Anti-social behaviour
HMIC carried out inspections, in 2010 and 2012, to look at how well police forces in England and Wales understand and respond to their local anti-social behaviour (ASB) problems.
2012 inspection
The 2012 inspection repeated the main elements of the 2010 review, so that we could track progress. Our report ‘A Step in the Right Direction: the policing of anti-social behaviour’ is the result of the largest ever survey of victims of ASB (with 9,300 respondents); listening to more than 4,400 calls about ASB, to learn more about the victim experience; and an inspection of all 43 police forces in England and Wales.
We found that the Police Service’s approach to dealing with ASB has improved since 2010; but there is significant variation in victim satisfaction levels across England and Wales. More can be done to tackle the problem, and to identify those victims most at risk of harm.
2010 inspection
In Spring 2010, we found that forces have the best chance of providing victims with a good service if they do four key things:
- Brief all relevant officers and staff (including neighbourhood policing teams, officers who respond to emergencies and CID officers) regularly and thoroughly about local ASB issues;
- Regularly gather and analyse data and information about ASB places, offenders and victims in their area, and use this information to allocate resources to tackle the problems;
- Provide their neighbourhood policing teams with the right tools and resources to tackle ASB, and then monitor the plans the teams put in place to resolve local ASB issues; and
- Identify if a caller is a vulnerable or repeat victim as soon as they call the police so they can get extra support.
We committed at the time of the 2010 review to repeating the inspection in 2012, to check on progress.
Reports
2012 inspection findings
The results of the 2012 ASB inspection are available to download below, together with links to a page for each police force where you can find their individual inspection report, Ipsos MORI survey report and press release.
To see the research findings that contributed to our report please visit our data section
Avon and Somerset – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
Bedfordshire – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
Cambridgeshire – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
Cheshire – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
City of London – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
Cleveland – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
Cumbria – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
Derbyshire – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
Devon and Cornwall – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
Dorset – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
Durham – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
Dyfed-Powys – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
Essex – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
Gloucestershire – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
Greater Manchester – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
Gwent – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
Hampshire – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
Hertfordshire – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
Humberside – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
Kent – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
Lancashire – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
Leicestershire – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
Lincolnshire – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
Merseyside – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
Metropolitan – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
Norfolk – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
North Wales – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
North Yorkshire – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
Northamptonshire – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
Northumbria – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
Nottinghamshire – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
South Wales – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
South Yorkshire – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
Staffordshire – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
Suffolk – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
Surrey – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
Sussex – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
Thames Valley – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
Warwickshire – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
West Mercia – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
West Midlands – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
West Yorkshire – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
Wiltshire – Anti-social behaviour inspection 2012
2010 inspection findings
The results of the 2010 ASB inspection are available below, together with links to the data and individual reports on each police force.
