The term anti-social behaviour (ASB) covers a wide range of selfish and unacceptable activity that can blight the quality of community life. Terms such as 'nuisance', 'disorder' and 'harassment' are also used to describe some of this behaviour.

Examples include:

- Nuisance neighbours

- Yobbish behaviour and intimidating groups taking over public spaces

- Vandalism, graffiti and fly-posting

- People dealing and buying drugs on the street

- People dumping rubbish and abandoned cars

- Begging and anti-social drinking

- The misuse of fireworks

- Reckless driving of mini-motorbikes.