Skip to content

City-wide anti-social behaviour hubs a step closer

Sunderland City Council In the right is Sunderland City Council Leader Cllr Michael Mordey with Superintendent Mark Hall. From left: Deputy Leader of Sunderland City Council and Cabinet Member for Health, Wellbeing and Community Safety, Councillor Kelly Chequer, and second from left in the foreground Cabinet Member for the Environment, Councillor Lindsey Leonard with Hendon residents. They are smiling and standing on the pavement. The street behind them has rows of terraced houses and a number of parked cars.Sunderland City Council
Councillors and police said anti-social behaviour had reduced in areas with the hubs

The creation of an anti-social behaviour (ASB) hub in every part of a city is a step closer after three new facilities were confirmed, a police force has said.

The hub scheme is expanding to Hendon and Pennywell in Sunderland and Concord and Sulgrave in Washington after data showed higher levels of ASB there.

It follows the project's success in Southwick, Hetton and the city centre, where ASB incidents dropped by up to a third, Sunderland City Council said.

Deputy leader Kelly Chequer said the new hubs were expected to open in the late summer or in the autumn.

Ch Supt Mark Hall of Northumbria Police said: "Launching these additional hubs means we are one step closer to having hubs that cover every ward area in Sunderland."

He said similar projects in other parts of the city had been "extremely successful".

The local authority said over the last year, incidences of ASB had dropped by about a third in the city centre and Southwick areas and by a fifth in the Hetton and Easington Lane hub area.

"Dozens of community protection notices, warnings and acceptable behaviour agreements have also been issued across the three areas," a council spokesman added.

City council leader Michael Mordey urged people in the newly identified areas to get in touch about their ASB concerns.

"Residents have seen real benefits from these projects as the issues that matter to them most are tackled," Mordey added.

Each hub will have its own community officers, safety specialists and dedicated police support.

Follow BBC Sunderland on X, Facebook, Nextdoor and Instagram.