Antisocial Behaviour (ASB) is behaviour that causes harassment, alarm or distress.
Examples of ASB include:
- Excessive noise
- Threatening behaviour or verbal abuse
- Criminal activity
- Vandalism
- Assault or physical violence
- Drugs
- Hate crime including racist or homophobic abuse
- Fly tipping
Examples of what is not ASB include:
- Using garden maintenance equipment at reasonable times
- Vacuuming or using other domestic appliances at reasonable times
- Carrying out DIY repairs at reasonable times
- Noise generated by everyday living, i.e. walking across laminate flooring wearing shoes
- Cooking smells
- Children playing
In the Antisocial Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014, antisocial behaviour is described:
- Conduct that has caused, or is likely to cause, harassment, alarm or distress to any person, or
- Conduct capable of causing nuisance or annoyance to a person in relation to that person’s occupation of residential premises, or
- Conduct capable of causing housing-related nuisance or annoyance to any person.
