A multi-agency group which meets once a month to overview ASB on the town and to coordinate the agencies’ response is having an effect.
There were 546 incidents of ASB in the year ending 30th November 2017, down 27% from the year before. Whereas there were 123 incidents of ASB in November 2016, there were only 65 in November this year – almost halved!
There has been a little spike in ASB in the Town Park, involving things like throwing food, overturning planters, riding bikes through flower beds and name-calling the wardens. This will now be targeted, but ASB in the town centre and the multi-storey car park seems to have quietened down.
