EnviroCrime

EnviroCrime is a term that covers a wide range of unpleasant, anti-social activities that lowers the quality of life in our local environments.
 
The most common EnviroCrimes are:

• graffiti
• vandalism
• dog fouling
• abandoned vehicles
• pollution
• noise nuisance
• littering
• fly-posters
• dumped rubbish and fly-tips.

How is EnviroCrime being targeted?

Individually these EnviroCrimes are dealt with by a number of different enforcement units within BHP:

• Neighbourhood Services team
• Neighbourhood Warden service
• Brent Council
• through other organisations such as the police
• the Driving and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA)
• the Environment Agency.

Where several EnviroCrimes persistently occur together, in a particular area, there is a negative impact on the environment and the local community. When this happens co-ordinated action is required.

How you can get involved?

You, the local people have a very important role to play in targeting EnviroCrime.

This involves the following:

• reporting EnviroCrime hot spots
• suggesting improvements
• playing an active part in community clean up days
• implementing envirocrime prevention measures
• recycling your rubbish using the appropriate recycling bins
• helping to maintain the improvements that are achieved.

If your local area has at least 4 different EnviroCrimes and they are occurring persistently at a specific site please contact Brent Council's Environmental Health team:

• Telephone number: 020 8937 5252
• Email: env.health@brent.gov.uk

This will help them to identify EnviroCrime hot spots in the borough which can then be programmed onto their list of sites for intensive action.