Anti-Social Behaviour Watch

Where anti-social behaviour has been reported near the town centre lately, mapped and counted — from the UK Police open data.

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Where reports cluster

Showing the 60 busiest of 113 reported locations, so the map stays quick on a phone.Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors, via OpenFreeMap.

Location (anonymized)	Reports
On or near Parking Area	22
On or near Pine Street	13
On or near Smith Street	11
On or near Albert Park	10
On or near Albert Road	9
On or near Albert Mews	8
On or near Pelham Street	8
On or near Woodside Street	8
On or near Captain Cook Square	7
On or near Petrol Station	7
On or near Windward Way	7
On or near Police Station	6

What helps

This board is reported history, not a live alert — if something is happening right now, call 999.

A report only counts if it reaches the police. If you see the same problem on the same street more than once, reporting it each time is what gets that location looked at.

For council-side problems that sit next to this — fly-tipping, graffiti, a broken streetlight — see the Report It number on Who to Call, not the police.

Local notes

Why anti-social behaviour, not "all crime"

Residents' own accounts of the town centre are specifically about safety and disorder — begging, open drug use, groups causing trouble — not shoplifting or burglary rates. This board tracks that one category on its own, so it can't be diluted by an otherwise-quiet month for property crime.

What this can and can't tell you

A cluster of pins is a cluster of reports, not proof a street is unsafe — some of that clustering is simply where reports get made, near shops, transport and the town centre itself. Read it alongside your own judgement, not instead of it.