On the day that Labour launches its Safer Communities campaign,
newly released figures show that anti-social behaviour has rocketed
in the last year. This year alone police recorded over 2 million
incidents of anti-social behaviour - the highest in seven years.
Offences range from people using and dealing drugs, fly-tipping,
vandalism and threatening behaviour. Analysis of the Crime Survey
data lays bare the scale of the problem and reveals over 13.6
million adults have...Request free
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On the day that Labour launches its Safer Communities campaign,
newly released figures show that anti-social behaviour has
rocketed in the last year.
This year alone police recorded over 2 million incidents of
anti-social behaviour - the highest in seven years. Offences
range from people using and dealing drugs, fly-tipping, vandalism
and threatening behaviour. Analysis of the Crime Survey data lays
bare the scale of the problem and reveals over 13.6 million
adults have witnessed or experienced anti-social behaviour in the
last 12 months.
The worrying increase in anti-social behaviour comes off the back
of new figures showing a gaping £1.6 billion police funding gap
in 2021 compared with 2010.
As Labour launches its Safer Communities campaign it will be
demanding the Government do more to tackle this troubling
escalation of anti-social behaviour across the country and end
violence against women and girls. Labour has pledged:
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A new £283m fund for areas blighted by high levels of
anti-social behaviour, redirected from the Prime
Minister's vanity yacht project. The additional funding could
be used for surge funding for police officers and PCSOs, for
helping councils fund enforcement or to pay for additional
CCTV.
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Strengthening of legal protections for victims of
anti-social behaviour to give victims of persistent,
unresolved anti-social behaviour the same rights that the
Labour Party is proposing to enshrine for victims of crime.
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A set of proposals to end violence against women and
girls, including increasing sentences for rape and
stalking, reviewing sentencing for all domestic abuse, and
better support for victims of rape and sexual violence –
delivering where the Conservatives have failed to step up.
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Labour’s Shadow Home Secretary, said:
"Anti-social behaviour can make people's lives a misery so these
staggering increases are completely unacceptable. Sadly it's
little wonder, given the damage Conservative government cuts have
done to community policing, whilst also scrapping huge numbers of
youth clubs.
"Even in the face of these terrible figures, Ministers continue
with the wrong priorities, wasting millions on a pointless yacht,
when they should listen to Labour and plough that money into
taking action against anti-social behaviour."
Ends
Notes to editor:
- The Telephone Crime Survey for England and Wales (TCSEW)
estimates that 29% of adults personally witnessed or experienced
anti-social behaviour in their area in the last 12 months.
- By applying that percentage to the latest population estimate
for adults in England and Wales, that suggest 13.6m adults
experienced ASB in the last year.
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ONS population estimate
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TCSEW ASB estimate
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No. experiencing ASB
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46,996,564
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29%
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13,629,004
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ONS, Crime in England
and Wales YE Mar ’21, 22 July 2021
ONS, Mid-year
population estimates 2020, 25 June 2021
- Separate figures show that police forces in England and Wales
recorded 2,022,274 incidents of ASB in 2020-21, up by more than
600,000 in a year and the first time since 2013-14 that the
figures has exceeded 2m.
- The analysis also reveals ASB is up across the country, with
every territorial police force except the City of London Police
recording a rise.
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England and Wales
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|
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Apr '19 to Mar '20
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Apr '20 to Mar '21
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2019-20 to 2020-21
