Anti-social behaviour in Carlisle City East has decreased by more than 30 per cent.

This comes as part of a broader reduction in neighbourhood crime, including burglary, robbery, criminal damage, and vehicle offences, which have collectively fallen by over 12 per cent since the start of 2024.

The reduction follows targeted efforts by the police, who have worked to address anti-social behaviour (ASB) in the area.

ASB examples include vehicle abandonment, trespassing, vandalism, harassment, and anti-social drinking (Image: Supplied) ASB is described as disruptive behaviour in community settings that can cause intimidation and fear.

Examples include vehicle abandonment, trespassing, vandalism, harassment, and anti-social drinking.

Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner David Allen went on patrol with PC Anson, a community beat officer, to see the efforts being made to tackle ASB.

Mr Allen said: "I patrolled Harraby and the City East area in the late 1980s and 1990s as a young, uniformed police officer.

"Anti-social behaviour was an issue we dealt with then, as now.

"The current work ongoing in the city east area is very much intelligence and evidence led and is targeted at reducing and tackling ASB, as this was a priority highlighted to them through their community surveys and local feedback and the data that the constabulary hold."

Mr Allen also spoke about the proactive work of community beat officers (CBOs) and PCSOs, who, following reports of drug use and anti-social behaviour in the Garlands and New Harraby areas, conducted 15 stop searches for drugs, made one arrest for robbery, and one arrest for driving under the influence of drugs.

They also investigated two people for possession of class B cannabis and disposed of several nitrous oxide bottles.

Sergeant Grant Stevens of the Carlisle Neighbourhood Policing Team said: "The reduction in neighbourhood crime and anti-social behaviour has been achieved through the hard work of local officers and PCSOs, combined with support from relevant partner agencies and the communities we serve.

"We have engaged with and listened to communities about concerns they held, before using this information to proactively target priority areas.

"In doing so, we have achieved some great results.

"Where possible, we aim to adopt a holistic approach to tackling crime and anti-social behaviour.

"Our work is not simply arresting people, investigating crimes, and bringing offenders to justice.

"A significant proportion of our work is preventing crimes and anti-social behaviour occurring in the first place."

The public can report crimes online or by phoning 101, and are reminded to always phone 999 in an emergency or if a crime is in progress.