Life’s safer when you know your neighbours. With more people looking out for unusual behaviour on your street, burglaries, anti-social behaviour and fly-tipping can be prevented.
Epworth Street is a well-established drug dealer meeting point and the area is generally perceived as an area of concern because of people hanging around; litter; vandalism and graffiti; people using or dealing drugs; people being drunk or rowdy and fly-tipping.
Residents are encouraged to keep an eye out for anti-social behaviour and report instances to the Neighbourhood Watch group and the local authority and help each other to monitor and report crimes to the police.
ESA Neighbourhood Watch will work with police and other partners to reduce crime.
Anti-social behaviours are acts that create community concern.
These range from misuses of public space, such as fighting or drug use and dealing, to disregard for community safety, such as dangerous driving or drunk and disorderly behaviour.
Other examples include acts that cause environmental damage, such as graffiti or litter.
It is most common in late adolescence but can progress to entrenched criminal behaviour in adulthood. To help understand it, it is useful to identify patterns of behaviour as well as how people think about themselves and other people, and how they respond when they experience strong emotions.
People who act in an anti-social way may be focusing on personal beliefs surrounding morality and ethical behaviour which lead to a lack of empathy or self control.
Anti-social behaviour can range from what is socially unacceptable through to acts that break the law.
Depending on the nature of the behaviour, it can be dealt with by the police or the antisocial behaviour team at your local council.
In an emergency, call 999.
The following issues should be dealt with by your local council:
You can report these cases of Anti-social Behaviour in your area via the following links:
Report Anti-social behaviour via the council website
Phone the council on: 01482 300300
Email the council on: hull.citysafe@hullcc.gov.uk
The following issues should be reported to police: by calling 101, or 999 in an emergency:
You can report these cases of Anti-Social Behaviour in your area via the Humberside Police website @ https://www.humberside.police.uk/antisocial-behaviour
or by calling 101 or 999 in an emergency.
Fly-tipping is the illegal dumping of waste and is
a crime.
Fly-tipping:
• is a criminal activity that can cause serious pollution of the environment, can be a risk to human health and can harm wildlife.
• spoils our local neighbourhoods and quality of life
• nationally costs an estimated £100m in total to clean up
• undermines legitimate waste management
companies who are undercut by
illegal operators.
Before you take action, make sure it’s safe to do so. Be extremely careful. Some wastes can be hazardous. Do not open bags or drums. Piles of soil may be contaminated or may be hiding dangerous material. Remember that fly-tippers are doing something illegal – they are unlikely to welcome people observing them or taking notes or photographs.
If you find or witness fly-tipping, wherever it is, record as many details about the incident and the waste as you can. This will help the authorities take action against fly-tippers and stop them fly-tipping in the future. If possible take photographs of the waste.
Report fly-tipped waste to the city council using the link below
Epworth Steet Asociation is interested in organising community clean-ups or litter picking days. With the support of Hull City Council, we intend to organise events to clean Epworth Street, Sculcoats Park & Beverley Road. If you are interested in helping please let us know.
Main illustration by Laura Wood
Neighbourhood Help photos courtesy of Love Your Street
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