# Crime and Policing Act 2026, Section 6: Reviews of responses to complaints about anti-social behaviour Extent: E+W Status: prospective (1) The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 is amended as follows. (2) In section 104 (review of response to complaints about anti-social behaviour), after subsection (7) insert— “(7A) Subsection (7) is subject to section 104A(7) (requirement for recommendations to be confirmed by local policing body where LPB case review takes place).” (3) After section 104 insert— “Review by local policing body 104A (1) This section applies if a person has made a complaint about anti-social behaviour in a particular local government area and— (a) a person has made an application for an ASB case review of the response to that behaviour, but the relevant bodies in that area have decided that the threshold for a review is not met, or (b) the relevant bodies in that area have carried out an ASB case review of the response to that behaviour. (2) The local policing body for the relevant police area must carry out a review of the response to the anti-social behaviour (an “LPB case review”) if— (a) the applicant in relation to the ASB case review, or a person acting on behalf of the applicant with their consent, makes an application for an LPB case review, and (b) the body considers that the threshold for carrying out an ASB case review in relation to the anti-social behaviour was met. (3) If no application has been made for an LPB case review of the response to the anti-social behaviour, the local policing body for the relevant police area may carry out an LPB case review if the body considers that— (a) it is appropriate to carry out the LPB case review, and (b) the threshold for carrying out an ASB case review of the response to that behaviour was met. (4) Each local policing body must— (a) make arrangements about the carrying out of LPB case reviews by that body (“LPB review procedures”), and (b) ensure that the current LPB review procedures are published. (5) The LPB review procedures must include provision about the making of applications for LPB case reviews and, in particular, must specify the point of contact for making applications. (6) A local policing body which carries out an LPB case review may make recommendations to a person who exercises public functions in respect of any matters arising from the review; and the person must have regard to the recommendations in exercising public functions. (7) Where an LPB case review of the response to anti-social behaviour follows an ASB case review of the response to the same behaviour, a person is not required to have regard to the recommendations resulting from the ASB case review unless the recommendations are confirmed by the local policing body. (8) A local policing body who carries out an LPB case review must inform the relevant applicant of— (a) the outcome of the review, and (b) any recommendations made in accordance with subsection (6) or confirmed in accordance with subsection (7). (9) In subsection (8) “the relevant applicant” means— (a) where the local policing body carries out an LPB case review in response to an application, the person who made the application, or (b) in any other case, the person who applied for the ASB case review mentioned in subsection (1). (10) As soon as practicable after the end of a reporting period, each local policing body must publish information about the following matters which relates to that period— (a) the number of applications for LPB case reviews made to the body; (b) the number of times that the body decided that an LPB case review should not be carried out in response to an application; (c) the number of LPB case reviews the body has carried out in response to an application; (d) the number of LPB case reviews the body has carried out otherwise than in response to an application; (e) the number of LPB case reviews carried out by the body that have resulted in recommendations being made by the body; (f) the number of LPB case reviews carried out by the body— (i) which were reviews of the response to anti-social behaviour following an ASB case review of the response to the same behaviour, and (ii) as a result of which the body has confirmed any of the recommendations resulting from the ASB case review; (g) the number of LPB case reviews carried out by the body— (i) which were reviews of the response to anti-social behaviour following an ASB case review of the response to the same behaviour, and (ii) as a result of which the body has declined to confirm any of the recommendations resulting from the ASB case review. (11) Schedule 4A (LPB case reviews supplementary provision) has effect.” (4) In section 105 (ASB case reviews: interpretation)— (a) in the heading, after “ASB case reviews” insert “and LPB case reviews”; (b) in subsection (1)— (i) for “section 104” substitute “sections 104 and 104A”; (ii) for “Schedule 4” substitute “Schedules 4 and 4A”; (c) in subsection (4)— (i) at the appropriate places insert— ““LPB case review” has the meaning given by section 104A(2);”; ““relevant police area”, in relation to a local government area, means the police area which consists of, or includes all or part of, the local government area;”; (ii) for the definition of “reporting period” substitute— ““reporting period”— (a) in relation to the publication of information by the relevant bodies in a local government area, or the provision of information by such bodies to a local policing body, means a period, not exceeding 12 months, determined by those bodies for that purpose; (b) in relation to the publication of information by a local policing body, means a period, not exceeding 12 months, determined by that body for that purpose.” (5) In Schedule 4 (ASB case reviews: supplementary provision)— (a) in paragraph 1— (i) in sub-paragraph (1), at the end insert “or (as the case may be) each of the local policing bodies for the relevant police areas.”; (ii) omit sub-paragraph (2); (b) in paragraph 4, for the words from “about” to the end of the paragraph substitute “for the relevant bodies, on the applicant’s request and in such circumstances as may be specified in the procedures, to reconsider— (a) a decision not to carry out an ASB case review, (b) a decision not to make recommendations under section 104(7) in respect of a matter arising from an ASB case review, or (c) a recommendation made under section 104(7) in respect of such a matter.”; (c) in paragraph 8(3)— (i) after “section 104,” insert “section 104A,”; (ii) for “or this Schedule” substitute “, this Schedule or Schedule 4A”; (iii) in paragraph (b) omit “or the relevant police area”; (d) after paragraph 9 insert— “Duty of local policing body to promote awareness of ASB case reviews 10 A local policing body must, in such manner as it thinks appropriate, promote awareness of— (a) opportunities in the body’s police area to make applications for ASB case reviews, and (b) the review procedures for such reviews. Guidance 11 The relevant bodies in a local government area must have regard to guidance issued by the Secretary of State in exercising functions under section 104 or this Schedule.” (6) After Schedule 4 insert the Schedule set out in Schedule 3 to this Act. --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/20/section/6 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/section-6 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.