Anti social behaviour in green spaces - Newcastle City Council

Newcastle Community Safety Partnership (NCSP)
Draft Anti-Social Behaviour Strategy
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1. Introduction
1.1 This document sets out Newcastle Community Safety Partnership’s
(NCSP) draft response to the issues of anti-social behaviour (ASB)
aimed at ensuring a peaceful environment for people living in or visiting
Newcastle.
1.2 The draft strategy aligns to and will be refined through reference to the:
Anti-Social Behaviour Act (2003)
Crime and Disorder Act (1998)
Data Protection Act (1998)
Human Rights Act (1998)
Police Reform Act (2002)
Newcastle Community Safety Strategy (2002-2005)
Green Space Strategy, Newcastle City Council (2004)
Community Safety Audit (2004/05)
Community Safety Consultation (2004/05)
Good Practice from other authorities
Local Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy (LNRS)
The Newcastle Plan
1.3 How people feel about the local area in which they live and the City as
a whole is affected by how safe they feel and how confident they are
that they can go about their daily lives without being harassed or
threatened. This may be because of the environment or because of
the perceived or actual responsiveness of service to any problems they
might experience.
1.4 Anti-social behaviour can range from dropping litter to serious
harassment. Most people are therefore affected by anti-social
behaviour to some degree or other. People’s expectations that antisocial
behaviour will be dealt with has generally increased but there are
very different tolerance levels and expectations. Those with the lowest
tolerance levels can have the highest expectations: those with the
highest tolerance levels can have the lowest expectations. The
balance needs to be right – for some people anti-social behaviour is
infrequent and mildly irritating, for others it has a serious adverse effect
on their health, peace of mind and quality of life.
1.5 NCSP acknowledges that there is no simple solution to the problem of
anti-social behaviour. This strategy should be seen as part of an
ongoing development by NCSP to promote a community-based, multiagency
approach to jointly tackle problems.
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