Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Anti-social Behaviour (Provision of Information) Regulations 2026 and come into force on the 21st day after the day on which they are laid.

(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

2. In these Regulations—

“ the 2014 Act ” means the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 ( 2 );

“ category ” means the category of anti-social behaviour incident set out in regulation 4 to which the incident reported most closely relates;

“ specified relevant authority ” means a local authority within the meaning of section 20 of the 2014 Act.

Duty to provide specified information to the Secretary of State

3. —(1) A specified relevant authority must provide to the Secretary of State the information specified in the Schedule in relation to its local authority area (“ the specified information ”).

(2) The specified information must be provided for each relevant reporting period.

(3) In this regulation, a “ relevant reporting period ” means—

(a)the period of six months beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force;

(b)each successive period of six months.

Categories of anti-social behaviour

4. For the purposes of these Regulations, the categories of anti-social behaviour incident are incidents relating to—

(a)drug-related anti-social behaviour;

(b)vehicle-related anti-social behaviour;

(c)environmental anti-social behaviour;

(d)noise-related anti-social behaviour;

(e)intimidation, harassment or abuse;

(f)vandalism, criminal damage or graffiti;

(g)neighbour-related anti-social behaviour;

(h)alcohol-related anti-social behaviour;

(i)dangerous or uncontrolled dogs;

(j)other anti-social behaviour not otherwise captured in paragraphs (a) to (i) above.

Regulation 3

Schedule Specified information

Specified information for the purposes of these Regulations

1. The number of anti-social behaviour incidents reported to the specified relevant authority, broken down by category.

2. In relation to ASB case reviews(3)—

(a)the number of applications made to the specified relevant authority for an ASB case review;

(b)the number of ASB case reviews carried out by the specified relevant authority;

(c)the number of applications for an ASB case review refused by the specified relevant authority, broken down by the reason for refusal;

(d)the number of ASB case reviews carried out by the specified relevant authority which resulted in a recommendation under section 104(7) of the 2014 Act,

broken down by category.

3. In relation to criminal behaviour orders under section 331 of the Sentencing Act 2020(4) relating to anti-social behaviour—

(a)the number of applications made by the specified relevant authority;

(b)the number of orders made,

broken down by category.

4. In relation to civil orders under the 2014 Act—

(a)the number of applications made by the specified relevant authority for each type of order;

(b)the number of orders made of each type,

broken down by category.

5. In paragraph 4, “ civil orders under the 2014 Act ” means—

(a)respect orders under Part A1(5);

(b)youth injunctions under section 1;

(c)housing injunctions under section 1A(6).

6. In relation to community protection notices—

(a)the number of warnings issued by the specified relevant authority under section 43(5)(a) of the 2014 Act, broken down by category;

(b)the number of community protection notices issued by the specified relevant authority under section 43(1), broken down by category;

(c)for each type of authorised person under section 53 of the 2014 Act—

(i)the number of fixed penalty notices issued under section 52 of the 2014 Act in respect of failures to comply with community protection notices;

(ii)the number of fixed penalty notices exceeded £250,

broken down by category.

7. In relation to closures—

(a)the number of closure notices(7) issued by the specified relevant authority;

(b)the number of closure orders(8) issued by the specified relevant authority,

broken down by category.

8. In relation to public space protection orders(9) or expedited orders(10)—

(a)the number of public space protection orders or expedited orders made by the specified relevant authority, broken down by category;

(b)in relation to fixed penalty notices issued under section 68 of the 2014 Act in respect of an offence under section 63 or 67 of that Act—

(i)the number of notices issued, broken down by category;

(ii)the number of notices which were issued by the specified relevant authority, and of those, how many imposed an amount exceeding £250;

(iii)the number of notices which were issued by a person authorised by the specified relevant authority under section 68(11) of the 2014 Act, and of those, how many imposed an amount exceeding £250.

Interpretation

9. In this Schedule, information “broken down by category” is information provided separately for each category of anti-social behaviour incident to which it relates.