HASBET - how we perform


How we perform

The HASBET team has service standards to respond to the victims of anti-social behaviour.  Depending on the severity of the anti-social behaviour, we respond to the victim within 1, 3 and 5 working days according to our service standards.  We carry out satisfaction surveys with our victims once a case has been resolved. Click here to find out the results of our customer satisfaction surveys.

HASBET is also responsible for managing the Newcastle ‘graded response’ warning letters, co-ordinating intelligence of behalf of other Safe Newcastle partners such as Northumbria Police, Public Health and Street Wardens.

Click here to read more about our service standards. 

Key HASBET targets for 2010/2011

Our target: Achieve customer satisfaction rating of 76% using customer satisfaction surveys sent to all victims by 31/03/2011.
Our performance: 80% overall satisfaction with our service

Our target: Refer 99% of cases to Victim Support during 2010/11
Our performance: 99% of victims referred

Our target: Begin investigations within agreed timescales for 97% of 1, 3 and 5 day cases which are referred to HASBET
Our performance: 99% of investigations started within service standard timescale

Service standards target response time performance 1st April 2010 to 31st March 2011

Performance Target Achieved
Category 1 ASB (response target within one working day) Issues that have a direct bearing on the immediate wellbeing of people.  We investigated 70 cases and met our response target in 70 cases. 97% 100%
Category 2 ASB (response target within 3 working days) Issues relating to properties.  We investigated 597 cases and met our target in all 595 cases. 97% 99%
Category 3 ASB (response target within 5 working days) Issues relating to activities affecting the wider environment.  We investigated 35 cases and met our target in all 35 cases.  97%  100%
Overall we investigated 702 cases and met our target in 700 cases. 97% 99%
Perpetrators - we met with a total of 688 ASB perpetrators out of 699 within 5 days of interviewing the victim. 97% 98%
We aim to install surveillance equipment in the victim’s home within 5 working days from receiving legal (RIPA) authorisation.
We carried out 10 covert surveillance operations and installed equipment within the agreed timescales in all 10 cases. 
97% 100%

 

Number of HASBET cases by area
1st April 2010 - 31st March 2011

Area of Newcastle Number of cases
East Area 284
Inner West Area 110
Outer West and North Area 308

Different categories of anti-social behaviour have different response times.  The next three tables give you information about the number of reported cases of each category.

Number of HASBET cases by type 1st April 2010 - 31st March 2011

Category 1 ASB (People)

(response target within 1 working day)

Type of anti-social behaviour Number of cases
Domestic violence and abuse 8
Harassment, verbal abuse, threatening behaviour 40
Hate related incidents 6
Drug abuse 12
Prostitution/sexual act 0
Physical violence other than domestic 4

Category 2 ASB (Property)
(response target within 3 working days)

Type of anti-social behaviour Number of cases
Alcohol related incidents 8
Vandalism and damage to property 9
Noise nuisance 557
Other criminal behaviour 23
Nuisance from vehicles 0

Category 3 ASB (Environment)

(response target within 5 working days)

Type of anti-social behaviour Number of cases
Misuse of comunal areas 10
Maintenance of property 16
Rubbish/fly tipping 2
Untidy gardens 0
Pets and animal nuisance 7

HASBET action taken in response to anti social behaviour 1st April 2010 - 31st March 2011

Type of action

Number of actions

Warning letters to all tenures 1647
Acceptable Behaviour Agreements (ABAs) 100
Notice of seeking possession for anti-social behaviour 32
Demotion order notices 0
Injunctions for anti-social behaviour 7
Possession orders for anti-social behaviour 3
Extended introductory tenancies 5
Introductory Tenancy Notice 6
Evictions 2

 

Graded response warning letters


Number of graded response warning letters sent 1st April 2010 - 31st March 2011

Month 1st warning letter 2nd warning letter 3rd warning letter Acceptable
Behaviour Agreement (ABA)
April 80 27 22 19
May 146 23 18 4
June 166 29 8 4
July 55 10 6 8
August 50 11 10 6
September 142 19 11 8
October 302 60 12 0
November 200 27 12 11
December 114 30 13 14
January 91 13 23 4
February 173 38 19 7
March 128 38 18 15
Total 1647 322 172 100