FOI request (FOIR-177725073)

I'd like to make a Freedom of Information request to your council in relation to low level crime and the use of powers to tackle anti-social behaviour through the Anti-social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014.

Please can you tell me;

Q1)  The total number of formal complaints registered with your council for low level crime including but not limited to;

excessive noise,  anti-social behaviour (hate crimes),  intimidation, drunkenness & drugs, petty vandalism in the following years?

a) 2016/17

b) 2017/18

c) 2018/19

Q2) How many formal complaints noted above did your council actively go on to investigate?  Please respond for each financial year

a) 2016/17

b) 2017/18

c) 2018/19

Q3)  If possible please provide a breakdown of these formal complaints from Q1 and how many were actively investigated from Q2.  Please respond for each financial year 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19

a) excessive noise

b) anti-social behaviour

c) intimidation

d) drunkenness & drugs

e) petty vandalism

Q4 Of all incidents investigated in Question 2, how many times did your council take further action including (but not limited to) an ASB Case Review, community protection notices and public spaces protection orders and fines?  Please respond for each financial year

a) 2016/17

b) 2017/18

c) 2018/19

Q5) How much money has your council paid in compensation for complaints not followed through with appropriate action as in Q2 & Q4, or within the proper time frame in the following years?

a) 2016/17

b) 2017/18

c) 2018/19

INFORMATION HELD BY OUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT

Q1

a) 2016/17 - 873

b) 2017/18 - 898

c) 2018/19 - 965

Q2 

a) 2016/17 - 873

b) 2017/18 - 898

c) 2018/19 - 965

Q3

All complaints were actively investigated for these years. b) anti-social behaviour c) intimidation d) drunkenness & drugs e) petty vandalism

Q4 

a) 2016/17 - None

b) 2017/18 - None

c) 2018/19 - 1 Case

Q5

a) 2016/17 - None

b) 2017/18 - None

c) 2018/19 - None

INFORMATION HELD BY OUR COMMUNITY SAFETY DEPARTMENT

Q1) 

a) 2016/17  - 1

b) 2017/18 - 42

c) 2018/19 - 52

Q2)

50% Street drinking and aggressive begging throughout 2016/7 2017/8 and 2018/9

Q3)

a) Information not held

b) Information not held

c) Full details can be found here:

https://www.hastings.gov.uk/community-safety/pspo/

d) Information not held

e) Information not held

Q4) None recorded