Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour

Crime and anti-social behaviour reduction is not the sole responsibility of the Police or any other single organisation. It is the responsibility of everyone.

What is crime and anti-social behaviour?

A crime occurs when a law is broken and this can result in a punishment.

Anti-social behaviour is behaviour which causes or is likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress. Anti-social behaviour covers a wide range of anti-social actions and behaviour which impact on individuals and damage the wider community. It may also include criminal acts.

For further information

Anti Social Behaviour Policy (March 2011)

Summary of Anti Social Behaviour Policy (March 2011)

How to report crime and anti-social behaviour

Many people feel uneasy about reporting incidents of anti-social behaviour, but this should not stop you doing so as the chances are the problem could be remedied. 

Please use our anti-social behaviour eForm  for non-emergencies only.

You can report anti social behaviour at any of our Customer Service Centres or Neighbourhood Offices.

To contact South Yorkshire Police

999 - If life is at risk or a crime is in progress
999 (SMS) - ONLY if you are deaf, hard of hearing or speech impaired. Anyone misusing the number will have their phone disabled.

Non-emergencies:

• 0114 220 2020 - For general enquiries or to report a crime that is no longer happening
• 0114 252 3294 (text phone) - If you are deaf, hard of hearing or speech impaired
• 07786 220 022 (SMS) - If you are deaf, hard of hearing or speech impaired
• 0800 555 111 - To give information to Crimestoppers anonymously.
• Safer Neighbourhood Teams website

Rotherham's Priorities

It is one of the Council's priorities to make Rotherham a safe place.

• Over the last 10 years the Council has worked closely with the Police and other agencies to try to achieve this, through the Safer Rotherham Partnership.
• Every year the Safer Rotherham Partnership gathers information relating to crime and anti-social behaviour from the partnership organisations and a number of external sources

All the information gathered is used to decide the Partnership's priorities for action for the next year. The current priorities for 2010/11 are:

• Anti Social Behaviour
• Serious Acquisitive Crime
• Re-offending and Integrated Offender Management
• Serious Violence
• Substance Misuse

As well as Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, the following organisations are represented in the partnership:

South Yorkshire Police

NHS Rotherham

National Probation Service, South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service

Rotherham Chamber of Commerce

The Community Safety Team supports the work of the Safer Rotherham Partnership. To contact them email community.safety@rotherham.gov.uk or telephone (01709) 334562.

Useful Links

Home Office

Last update: 10/04/2013