Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of publishing data on anti-social behaviour for the purpose of informing prospective renters or homebuyers on the safety of an area.

We are aware of the merits that this data would have for prospective renters or homebuyers and the Home Office collects information on the number of incidents of anti-social behaviour (ASB) recorded by the police in England and Wales. This is published quarterly by the Office for National Statistics, along with the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) data, which presents people’s perception of the levels of ASB in particular areas. Monthly data on incidents of ASB recorded by the police at lower levels of geography can be found on the www.police.uk website.