Anti Social Behaviour North East (ASB) | North East Anti Social Behaviour Investigators, Middlesbrough, Teesside, North East Anti Social Behaviour Investigations, North East Harassment, Bullying, Victimisation, Intimidation Investigations, Middlesbrough, Stockton on Tees, Hartlepool, County Durham, Teesside, Newcastle upon Tyne, Sunderland Tyne & Wear, North Yorkshire

What is ASB?

Anti-social behaviour is virtually any intimidating or threatening activity that scares you or damages your quality of life. Examples 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 holds back the regeneration of disadvantaged areas and creates an environment where more serious crime can take hold.

Most types of anti-social behaviour fit into one of three categories: street problems, nuisance neighbours or environmental crime.

These categories cover a broad range of conduct ranging from groups of youths behaving aggressively in shopping precincts, to neighbours who don't clean up after their dogs, to the misuse of fireworks.

Nuisance tenants, Nuisance Families and Nuisance Neighbours North East (ASB)

Anti-Social Behaviour Complaints

Anti-social behaviour impacts on individuals, families and communities: it prevents a peaceful community life and degrades the environment.

Intimidation, drunkenness, begging, public drug dealing, street prostitution and kerb-crawling are all street problems that fall under the definition of anti-social behaviour.

Nuisance neighbours in the North East also have a big impact on the community around them.

Just one or two families can ruin dozens of lives through threats, intimidation, harassment and vandalism. Rowdiness, loud music or televisions, and refusing to silence dogs that bark nonstop are all hallmarks of classic nuisance neighbours.

Environmental Crime North East (ASB)

Environmental crime in the North East has a huge impact on our communities and on how happy we are in them. It can ruin public spaces and is expensive to clean up.

Environmental crime can include:

• Fly-tipping - dumping household or commercial rubbish in private or communal areas
• Littering - deliberately dropping litter on the streets
• Graffiti - spray-painting or otherwise marking private property or communal areas like the sides of bus-shelters and houses
• Vandalism - damaging private property or communal facilities like telephone boxes or play-ground equipment

Our Response…

TVI will undertake a comprehensive and thorough investigation on any type of ASB gathering all the evidence to prosecution standard and presenting it to the instructing client, whether that is a Local Authority, Registered Social Landlord or member of the public. Investigations have also in the past been passed to directly to the Police.

Evidence generally includes audio / visual footage, surveillance notes and a signed statement all of which is encapsulated in an investigation pack.

All TVI staff are ex-police officers who have substantial experience at giving evidence in court and have in the past presented fully investigated cases acting as the main prosecution witness, thus removing in part or completely, the burden from the complainant in attending a hearing and giving evidence.

Code of Conduct

All investigations are conducted within a framework of legality, proportionality and necessity and follow a rigorous policy of respecting the principles enshrined within Article 8 Human Rights Act 1998 and the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2001.

TVI is also fully registered and protected with the Information Commissioner under the Data Protection Act 1998 and all calls are treated in absolute confidence. All data is securely stored at the offices of TVI and appointments are available outside office hours.