The Community Response Team's role is to tackle and prevent anti-social behaviour (ASB). This includes dealing with environmental crime and enforcement, and supporting the Cleaner, Greener Oxford campaign.
Operating times
Monday to Friday: 9:00am - 10:00pm
Saturdays: 9:00am - 4.30pm
What the team does
The CRT work closely with our Anti-social Behaviour Investigation Team and carry out investigatory actions for their ASB case management.
The CRT tackles Category 3 ASB incidents. These include:
- Pet and animal nuisance
- Minor noise nuisance
- Assist landlords tackle untidy gardens
- Litter, rubbish, refusal disposal and fly tipping
- Running a business without permission
- Car repairs
- Nuisance from vehicles such as untaxed vehicles
- Vandalism and damage to property
- Access disputes
- Parking disputes where no restrictions are in place
- Lifestyle disputes where breaches of tenancy cannot be proved
- Disputes between children
- Use of communal gardens
- Gardening disputes
The team have a range of prevention, intervention and diversionary activities to help them stop ASB. Examples of the types of actions they carry out are listed below:
- Safeguard vulnerable individuals
- Provide a visible presence in ASB hotspots
- Mediation
- Provide support for victims and witnesses
- Early intervention, to make it clear that anti-social behaviour is unacceptable
- Support perpetrators to change behaviour
- Engage with communities and work on educational and preventative measures to help stop the problems from occurring in the first place
- Issue Fixed Penalty Notices and gather evidence for other types of enforcement
- Help local people know their rights and powers to trigger quick and effective action to tackle anti-social behaviour when required
- Help local people to know how to report anti-social behaviour
- Work directly with excluded and vulnerable sections of the community aiming to promote a greater understanding of the cause and effect of ASB
The team have access to a CCTV equipped vehicle so are able to respond rapidly if an incident reported is deemed as serious but not a police matter. The work of the CRT helps the people of Oxford to live safely and independently in their neighbourhoods and communities.
