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Your local council is usually responsible for removing graffiti from things like public buildings, monuments, benches and bins
What happens if you're given a community sentence or community service. Find out about Community Payback and the rules of your community sentence.
You may get a community sentence if you’re convicted of a crime by a court…
Community Payback is unpaid work like: removing graffiti clearing…
The treatment or programmes you get are intended to help with problems…
What you can and cannot do while on a community sentence is decided by: a…
Community sentences for young people are different from those given to…
Includes how to report antisocial behaviour, like nuisance noise, vandalism or abandoned vehicles, reporting antisocial behaviour anonymously, getting support.
Antisocial behaviour is behaviour that causes harassment, alarm or…
Report antisocial behaviour to the police if you feel threatened or you…
Go to your council website to report: a noise nuisance – including loud…
If there’s antisocial behaviour in your building, how you report it…
You’re likely to be asked to give more details when reporting antisocial…
You can get support to deal with antisocial behaviour from: ASB Help…
Explains control of advertisement regime.
Your powers to issue fixed penalty notices for environmental offences including litter, graffiti and fly-posting.
Apply for security to protect places of worship and associated community centres.
Report vandalised property to your local council
Find out how to get support if you or someone you know is a victim of antisocial behaviour.
Nominate a Community Payback project to suggest what unpaid work offenders carry out locally; who to contact and what happens next
The police or Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) can give you a caution (warning) or a penalty notice if you commit a minor crime
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