Hate crime and harassment
Hate crime, harassment and anti-social behaviour
A Hate crime is any criminal offence committed against a person or property that is motivated by hatred of someone because of their: race, colour, ethnic origin, nationality or national origins, religion, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, disability or age (Definition - Home Office)
Further information can be found on the Crown Prosecution Service website
Harassment is any form of unwanted and unwelcome behaviour that may range from mildly unpleasant remarks to physical violence.
Harassment or bullying at work, in society, at school and at home can be very stressful and can damage your health, both physical and mental. You don't have to put up with it.
Anti-social behaviour is any aggressive, intimidating or destructive activity that damages or destroys another person's quality of life. (Definition - Home Office)
Anti-social behaviour affects different people in different ways. For some people it means living next door to nuisance neighbours, for others people it's about graffiti, litter or abandoned cars on the street.
SASBU is a multi agency team, including officers from housing, the police and the youth offending team, who are responsible for dealing with the person allegedly committing the offence taking legal action, arranging victim support, and organising systems for collecting evidence and information.
Contact SASBU on 020 7525 5777 or by emailing: sasbu@southwark.go.uk
- Further information: Crime Prevention advice
