What is Anti-Social Behaviour

Anti-social behaviour is any aggressive, intimidating or destructive activity that damages or destroys another person's quality of life. If individuals in your area are behaving in a way that causes alarm or distress to you or your neigbours, this would be considered to be anti-social.

Anti-social behaviour can be virtually any intimidating or threatening activity that scares you or damages your quality of life.

Examples of anti-social behaviour include:

• rowdy, noisy behaviour
• 'yobbish' behaviour
• vandalism, graffiti and fly-posting
• dealing or buying drugs on the street
• fly-tipping rubbish
• aggressive begging
• street drinking
• setting off fireworks late at night

Anti-social behaviour doesn't just make life unpleasant, it can hold back the development of a happy society for people to live in and creates an environment where more violent crime can take hold. It has a negative effect on many people's lives, and all partners in York are committed to tackling it.