Antisocial behaviour round up

Published: Friday 7 July 2023

Tackling antisocial behaviour

Our Antisocial Behaviour Team has been busy taking action against residents whose behaviour causes serious problems for their neighbours. Over the past few months we’ve got several court orders to protect neighbours from the effects of antisocial behaviour from a minority of residents.

Councillor Kim Taylor-Smith, Deputy Leader and Lead Member for Grenfell, Housing and Social Investment said:

“People have the right to enjoy their homes safely, and without the threat of antisocial behaviour. It’s not fair that a minority of residents can create major problems for people who want to live in peace. We’re committed to our responsibility to make Kensington and Chelsea a fairer borough, and that means taking action against the few residents who make their neighbours’ lives a misery.”

Closure orders for drug nuisance

Residents of homes in Salter’s Road and Tavistock Crescent were causing issues for neighbours due to high levels of drug use and associated antisocial behaviour. Residents and visitors would move between the two properties, causing issues in both neighbourhoods.

We applied to the court for a closure order against the property at Salter’s Road – the resident defended the case, but the judge agreed with us and put an order in place that no one, including the tenant, was to enter the address for three months.

The antisocial tenants sadly weren’t deterred by the judgement and moved over to Tavistock Crescent where their behaviour escalated. We received reports not only of drug related antisocial behaviour but of serious violence, so we applied to the court for a closure order against that address too.

We now have three-month closure orders in place on both addresses which is giving local residents some respite from the problematic behaviour as no one is allowed to enter either property. In the meantime we have applied for eviction orders against both addresses as we want to deal with this issue permanently.

Injunction for noise nuisance and abuse

In Campden Houses, a resident was playing very loud music throughout the day and verbally abusing vulnerable members of the community including elderly people and families at the local primary school.

Our team referred the case to a joint action group with partners including the police. Agencies from the group offered a variety of support to the resident and we also offered to carry out work at her home to reduce the noise transference to neighbours’ properties. The resident did not engage with support offered and the police had to issue a Community Protection Warning. 

Sadly, none of the support or warnings were working so we applied for an injunction – a court order which makes it an offence for the resident to continue with certain behaviour, and gives the police more powers to deal with her. If the resident breaches the injunction she faces time in prison, and we would consider taking action to evict her from the property.

Report anti-social behaviour

Any criminal behaviour should be reported to the police immediately, especially if you do not feel safe. Call 999 if it is an emergency, or 101 or text phone 18001 101 for non-emergencies or crimes that have already happened. You can also contact your local Neighbourhood Policing Team 

Report to RBKC:

  • Call or email your Neighbourhood Services Coordinator
  • Call Customer Services on 0800 137 111 or 0803 617 7080
  • Report via our online form webtest.rbkc.gov.uk
  • By email