A closure order has been secured on a house in Royston following numerous complaints of antisocial behaviour.
The order was granted at Stevenage Magistrates Court to close the property in Hardy Drive for three months, due to the antisocial behaviour of the tenant.
Officers had received complaints over several months, and the housing association - Peabody Housing - had also received complaints from residents regarding antisocial behaviour connected to the address, which was having a detrimental effect on their lives.
Working with North Herts Council, Peabody Housing and other agencies, Community Safety Unit Sergeant Chris Adshead, Senior ASB Officer Jeanette Dallimore, and Royston Neighbourhood Policing Team officers applied to have the address closed for a three-month period to give the community some respite from the issues while the problem is addressed.
The closure order, which was granted under Section 80 of the ASB Crime and Policing Act 2014, which bans anyone other than police or maintenance workers from entering the property for three months.
Senior ASB Officer Jeanette Dallimore said: "Officers were called to the address on numerous occasions due to reports of anti-social behaviour and this behaviour was escalating.
"Local residents should not have to put up with this kind of activity impacting on their daily lives in this way.
"I hope this has reassured the community that we take reports like this very seriously and, along with our partners, have worked extremely hard to gather evidence to support the closure order application.
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"We will use every available tactic to tackle antisocial behaviour and I would continue to urge members of the community to report any behaviour of this nature to the police."
Information about antisocial behaviour can be reported online at herts.police.uk/report or by speaking to an operator in the Force Communications Room via online web chat at herts.police.uk/contact.
You can also call 101. If a crime is in progress or someone’s life is in danger, call 999 immediately.
Alternatively, you can call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or report information online at crimestoppers-uk.org.
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