This meeting was scheduled to consider the council's work tackling anti-social behaviour (ASB) and the committee's work programme.

Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour in North Tyneside

The committee was scheduled to receive a presentation from the Cabinet Member for Public Health and Wellbeing about the Safer North Tyneside Partnership. This partnership's ASB strategy group aims to:

take a public health approach to tackling ASB across the Borough through partnership working

The committee was scheduled to hear about the work of the council's Community Protection Team, who work in partnership with Northumbria Police to patrol public spaces. They were scheduled to hear about these projects:

• Project Shield – patrols of Meadow Well and Wallsend Town Centre
• Coast Watch – patrols of coastal areas
• MAST – patrols of transport hubs at North Shields, Four Lane Ends and Wallsend
• WiSPP – patrols of North Shields, the Royal Quays, and the North Shields Fish Quay
• Operation Respect – early morning door knocks, legal warnings, and tenancy enforcement action on properties linked to youths alleged to be involved in disorder and crime
• Motorbike disorder operation – in partnership with the Northumbria Neighbourhood Team in Wallsend.

The Committee was scheduled to hear about the tenure-neutral approach to managing ASB, that covers both council tenants, and private tenants and landlords. They were scheduled to hear that the council uses a range of enforcement powers, including Community Protection Warnings and Notices, injunctions, and closure orders.

The committee was scheduled to hear that:

For the future budget 2025/26 it is built into the base budget.

They were also scheduled to hear feedback from Helen Telford of Move it Dance Studio, who is based in Wallsend Memorial Hall. Ms Telford reported that improvements to ASB in Wallsend had led her to stay in the area. They were scheduled to hear about plans to share hubs with Northumbria Police, housing teams and probation officers across the borough, and a review of the council's Environmental Crime and ASB policy.

The committee was also scheduled to hear that the Community Protection Team were refreshing their offer to victims of ASB, and to hear about crime data for the borough, including:

• Overall crime in the borough was down 9.5% over the past five years
• ASB reported to the police was down 19% over the past five years, but up 40% to the council
• ASB reported to the police was categorised as 40% 'other ASB', 18% neighbour disputes, 13% motorcycle disorder, and 14.6% inappropriate use of public space
• 32% of ASB cases reported to the Community and Public Spaces Protection Team were noise complaints

Work Programme 2024-25

The committee was scheduled to discuss its work programme. The report reminded the committee that:

it is important that the work programme is kept under regular review and that this can be flexed by the Sub-Committee if appropriate during the year

The committee was scheduled to consider which of the topics from the draft work programme would be discussed at its future meetings. They were also scheduled to consider requests for briefings on:

• The Neat Streets scheme, which aims to improve neighbourhoods in the borough, and has already been discussed by the Green Sub-committee
• The Community Safety Partnership Plan and its targets
• Preparedness for Christmas festivities in relation to crime and ASB

This summary describes what was included for discussion in the report pack provided to attendees of the meeting, but it does not describe what was actually discussed, or whether any decisions were made.