Overview of the findings of our ASB review – “Stop the rot”
Re-thinking the policing of anti-social behaviour (Cardiff University)
The results of the victim survey (Ipsos MORI)
View HMIC’s short film highlighting the views of victims of anti-social behaviour
View regional press releases on The National Archives
Force reports
Avon and Somerset – Anti-social behaviour inspection
Avon and Somerset – Anti-social behaviour Ipsos MORI research results
Bedfordshire – Anti-social behaviour Ipsos MORI research results
Bedfordshire Anti-social behaviour inspection
Cambridgeshire – Ipsos MORI Anti-social behaviour research results
Cambridgeshire Anti-social behaviour inspection
Cheshire – Ipsos MORI Anti-social behaviour research results
Cheshire Anti-social behaviour inspection
City of London Anti-social behaviour inspection
Cleveland – Ipsos MORI Anti-social behaviour research results
Cleveland Anti-social behavioiur inspection
Cumbria – Ipsos MORI Anti-social behaviour research results
Cumbria Anti-social behaviour inspection
De Cymru, Adroddiad Arolwg Ymddygiad Gwrthgymdeithasol
Derbyshire – Ipsos MORI Anti-social behaviour research results
Derbyshire Anti-social behaviour inspection
Devon and Cornwall – Ipsos MORI Anti-social Behaviour research results
Devon and Cornwall Anti-social behaviour inspection
Dorset – Ipsos MORI Anti-social behaviour research results
Dorset Anti-social behaviour inspection
Durham – Ipsos MORI Anti-social behaviour research results
Durham Anti-social behaviour inspection
Dyfed-Powys – Ipsos MORI Anti-social behaviour research results
Dyfed-Powys Anti-social behaviour inspection
Dyfed-Powys, Adroddiad Arolwg Ymddygiad Gwrthgymdeithasol
Essex – Ipsos MORI Anti-social behaviour research results
Essex Anti-social behaviour inspection
Gloucestershire – Ipsos MORI Anti-social behaviour research results
Gloucestershire Anti-social behaviour inspection
Gogledd Cymru, Adroddiad Arolwg Ymddygiad Gwrthgymdeithasol
Greater Manchester – Ipsos MORI Anti-social behaviour research results
Greater Manchester Anti-social behaviour inspection
Gwent – Ipsos MORI Anti-social behvaiour research results
Gwent Anti-social behaviour inspection
Gwent, Adroddiad Arolwg Ymddygiad Gwrthgymdeithasol
Hampshire – Ipsos MORI Anti-social behvaiour research results
Hertfordshire – Ipsos MORI Anti-social behaviour research results
Hertfordshire Anti-social behaviour inspection
Humberside – Ipsos MORI Anti-social behaviour research results
Humberside Anti-social behaviour inspection
Kent – Ipsos MORI Anti-social behaviour research results
Kent Anti-social behaviour inspection
Lancashire – Ipsos MORI anti-social behaviour research results
Lancashire Anti-social behaviour inspection
Leicestershire – Ipsos MORI Anti-social behaviour research results
Leicestershire Anti-social behaviour inspection
Lincolnshire – Ipsos MORI Anti-social behaviour research results
Lincolnshire Anti-social behaviour inspection
Merseyside – Ipsos MORI Anti-social behaviour research results
Merseyside Anti-social behaviour inspection
Metropolitan Police Service – Ipsos MORI Anti-social Behaviour research results
Metropolitan Police Service Anti-social behaviour inspection
Norfolk – Ipsos MORI Anti-social behaviour research results
Norfolk Anti-social behaviour inspection
North Wales – Ipsos MORI Anti-social behaviour research results
North Wales Anti-social behaviour inspection
North Yorkshire – Ipsos MORI Anti-social behaviour research results
North Yorkshire Anti-social behaviour inspection
Northamptonshire – Ipsos MORI Anti-social behaviour research results
Northamptonshire Anti-social behaviour inspection
Northumbria – Ipsos MORI Anti-social behaviour research results
Northumbria Anti-social behvaiour inspection
Nottinghamshire – Ipsos MORI Anti-social behaviour research results
Nottinghamshire Anti-social behaviour inspection
South Wales – Ipsos MORI Anti-social behvaiour research results
South Wales Anti-social behaviour inspection
South Yorkshire – Ipsos MORI Anti-social behaviour research results
South Yorkshire Anti-social behaviour inspection
Staffordshire – Ipsos MORI Anti-social behaviour research results
Staffordshire Anti-social behaviour inspection
Suffolk – Ipsos MORI Anti-social behaviour research results
Suffolk Anti-social behaviour inspection
Surrey – Ipsos MORI Anti-social behaviour research results
Surrey Anti-social behaviour inspection
Sussex – Ipsos MORI Anti-social behaviour research results
Sussex Anti-social behaviour inspection
Thames Valley – Ipsos MORI Anti-social behaviour research results
Thames Valley Anti-social behaviour inspection
Warwickshire – Ipsos MORI Anti-social behaviour research results
Warwickshire Anti-social behaviour inspection
West Mercia – Ipsos MORI Anti-social behaviour research results
West Mercia Anti-social behaviour inspection
West Midlands – Ipsos MORI Anti-social behaviour research results
West Midlands Anti-social behaviour inspection
West Yorkshire – Ipsos MORI Anti-social behaviour research results
West Yorkshire Anti-social behaviour inspection
Wiltshire – Ipsos MORI Anti-social behaviour research results