We’ve joined the Merseyside Antisocial Behaviour Partnership
We want you to feel safe, supported and confident in your community. Antisocial behaviour can have a big impact on people’s lives. This might be:
- noise nuisance or vandalism
- harassment or threats
- neighbour disputes or any behaviour that causes alarm or distress.
We know how important it is to act quickly when problems happen. That’s why we’ve joined the new Merseyside Antisocial Behaviour Partnership. It is led by Merseyside’s Police and Crime Commissioner with 20 other key organisations. These include Housing Associations, Local Councils and charities across Merseyside.
What does this mean?
We will work closer than ever with other social housing providers, the Police and partners to deal with antisocial behaviour. By working together, we can:
- Act faster when problems happen
- Share information
- Learn from each other
- Keep you and your neighbours safe
Matthew Whatmough, our Neighbourhood & Communities Strategic Lead, said:
“These changes give us and other social landlords more power to put things right in our communities. We will keep working closely with the police and our local partners. The next 12 to 18 months will be important. We will see how the new rules help us make our neighbourhoods safer.”
What else is new?
The new Crime and Policing Act give social housing providers new tools and more power to deal with problems. We can now apply for respect orders and closure notices and orders. Before, we could not. This means we can act sooner when someone’s behaviour is causing harm.
What is a Respect Order?
A Respect Order is a new rule that allows the courts to stop adults from doing things that are linked to antisocial behaviour. If someone breaks a Respect Order, it becomes a crime, and the police can arrest them. This helps stop the behaviour quickly and keeps people and communities safe.
What is a Closure Notice and Closure Order?
A Closure Notice allows the police or local council to quickly stop people from entering a property that is causing, or is likely to cause, antisocial behaviour or public nuisance. It can even be used before the disturbance happens.
A Closure Order is the next step. It can keep the property closed for longer and can be used to tackle criminal behaviour linked to the property. It must be applied for at a magistrates’ court within 48 hours of the Closure Notice being issued.
These powers are designed to give faster protection and relief to communities affected by persistent antisocial behaviour.
Where can I find out more information?
Merseyside Police has published its full Antisocial Behaviour Action Plan. You can see what we are doing and what we are going to do to tackle antisocial behaviour.
You can read the full Antisocial Behaviour Action Plan, here. (This link will open in a new window.)
If you need to report antisocial behaviour:
Anti-social behaviour can make you feel uncomfortable or unsafe in your home or community. If you are worried about antisocial behaviour, please tell us. You know your area best, and your reports help us act quickly.
If you are worried about antisocial behaviour, please tell us. You know your area best, and your reports help us act quickly.
You can report antisocial behaviour directly on our website. (This link will open in a new window.)
Or you can:
- Send our team a message on WebChat - look for the chat button on the bottom right of the screen: www.regenda.org.uk from 9.30am - 3.30pm
- Speak to a member of our team on Whatsapp, message 0151 703 3030 from 8.30am - 3.30pm
- Send us an email to info@regenda.org.uk
- Give our team a call on 0344 736 0066 Monday to Friday from 8am to 5pm.
In an emergency, always call the police on 999.