ASB Reporter – August Summary 2025

August is normally the month in the year when most asb incidents occur. This August, however, there were just 16 incidents reported as compared to 74 for the same period last year.

Totals by house and their percentage of the total were as follows

House	Incidents
BEN JONSON	6 (37.5%)
ANDREWES	3 (18.8%)
SHAKESPEARE TOWER	2 (12.5%)
SPEED	1 (6.3%)
SEDDON	1 (6.3%)
GILBERT	1 (6.3%)
CROMWELL TOWER	1 (6.3%)
THOMAS MORE	1 (6.3%)

 The type of asb activity reported on was as follows:

Parkour	3 (18.8%)
Late night noisy adults in igloos	3 (18.8%)
Cycling	2 (12.5%)
Alleged drug use	2 (12.5%)
Vehicle nuisance/noise	1 (6.3%)
Rowdy behaviour	1 (6.3%)
Intimidating behaviour	1 (6.3%)
Noisy teenagers playing football	1 (6.3%)
Skateboarding	1 (6.3%)
Loud music	1 (6.3%)

A report based on 12 months data June 2021 to June 2022 together with findings & recommendations of the Barbican Estate Security Committee has been provided to appropriate Corporation Members & Officers and discussions are ongoing – as an initial outcome a Task/Finish Joint Action Group was formed and met, just once, in December 2022.

This group has since been replaced with a new “ASB Strategic Meeting”. Unlike the previous group, however, this is not an open meeting – Decision taken in February 2023 for BEO’s Residents Service Team to produce an information leaflet for residents, revisiting and advising them of who to contact, for which type of anti-social behaviour. Not produced.

Dan Sanders, Director of Property & Estate Management for the Barbican has advised that other proposals are now being considered and should be formulated in the near future.

Meantime, please continue to report any anti-social behaviour you may witness occurring across the estate. Any crime, such as phone, bag or laptop snatching should be reported directly to the City of London Police and not included in the ASB Reporter.

Please remember that the intention of the ASB Reporter is purely to gather evidence of anti-social behaviour. Therefore, if you witness an asb incident please use the website to record the event but if immediate action is also required then you should follow normal procedure such as calling the Police on 101 (or 999 but only if URGENT); Barbican Estate Office; City Noise Team etc…If it is the City of London Police that you call, it is essential that you are provided with a reference/case number – please include this case number in the “action taken” section of the ASB Reporter. IF YOU DO NOT, this incident will not be “officially” counted and the police will assume that no additional measures or activity is required.

David Bradshaw – Chair, Barbican Estate Security Committee. 1st Sept. ’25.