ASB action plan

Have you read our ASB action plan yet? 

Dear {Name},

You might remember that we reached out to you earlier in the year asking you to complete our antisocial behaviour (ASB) survey. 

We want to thank every single person who responded to the survey or replied to our WMNow messages. All your responses have now been collated, analysed and fed into local policing ASB plans that has now been shared with your Commander and local authorities.

Every police force across England and Wales creates an ASB action plan. The plans explain how each police force intends to reduce and prevent ASB.

You can find our force-wide ASB plan here. We’ve also attached a simple infographic on the 10-points of our plan below. 

The aim of the plan is to make your communities safer by stopping, preventing, and responding to ASB more effectively.

 

The action plan details how we will work with partners, like the Council, to identify issues. We’ve also included how we intend to solve these challenges from 2026 onwards.

 

A key objective of the plan is to have a victim and harm-focused approach to ASB. This means that the victims’ needs are always put first. To do this, we want to create strong partnerships that allow us to gather and use local knowledge better. 

Superintendent Simon Inglis, the force’s lead for antisocial behaviour, said: “Thank you to everyone who shared or filled in our Action on ASB survey. We had just under 13K responses from across the West Midlands, which is a staggering amount and believed to be the highest response rate for any force across the UK. 

 

“While we may know where and when it is occurring, we now know more about how ASB makes people feel, the impact it has on local communities, and how we can deal with it more effectively.  

“Our ASB plan is here, and we want you to use it. We encourage you to continually talk to your local police officers about ASB concerns or issues in your area.

“I will be updating the ASB plan with specific actions, operations, and processes the force has done to work towards each of the 10-points on the plan, so do check back in via our website for updates.

“Thank you again for contributing to our ASB plan. Remember you can always report ASB to us in-person, online, and via 101. ”

 

For more information about ASB and how to report, click here.

You can also view the ASB plan here.