Tackling antisocial behaviour in Edinburgh

What is Antisocial Behaviour?

Antisocial behaviour is any behaviour that adversely affects your quality of life, as well as behaviour that causes, or is likely to cause, alarm or distress.

Antisocial behaviour covers a wide range of behaviour, but may include:

• Dog fouling
• Litter
• Threatening or abusive behaviour
• Drunkenness in public
• Shouting, swearing and general disorder
• Youth crime
• Noise
• Vandalism
• Neglect or abuse of property
• Domestic violence
• Street prostitution.

Services to tackle antisocial behaviour

Edinburgh's approach to tackling antisocial behaviour is based on four key principles: Prevention, Intervention, Enforcement and Rehabilitation.

Tacking antisocial behaviour - the Strategy for Edinburgh

Edinburgh has had an antisocial behaviour strategy in place since 2001. The current Strategy is ambitious and seeks to tackle head on the causes of antisocial behaviour, as well as innovative ways to prevent such behaviour occurring, give support to victims and tackle perpetrators. The Strategy emphasises the importance of partnership working and the role other agencies have in supporting the Council in its aim to eradicate antisocial behaviour.

Read the Strategy in full: Tackling Antisocial Behaviour - the Strategy for Edinburgh or the summary.