Community Trigger

Responding to, and tackling, anti-social behaviour is a priority for all community safety partners in Derbyshire. Erewash Community Safety Partnership (CSP) brings organisations together to enable us to bring to justice those causing anti-social behaviour and provide support for people affected by it.

Erewash CSP always strives to provide a high level of service, but recognise that there may be times when, we don’t get it right. This is where the Community Trigger comes in.

What is the Community Trigger?

The Community Trigger, under the Anti-Social Behaviour Crime and Policing Act 2014 gives victims of anti-social behaviour the right to request a review of their case, if their concerns have not been dealt with, or acted upon, and organisations have been unable to resolve the serious persistent, or targeted, anti-social behaviour successfully.

If you haven’t already reported the anti-social behaviour, you should report it to the appropriate organisation. For more information and to report anti-social behaviour to us, use the Erewash Borough Council General Enquiries Form.

The Community Trigger is also known as an Anti-Social Behaviour Case Review. The aim of the review is to see whether anything else can be done and possibly find solutions that may not have been considered before.

In Derbyshire, the Community Trigger process is managed by the local council on behalf of the other organisations that will be involved in the review, such as the police, local health teams and housing providers.

When can I use the Community Trigger?

You can use the Community Trigger if:

You have reported three or more related incidents of anti-social behaviour, within the last six months.

It doesn’t matter who the anti-social behaviour has been reported to (the council, the police or your landlord), please use the Community Trigger application form which can be found on your My Erewash page, there is a link further down the page.

You can apply for the Community Trigger on behalf of someone else, but you must provide their consent, with the application form.

A detailed explanation of the threshold for the Community Trigger is contained within the Guidance Notes for the Community Trigger Application Form.

When should the Community Trigger not be used?

The Community Trigger is not intended to be an alternative to the relevant organisation’s complaints procedure, which is designed to deal with complaints about individual officers, or services.

The complaints procedure is appropriate for concerns such as:

where staff have been rude or disrespectful to you.
where staff have given inaccurate or misleading information.
where staff have promised things, such as telephone calls or meetings, and have not delivered on these.
where the organisation has failed to follow their policy and/or procedure.

If you have followed the relevant organisation’s complaints procedure and you are still dissatisfied, you will be given information about the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman, the Housing Ombudsman or the Independent Office for Police Conduct.

How do I use the Community Trigger?

In order to use the Community Trigger to request an Anti-Social Behaviour Case Review, you must complete the application form. This can be accessed via your My Erewash account. You will find the community trigger application form under Community Safety Partnership. You will need to use your My Erewash login details, if you do not have an account you can easily create one, providing you have an email address.

If you require a hardcopy of the Community Trigger Application Form or help completing the form, contact:

Katherine Thornhill
Community Safety Officer
Erewash Community Safety Partnership
Ilkeston Town Hall
Derbyshire DE7 5RP

Telephone on 0115 907 2274 or email on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

There are Guidance Notes to help you complete the application form.

What happens when I submit a Community Trigger Application Form?

We will confirm receipt of a completed Community Trigger Application Form, within five working days.

We will review the information you have provided, to determine whether your case meets the Community Trigger threshold. If it does, an Anti-Social Behaviour Case Review will take place. This will involve agencies sharing information, such as with the police, housing, environmental health, social care and health providers, depending on the nature of the case. The Anti-Social Behaviour Case Review will discuss the issues you raise, consider what action has already been taken and consider recommendations for additional action to resolve the problem.

We will inform you of the outcome and recommendations of the Anti-Social Behaviour Case Review.

If you are not satisfied with the outcome of the Community Trigger, you can lodge an appeal with the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire. The Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner website has more information.

We welcome the opportunity to review cases of anti-social behaviour, but Community Trigger applications may be rejected if they are thought to be prejudicial, discriminatory, malicious, unreasonable or vexatious.

Community Trigger Applications in Erewash

From April 2021 - September 2021 there have been:

0 Applications received
0 Times the threshold has not been met
0 Case reviews carried out
0 Case reviews carried out that have resulted in recommendations being made
0 Community Trigger appeals received

The next update will be March 2022

Community Trigger data can be found below for previous years.

From April 2020 – March 2021 there were:

2 Applications received
2 Times the threshold has not been met
0 Case reviews carried out
0 Case reviews carried out that have resulted in recommendations being made
0 Community Trigger appeals received

From April 2019 – March 2020 there were:

3 Applications received
1 Times the threshold has not been met
2 Case reviews carried out
2 Case reviews carried out that have resulted in recommendations being made
0 Community Trigger appeals received

From April 2018 – March 2019 there were:

From April 2017 – March 2018 there were:

From April 2016 – March 2017 there were:

1 Applications received
0 Times the threshold has not been met
1 Case reviews carried out
1 Case reviews carried out that have resulted in recommendations being made
0 Community Trigger appeals received

From April 2015 – March 2016 there were:

1 Applications received
0 Times the threshold has not been met
1 Case reviews carried out
0 Case reviews carried out that have resulted in recommendations being made
1 Community Trigger appeals received