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The Home Office can now require councils and social housing providers to report anti-social behaviour data...
The Home Office can now require councils and social housing providers to report anti-social behaviour data. No one has to report anything yet, but the power is in place and the questions it can ask are already set out in law. Teams that tidy up their records now will find the first reporting round far easier.
What the Act says
Section 7 of the Crime and Policing Act 2026 adds a new section 105A to the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. It came into force on 29 June 2026.
It lets the Secretary of State make regulations requiring "relevant authorities" to provide information about anti-social behaviour. That includes bodies that can apply for injunctions under the 2014 Act: local authorities, police and social housing providers among them.
The Act names three types of information in particular:
Reports of ASB made to the authority.
Responses the authority made to ASB.
ASB Case Reviews the authority carried out.
Regulations can also require authorities to collect, create, retain and analyse information so that they can report it.
When will it start?
There is no reporting duty until regulations are made, and the Home Office must consult before making them. As of October 2026, no regulations have been published. When they arrive, expect detail on what to report, in what format and how often.
The government's reason is simple: today there is no national picture of how many ASB reports agencies receive, how they use their powers or how many Case Reviews they hold. Reporting is meant to fill that gap.
Why it matters now
Three other changes make good records more important from 26 October 2026:
Respect Orders need a court to be satisfied that ASB happened, and the revised guidance asks for a documented risk assessment before you apply.
Local Policing Body reviews give victims a new route to ask for a decision to be looked at again, including when you decide a Case Review threshold hasn't been met.
£500 fixed penalties for CPN and PSPO breaches are more likely to be challenged than £100 ones.
Each of these will ask the same question data reporting will: what was reported, and what did you do about it?
Five questions to ask about your records
Can you count your reports? Do you know how many ASB and noise reports you received last quarter, and from which channels?
Is every report categorised the same way? If three officers would log the same incident three different ways, your numbers won't hold up.
Can you show your response? For each case, is there a dated record of contact, warnings, referrals and enforcement?
Are Case Reviews logged? Do you record when one was requested, whether the threshold was met and what was decided?
Is it in one place? If the answer lives across inboxes, spreadsheets and paper diaries, reporting will mean manual work every time.
How The Noise App helps
The Noise App keeps every report, recording and case note in one system. Residents submit reports with time-stamped audio and diary entries. Officers review them, add notes and track each case from first report to outcome.
That gives you a consistent, dated record of what was reported and how you responded. It's the evidence you need for Respect Orders and penalties now, and a sound base for whatever the Home Office asks for later.
Next steps
Read our guide to the Crime and Policing Act 2026.
Join our free November webinar with Jim Nixon and Amy Sturton of the Social Housing Academy.
Book a demo to see how The Noise App records reports and responses in one place.
