We are asking residents, businesses and visitors to give feedback on how we manage anti-social behaviour in public spaces through our Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs).
Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs) help us manage anti-social behaviour in public spaces by providing the council and police with extra powers to act if someone’s behaviour is causing a problem for other members of the public. These powers include issuing a £100 on-the-spot fine, as well as Community Protection Warnings, Community Protection Notices and targeted patrols in hotspot areas.
The orders cover behaviour including using foul or abusive language or threatening or intimidating behaviour, using drugs, riding scooters on the pavement, aggressive or persistent begging and making comments of a sexual or gender-based nature. Find out more about our current PSPOs.
The current PSPOs expire on 31 October 2026, so we would like to know whether residents, businesses and visitors think the current behaviours covered in our PSPOs continue to be a problem and whether they support renewing them. We also want to hear about personal experiences of anti-social behaviour and suggestions on how we could address anti-social behaviour more effectively. This feedback will help us understand local concerns and help us decide what the renewed PSPOs will look like.
Councillor Joshua Ayodele, Cabinet Member for Community Safety & Integrated Enforcement, said: "Our PSPO programme is a fundamental element of our work to make Greenwich a safe and secure environment for all residents. We issued more than 2,800 Fixed Penalty Notices to individuals breaching our PSPOs between January 2023 and December 2025, demonstrating how effective these measures are.
We now want to understand whether this remains the case and what more can be done. That starts with engaging with the very people that frequently interact with these public spaces. We need to hear from residents, businesses and visitors about their lived experiences so that we can shape our PSPOs to continue to address local concerns, help manage anti-social behaviour in public spaces and continue keeping our communities safe."
We will be consulting until Wednesday 22 July, complete our consultation online now.