IN NUMBERS: ASB Awareness Week
Community safety issues addressed during week-long awareness campaign
Wirral Council worked alongside community safety partners in the borough last week as part of a nationwide awareness-raising campaign about tackling anti-social behaviour.
Officers from the council, Merseyside Police, Merseyside Fire & Rescue, and housing associations including Magenta Living, Prima, Forum and One Vision, joined together to engage with communities across the borough, encourage them to take a stand against anti-social behaviour and highlight the actions that can be taken against those responsible for it.
The increased activity around Wirral was in support of Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) Awareness Week, which ran from 3rd until 9th July, and involved targeted daily action by partners across Wirral.
In numbers, the results included:
- 1000kg of fly-tipping removed
- 393 properties given a (fire safety) leaflet
- 358 residents engaged with
- 113 homes received Home Fire Safety Checks
- 37 Smoke Alarms fitted
- 5 Heat detectors fitted
- 1 aggressive dog reported to the Police
- 1 eviction
- 1 Acceptable Behaviour Contract served on a young person
- 1 Closure Warning delivered to a property in the Wallasey Area
Any additional information that was discovered by the officers through the activity will be used by the team and partners to target resources effectively, for example by stepping up patrols in areas where anti-social behaviour is common and removing graffiti and fly-tipping.
Activity was focused in the areas of:
- New Brighton
- West Kirby
- Victoria and Mersey Park in Tranmere/ Birkenhead
- Eltham Green, Woodchurch
- New Ferry
- Beechwood Estate
- Rock Ferry
- Moreton Cross
- Leasowe Estate
The locations chosen for the week were picked due to intelligence-led data showing there had been anti-social behaviour in the area.
How to report ASB
ASB can be reported in one of three ways:
- On the council’s website www.wirral.gov.uk/asb
- To your landlord if you are a tenant of a Social Landlord
- Directly to Merseyside Police on 101, or by calling 999 in an emergency
