Environmental crime
Environmental crime has a huge impact on our communities and on how happy we are in them.
It can ruin public spaces and is expensive to clean up.
In the most recent British Crime Survey, respondents named vandalism and property damage as the most
serious anti-social behaviour issues in their area.
Environmental crime can include:
- fly-tipping - dumping household or commercial rubbish in private or communal areas
- littering - deliberately dropping litter on the streets
- graffiti - spray-painting or otherwise marking private property or communal areas like the sides of
bus-shelters and houses
- vandalism - damaging private property or communal facilities like telephone boxes or play-ground equiptment
What's we're doing about environmental crime
We're working with the police and local authorities to combat this kind of anti-social behaviour.
Measures we've put in place include:
- giving local authorities more power - to take action against fly-tippers and vandals
- restricting sale of spray paint - it's an offence for retailers to sell spray paint to anyone under
the age of 16
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of the Home Office http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/anti-social-behaviour/types-of-asb/environmental-crime/
