Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB)
What is anti-social behaviour?
ASB can come in many forms and can have a real negative impact on you and your local community. It refers to a wide range of unacceptable activities that affect people’s lives, the community and environment on a daily basis.
Who deals with anti-social behaviour?
ASB is delt with by both the police and your local council and you can report incidents to both agencies.
How do I report anti-social behaviour?
If you need to report incidents of ASB to the police, you can do so either by call 101, through our online webchat or our online portal.
Remember to always call 999 in an emergency.
If you need to report incidents of ASB to your local council, you can find out how to do that through their websites:
Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
What are South Yorkshire Police doing to tackle anti-social behaviour?
The South Yorkshire Hotspot Response Hub looks at crime data and has identified 48 hotspot areas across the force, which see more levels of incidents involving ASB and most serious violence.
This Home Office funded piece of work allows for more dedicated highly visible patrols and operations to be focused in these hotspot areas, putting our officers in areas where our communities need them most.
Data shows that these extra patrols have resulted in a reduction of 28% in ASB in all 48 areas from when the hotpot patrols started in July 2023.
Our Motorcycle and Rural Crime Team regularly conduct patrols and operations focused on incidents involving rural ASB, which include illegal poaching, damage to farmland and quad and off-road bike nuisance.
They continue to work closely with our rural communities, farmers and landowners, to identify emerging issues and keep them updated with the work we are completing.