ASB Reporter – December Summary 2025

There were 21 reported asb incidents during December which is twice the
number reported for the same period last year.
Totals by house and their percentage of the total were as follows
House Incidents
SPEED

7 (33.3%)
BEN JONSON 6 (28.6%)
ANDREWES 3 (14.3%)
SHAKESPEARE TOWER 2 (9.5%)
GILBERT 1 (4.8%)
BRETON 1 (4.8%)
BRYER COURT 1 (4.8%)
The type of asb activity reported was as follows:
Skateboarding 4 (19%)
Skateboarding, loud music & smoking weed 3 (14.3%)
Skateboarding & cycling 1 (4.8%)
Vehicle nuisance/noise 4 (19%)
Alleged drug use 3 (14.3%)
Rowdy behaviour 3 (14.3%)

3 abandoned LIME bikes 1 (4.8%)

Undisclosed asb 1 (4.8%)
Loud music 1 (4.8%)
BACKGROUND
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.
CURRENT ACTION
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. 1 st Jan.2026