The number of people satisfied with South Holland District Council’s handling of anti-social behaviour has increased significantly.
In a recent survey, 69 per cent of respondents said that they were satisfied with the authority’s approach to anti-social behaviour, a rise of 19 per cent. Last year the figure was 49.7 per cent, below the national average of 58 per cent.
The number of anti-social behaviour cases per 1,000 homes was also down, from 29 to 26.5.
SHDC leader Nick Worth described it as ‘very positive’ as the authority’s Cabinet passed the new Anti-Social Behaviour Framework last week.
“It’s quite some jump so they’re making a lot of progress.”
A new officer to deal with anti-social behaviour has just started in the role, the meeting was told.
Coun Bryan Alcock raised the mention in the report of a national survey that said 51 per cent of anti-social behaviour was not reported.
“It just shows there’s a lot of work to do to get people to come forward,” he said. “We need to make it very easy for people to report there’s a lot of reluctance to do so for all sorts of reasons.”
Coun Tracey Carter said: “The whole team support that. I think when someone does raise an issue it’s important that they’re heard.”
Housing services manager Sandra Ferrreira added it was key that ‘people come forward feel safe’.
