-social behaviour. We all have a right to live in a safe and secure community. But with rights come responsibilities. We all have a responsibility to treat our neighbours and others in the community respectfully. People who commit anti-social behaviour need to know that this behaviour will not be tolerated and that action will be taken against them if they continue. 

Anti-Social Behaviour is generally defined as behaviour that causes or is likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to another individual.

Some typical examples of anti-social behaviour include:

• Harassment: intimidating behaviour, violence or the threat of violence to another person, abusive language
• Nuisance Behaviour: loud music, untidy gardens, constant dog barking
• Yobbish Behaviour: graffiti/vandalism, verbal abuse, physical abuse, motor bikes on public footpaths
• Vehicle Nuisance: excessive noise, excessive vehicle repairs and maintenance carried out in gardens
• Environmental Anti-Social Behaviour: fly-tipping, storing rubbish in gardens, dog fouling