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Number of Incidents
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Number per 1,000 population
|
Number of Incidents
|
Number per 1,000 population
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Net change
|
Percentage
|
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ENGLAND AND WALES (exc. BTP)
|
1,346,691
|
23
|
2,022,274
|
34
|
|
675,583
|
50
|
|
ENGLAND AND WALES (inc. BTP)
|
1,380,371
|
23
|
2,047,960
|
35
|
|
667,589
|
48
|
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ENGLAND
|
1,283,984
|
23
|
1,914,318
|
34
|
|
630,334
|
49
|
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North East
|
92,256
|
35
|
132,557
|
50
|
|
40,301
|
44
|
|
Cleveland
|
26,935
|
47
|
33,162
|
58
|
|
6,227
|
23
|
|
Durham
|
18,622
|
29
|
21,522
|
34
|
|
2,900
|
16
|
|
Northumbria
|
46,699
|
32
|
77,873
|
53
|
|
31,174
|
67
|
|
North West
|
182,325
|
25
|
268,957
|
37
|
|
86,632
|
48
|
|
Cheshire
|
19,991
|
19
|
30,012
|
28
|
|
10,021
|
50
|
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Cumbria
|
7,352
|
15
|
11,248
|
22
|
|
3,896
|
53
|
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Greater Manchester
|
68,508
|
24
|
85,014
|
24
|
|
16,506
|
24
|
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Lancashire
|
57,023
|
38
|
96,398
|
64
|
|
39,375
|
69
|
|
Merseyside
|
29,451
|
21
|
46,285
|
32
|
|
16,834
|
57
|
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Yorkshire and The Humber
|
114,469
|
21
|
143,389
|
26
|
|
28,920
|
25
|
|
Humberside
|
15,754
|
17
|
17,733
|
19
|
|
1,979
|
13
|
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North Yorkshire
|
21,608
|
26
|
34,080
|
41
|
|
12,472
|
58
|
|
South Yorkshire
|
31,763
|
23
|
37,773
|
27
|
|
6,010
|
19
|
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West Yorkshire
|
45,344
|
20
|
53,803
|
23
|
|
8,459
|
19
|
|
East Midlands
|
109,827
|
23
|
161,405
|
34
|
|
51,578
|
47
|
|
Derbyshire
|
29,761
|
28
|
50,222
|
47
|
|
20,461
|
69
|
|
Leicestershire
|
12,396
|
11
|
13,338
|
12
|
|
942
|
8
|
|
Lincolnshire
|
13,063
|
17
|
25,667
|
34
|
|
12,604
|
96
|
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Northamptonshire
|
17,417
|
23
|
23,972
|
32
|
|
6,555
|
38
|
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Nottinghamshire
|
37,190
|
32
|
48,206
|
42
|
|
11,016
|
30
|
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West Midlands
|
118,455
|
20
|
181,741
|
31
|
|
63,286
|
53
|
|
Staffordshire
|
32,088
|
28
|
48,314
|
43
|
|
16,226
|
51
|
|
Warwickshire
|
11,516
|
20
|
16,741
|
29
|
|
5,225
|
45
|
|
West Mercia
|
39,004
|
30
|
56,679
|
44
|
|
17,675
|
45
|
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West Midlands
|
35,847
|
12
|
60,007
|
20
|
|
24,160
|
67
|
|
East
|
117,703
|
19
|
144,066
|
23
|
|
26,363
|
22
|
|
Bedfordshire
|
12,817
|
19
|
15,740
|
23
|
|
2,923
|
23
|
|
Cambridgeshire
|
15,599
|
18
|
15,716
|
18
|
|
117
|
1
|
|
Essex
|
41,187
|
22
|
60,278
|
33
|
|
19,091
|
46
|
|
Hertfordshire
|
25,345
|
21
|
27,690
|
23
|
|
2,345
|
9
|
|
Norfolk
|
14,594
|
16
|
14,296
|
16
|
|
-298
|
-2
|
|
Suffolk
|
8,161
|
11
|
10,346
|
14
|
|
2,185
|
27
|
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London
|
278,344
|
31
|
519,311
|
58
|
|
240,967
|
87
|
|
City of London
|
1,061
|
122
|
765
|
79
|
|
-296
|
-28
|
|
Metropolitan Police
|
277,283
|
31
|
518,546
|
58
|
|
241,263
|
87
|
|
South East
|
150,294
|
16
|
211,084
|
23
|
|
60,790
|
40
|
|
Hampshire
|
32,928
|
17
|
37,188
|
19
|
|
4,260
|
13
|
|
Kent
|
35,502
|
19
|
57,007
|
31
|
|
21,505
|
61
|
|
Surrey
|
20,865
|
18
|
30,878
|
26
|
|
10,013
|
48
|
|
Sussex
|
32,391
|
19
|
56,958
|
33
|
|
24,567
|
76
|
|
Thames Valley
|
28,608
|
12
|
29,053
|
12
|
|
445
|
2
|
|
South West
|
120,311
|
21
|
151,808
|
27
|
|
31,497
|
26
|
|
Avon and Somerset
|
33,200
|
19
|
33,712
|
20
|
|
512
|
2
|
|
Devon and Cornwall
|
34,621
|
20
|
42,763
|
24
|
|
8,142
|
24
|
|
Dorset
|
20,316
|
26
|
28,068
|
36
|
|
7,752
|
38
|
|
Gloucestershire
|
18,304
|
29
|
32,590
|
51
|
|
14,286
|
78
|
|
Wiltshire
|
13,870
|
19
|
14,675
|
20
|
|
805
|
6
|
|
WALES
|
62,707
|
20
|
107,956
|
34
|
|
45,249
|
72
|
|
Dyfed-Powys
|
9,652
|
19
|
15,900
|
31
|
|
6,248
|
65
|
|
Gwent
|
8,851
|
15
|
9,469
|
16
|
|
618
|
7
|
|
North Wales
|
13,290
|
19
|
14,714
|
21
|
|
1,424
|
11
|
|
South Wales
|
30,914
|
23
|
67,873
|
51
|
|
36,959
|
120
|
|
British Transport Police
|
33,680
|
..
|
25,686
|
..
|
|
-7,994
|
-24
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ONS, Crime in England
and Wales YE Mar ’21, 22 July 2021, PFA Tables, Table
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