Welcome to our new Automatic Anti Social Behaviour diary system.

Please use the pop up window in the bottom right hand side of this page to log any incidents of Anti Social Behaviour.

Ideally a period of two weeks worth of incident logs allows us to progress a case and help tackle anti social behaviour.

Using the Auto diary is a major step forward to stop the anti-social behaviour you are suffering and it could form the basis of an important piece of evidence in court.  All reports are dealt with in the strictest confidence.

What happens next?

We will contact you two weeks from receiving your first report to review the situation and discuss the next steps. 

By completing these diary sheets you confirm that Housing Solutions may share the information you provide with other agencies, including but not limited to the Police and social services, in order to try and resolve the ASB as quickly as possible.. You also confirm that any data you provide will be processed by Housing Solutions in accordance with our Data Protection Policy.”

Will I need to go to court? 

If we do get to the stage where we have to go to court we will come back to you and ask if you want to be a witness.  You are not committing yourself to any formal proceedings at this stage; all you are doing is helping us to gather information that may be used in the future. 

Everything you log will be treated in the strictest of confidence, but you need to understand that if a civil or criminal court case follows, this diary may become evidence. 

If this happens then the contents can be disclosed to the defense and you may be called as a witness at court.  A member of the Anti-Social Behaviour Team or your Housing Officer will be happy to talk this through with you.  

How to log incidents

• This diary is your account of what happens.  You must witness everything that is logged in it.  If someone else wants to help, a separate log should be completed by them.
• It is essential that the details you enter are correct and accurate.   
• Write down exactly what you see and hear, no matter how distasteful.  Do not be tempted to add anything extra to make the incident sound more plausible.  Any inaccuracies will be found out and will certainly jeopardise your case.  It is not worth it.
• Log the date and times the incidents occur.  Log the details of the incident either when the incident is happening or as soon as possible after the incident. 
• Log the names (if possible) of anyone involved in the incident.  You must be able to identify them by sight or the sound of their voice.  If you are not sure of who is involved do not make assumptions.  It is better just to record what you saw and heard and that you could not identify the person, rather than get it wrong.
• Describe how the incident affected you at the time, eg depression, fear etc.
• Identify other witnesses.  Give details of anyone else who saw or heard the incident.  Other witnesses will improve the chances of a successful outcome.  You do not need to have their permission.  Do not worry about getting other people involved.  We will approach them and ask if they would like to help.  We will not mention that you pointed them out to us if you so wish.
• If you do not know the identity of the person or persons involved in the incident, please record a description of them, as best as you can.