A new report by HMICFRS spotlights how police in England and Wales need to improve how they identify, record and respond to antisocial behaviour, as well as how they protect victims. The report brings together findings from HMICFRS’s police effectiveness, efficiency and legitimacy (PEEL) programme, force management statements and a request for promising practice from the College of Policing to all forces in England and Wales. In the year ending September 30, 2023, about one million antisocial behaviour incidents were reported to the police, with each signifying a potential “cry for help” from …