we've just had to leave hemlington really quickly.t must have been ten youths. they were saying things like they run the estate. they were only teenagers, but it was pretty intimidating. cleveland police say they're working closely with the council, housing providers, children's services and anti—social behaviour teams to solve problems in hemlington. their neighbourhood policing teams are gathering intelligence, and they say they're committed to working with residents to reduce crime. across the uk, it's hard to know the current scale of anti—social behaviour. reports to the police have been falling for several years, although there was an increase in 2020. but the figures don't include reports to councils or housing providers. charities who support victims say they're seeing more people asking for help. we are a national charity that hear from victims every day. and every day our figures, as in website traffic, increases. people that work in police forces, council workers, housing officers, landlords — everybody is saying that it co

this is the gables pub in hemlington, just outside middlesbrough.g. and i thought, is it me? so i started to be nicer, thinking, you know, have i not smiled at people enough? what have i done wrong? across the uk police forces and local councils are using a broad range of powers to crack down on anti—social behaviour. but in england and wales, if the victim feels they are not doing enough, there is another way to try to resolve their problems. it is called the anti—social behaviour case review, or community trigger. when you've tried three times, to anybody, to complain about anti—social behaviour, you can press the community trigger. that requires all the authorities to meet together and resolve your problem. for the victim it's excellent because now the law says you are the one who says, put this right, to the authorities. police in england and wales recorded 1.8 million incidents of anti—social behaviour last year. but responses to freedom of information requests from 191 councils in england and wales suggest they ran only around 300 community tr

this is the gables pub in hemlington, just outside middlesbrough.or the victim it's excellent because now the law says you are the one who says, put this right, to the authorities. police in england and wales recorded 1.8 million incidents of anti—social behaviour last year. but responses to freedom of information requests from 191 councils in england and wales suggest they ran only around 300 community trigger reviews last year. andy preston is the independent elected mayor of middlesbrough. what do you know about the community trigger? i don't know what the community trigger is. the community trigger is for victims of anti—social behaviour. right. well, let me tell you, i don't know what you'd want to call it, community or anything else. i promise you that the housing associations, that we are working incredibly closely with them. our teams and the police, we all come together. middlesbrough council later clarified seven have been carried out in the last five years. our investigation found that about one in five councils who responded to our quest