Community Safety

The law states that anti-social behaviour (ASB) is any action that creates harassment, alarm or distress to a person who does not live in the same household. In simple terms, if you feel harassed, alarmed or distressed by another person’s behaviour or actions, and this person doesn’t live in your home, then it is deemed as anti-social behaviour.

Examples include (but are not limited to):

• Using or threatening to use violence
• The use of abusive and/or insulting words
• Damage or the threat of damage to another person's possessions or belongings
• The playing of loud music at what is accepted as social or unsociable hours
• Disturbance late at night, visits and noise
• Graffiti, whether on personal or council-owned property
• Neighbour dispute, arguing and excessive noise
• Racist behaviour and/or language

• In an emergency call 999
• If if is not an emergency, the following options are available:
  • Call the Police on 101
  • Report the problem to the police online 
  • Don't forget to keep a record of incidents relating to your complaint as this will assist the police in the handling of it.

You can find out statistics about anti-social behaviour in your area by looking at Police Maps

To report a noise nuisance from a property contact Eastleigh Borough Council 

General noise in the street should be treated as anti-social behaviour and if it is a nuisance, you should report this to the police.

Keep a diary for a week or two detailing exactly what’s happening then talk to your local PCSO/Neighbourhood Policing Team on 101.

Ask yourself if they are really doing any harm. If the answer is no, leave them be.

Ask yourself 'Did I or my children play out in the street?' It is not against the law to play.

The Police have powers to confiscate alcohol from underage drinkers.

Call the police immediately.  Be prepared to give a description and a statement if necessary.

Don't be confrontational.

Speak to the parents or the Police.

You will need to speak to your Housing Officer as action may be taken under the tenancy agreement.

It is only legal to partake in covert surveillance if authority has been given under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000. However, in a domestic situation, there are no legal constraints on domestic CCTV being installed and for recordings to be taken and stored by the resident without the knowledge of the person who has been filmed. It is only appropriate to focus a CCTV camera on the boundary of your property for purposes of security although there is no legislation that specifically prevents domestic CCTV from covering the area around a dwelling.