Report anti-social behaviour and hate incidents

About anti-social behaviour and hate incidents

Anti-social behaviour is behaviour that causes alarm, distress or harassment to you or your family. 

This includes:

• shouting and swearing
• violence or threatening violence
• verbal abuse
• intimidation of neighbours
• some criminal activity

What we do

Everyone in Brighton & Hove has a right to feel safe.

We work alongside partner agencies to address crime and community safety issues. 

We have dedicated staff working in the areas of:

• racist and religiously motivated incidents and crimes
• LGBT hate incidents and crimes
• disability hate incidents and crimes
• domestic violence 
• anti-social behaviour

We also signpost and refer to other services.

If you’ve experienced any form of hate or anti-social behaviour, report it. We will listen to you and take you seriously.

Report to a third-party organisation

What we cannot help with

We cannot help if:

• something needs an immediate response, as our team is a casework service rather than an emergency response service
• you do not know the identity (name or address) of those involved in ASB or hate incidents - in this case, you may want to report the incident to Sussex police for them to investigate, we do not have any power to require someone to provide their name, address, or date of birth
• a report has already been made to the police as this could interfere with a police investigation
• drug use and drug dealing crimes are committed, as these are criminal offences - report these to Sussex Police by phoning:
  • 999 in an emergency or if the crime is taking place
  • 101 or complete the Sussex Police form at any other time