Types of Anti-Social Behaviour

The key to categorising behaviour as anti-social must be consideration of its impact on others. This section of the website helps you to consider the impact of different types of anti-social behaviour and how to take action to stop it.

The term 'anti-social behaviour' includes a variety of behaviour covering a whole complex of selfish and unacceptable activity that can blight the quality of community life. Other terms such as 'nuisance', 'neighbour disputes' and 'disorder' are also used to describe some of this behaviour. A legal definition of behaving in an anti-social manner is found in the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, this definition is used in relation to anti-social behaviour orders and further information on this can be found in the article below. Many agencies tackling anti-social behaviour have adopted this definition for more general purposes.

On 10th September 2003 the Anti-Social Behaviour Unit conducted a 'one day count' snapshot survey of antisocial behaviour. For this exercise a typology was provided to summarise all the kinds of behaviours which are considered to be covered by the term anti-social behaviour. This list is not exhaustive but was drawn up to encourage consistency of reporting.

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