Reporting crime and anti-social behaviour

Our Community Safety Service aims to make Newham a better place to live, work and visit. It deals with a wide range of anti-social problems in the borough.

Your safety is a priority. We monitor a network of CCTV cameras across Newham. And our Council Constabulary works in partnership with the police, patrolling parks and open spaces where anti-social behaviour occurs.

Call the Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour Service hotline on 0800 731 3300.

You can call us about:

• Intimidating groups in public places
• Nuisance neighbours
• Litter
• Dumped rubbish
• Graffiti or vandalism
• Intimidation or harassment
• Racial harassment
• Noisy behaviour
• Abandoned or untaxed vehicles
• Begging or ticket touting
• Street prostitution and kerb crawling
• Crack houses and drug dealing
• Alcohol, tobacco or fireworks being sold to children
• Drinking on the street

Contacting us

• All calls to the hotline are confidential and you don't have to give your name unless you want to
• Our specialist staff take all calls seriously and we can take firm action against people who are behaving anti-socially
• We offer support to callers or somebody they know who is experiencing anti-social behaviour
• We respond to calls from all sections of the community
• In an emergency always call 999

What we do

• Our specialist staff take complaints about anti-social behaviour 24 hours a day
• We have a team dedicated to supporting people who suffer from nuisance in their area
• Firm action (such as getting anti-social behaviour orders) is taken against people involved in anti-social behaviour
• We remove abandoned or untaxed vehicles from Newham's streets
• We take action against people and businesses that dump rubbish illegally
• We tackle shops and individuals selling alcohol, tobacco, knives, butane gas or fireworks to children
• We also have a specialist team to support women experiencing domestic violence - and we take action against their abusers

Members of the public are at the heart of our work. In fact, we need you to tell us when you see anti-social behaviour, so that we can take action against it. When you call us with a complaint, you are doing much more than dealing with nuisance behaviour. You are helping to make Newham a better and safer place to live.

Make a call. Make a difference.