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# Repeat antisocial offenders face bans and treatment under Respect Orders
- URL: https://www.ipswich.co.uk/repeat-antisocial-offenders-face-bans-and-treatment-under-respect-orders/
- Published: 2026-10-28T10:39:48.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-28T10:39:48.000Z
- Description: Police, councils and housing associations have a new tool to tackle persistent antisocial behaviour (ASB) after Respect Orders came into force this week.
- Author: Nicola Sebastian
- Tags: News, Jack Abbott

**Why it matters:** Breaching a Respect Order is a criminal offence, with offenders who breach one facing possible arrest, fines, community sentences or, in the most serious cases, prison sentences of up to two years.

**How it works:** Respect Orders are a new type of behavioural order designed to help police, local authorities and housing associations take more effective action against persistent offenders.

- **Bans:** Courts can ban offenders from specific activities linked to their ASB, such as public drinking on a particular high street.
- **Positive requirements:** Orders can also compel individuals to address the root causes of their behaviour, through measures such as drug or alcohol treatment.

**The bigger picture:** Respect Orders are part of the Crime and Policing Act, which also includes measures to:

- Let police order people to leave an area for up to 72 hours, rather than 48, to help tackle persistent ASB over weekends and bank holidays.
- Raise the maximum on-the-spot fine for breaching Public Spaces Protection Orders and Community Protection Notices from £100 to £500.
- Give social housing providers stronger powers to tackle ASB.
- Expand the Community Safety Accreditation Scheme, so more partners can take action against ASB.
- Improve ASB case reviews to better support victims.
- Introduce new ASB data reporting, to better understand and tackle the problem.

**What they’re saying:** Sarah Jones, Minister for Policing and Crime, said: “Respect Orders will give police, local authorities and their partners stronger tools to tackle relentless adult offenders, protect victims and restore confidence in our streets and public spaces.

“By combining clear consequences for unacceptable behaviour with the opportunity to address its underlying causes, we can take more effective action against those who repeatedly cause harm.”

Ipswich MP Jack Abbott said: “Persistent antisocial behaviour can make life a real misery, and it leaves people feeling frustrated and unsafe in their own communities.”

According to Mr Abbott, crime in Ipswich has fallen to its lowest level in a decade, though he added: “I know there is still much more to do.”

The orders are aimed at the most relentless adult offenders, filling what Mr Abbott’s office describes as a significant gap in previous powers.

**The bottom line:** Respect Orders give courts the power to both restrict persistent antisocial offenders and require them to tackle the causes of their behaviour, with prison a possibility in the most serious cases of breach.

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