Hundreds of residents, businesses and visitors were given crime prevention advice and helped with their anti-social behaviour concerns during a week of targeted activity.
More than 40 hours’ of events, including weapon sweeps and engagement activities, were carried out by our Safer Neighbourhood Operations Team along with our partners including Met Police to mark Anti-Social Behaviour Awareness Week from 3 July to 9 July.
Highlights from the activity included a responsible dog ownership event in Victoria Park, weapon sweeps, patrols in areas highlighted by residents as being ASB hotspots, and engagement events across the borough.
More than 1,000 residents and 150 businesses were engaged with during the week. 16 drug users were also approached, with ten being referred for further help.
Mayor Lutfur Rahman and Cllr Abu Talha Chowdhury, Cabinet Member for Safer Communities, also attended events to hear residents’ concerns.
Mayor Lutfur Rahman said:
“ASB is a plight on our communities and we have made tackling it one of our key priorities.
“This week was an important way of highlighting how residents can get ASB dealt with in their areas and to encourage them to report it.
“Thank you to our staff and partners for putting on a comprehensive schedule of activities.”
Cllr Abu Talha Chowdhury, Cabinet Member for Safer Communities, said:
“We encourage all residents to report ASB to us so we can build up a picture of hotspot locations.
“All information given to us is dealt with in confidence and is always taken seriously.
“Please do keep reporting ASB so we can keep taking action against perpetrators.”
Neighbourhoods Superintendent Jai Singh said:
“We know how much anti-social behaviour impacts our communities in Tower Hamlets and hope that this awareness week has highlighted the work that we do proactively with our partners to tackle this.
“We would urge residents to continue to report problems they are facing so that we can continue to crack down on these behaviours which impact the quality of life of those affected so heavily.
“I would like to thank our officers and the local authority for the work they put in not only this week but every day to reduce ASB and improve the environment here in Tower Hamlets.”
Sergeant Kem Osman from the ASB team said:
“ASB has been a huge concern for Tower Hamlets residents. We have been working together with partners from the council providing a joint proactive robust approach.
“ASB awareness week was an important way of showing residents of Tower Hamlets we are tackling ASB together with the local authority. We hope the successful results from this week have been refreshing for the residents to see. We will continue to tackle ASB on a daily basis.”
Report ASB to the council on the council website.
Posted on Thursday 13th July 2023