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Antisocial Behaviour

Antisocial Behaviour

The Tenancy Management team is responsible for investigating and managing antisocial behaviour occurring within Council tenancies.

What is antisocial behaviour?

The Antisocial Behaviour etc (Scotland) Act 2004 has defined antisocial behaviour as:
'Acting in a manner, or pursuing a course of conduct, that causes or is likely to cause alarm or distress to at least one person not of the same household'

Antisocial behaviour can mean different things to different people and everyone can have a different idea of what antisocial behaviour is and how severe it is. Differences in age, beliefs, health considerations and values may mean that what one individual considers being antisocial behaviour may not be viewed as such by someone else. 

Clackmannanshire Council prohibits its tenants from harassing or behaving antisocially against, or causing damage to the property of, any person in the neighbourhood.

What antisocial behaviour do we deal with?

Staff from the Tenancy Management team deal with and are able to offer straightforward advice on a range of council tenant antisocial behaviour related issues, including:

• Drugs and alcohol related antisocial behaviour
• Noise nuisance (loud music, noisy parties, noisy pets)
• Litter and rubbish on housing land
• Vandalism and Graffiti

We are also able to direct callers to the appropriate Council services for action such as environmental health or to other agencies such as Police Scotland, if necessary.

Suspected abandoned vehicles on housing land, any incidents of violence, suspected drug dealing, cannabis use, hate crime, nuisance driving or harassment should be reported to Police Scotland in the first instance.

Certain reports are not classed as antisocial behaviour and will not be investigated by Clackmannanshire Council including, but not limited to: 

• Children or young people gathering socially or playing in the street
• Parking issues
• Personal disputes between neighbours
• Regular domestic noise

Reporting antisocial behaviour

Antisocial behaviour should be reported as soon as it arises or is discovered. Early reporting is vital in order to be able to tackle any unacceptable behaviour at the earliest opportunity to prevent it from escalating and causing any further damage.

To effectively tackle, the complainants need to provide us with as much information as possible, including:

• Who is involved
• Where is it happening
• What exactly is going on
• How often

All personal details of the complainant will be held in confidence in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018. We will never reveal the identity of or disclose personal information of the complainants without their consent

For further information on how we deal with antisocial behaviour, please see the Antisocial Behaviour Policy.