Cash for greater Bristol to fight anti-social behaviour
The Government cash will fund extra training for housing officers and neighbourhood wardens in dealing with the problem, as well as residents and community leaders.
Bristol will receive £54,000, while Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire will get £44,000 each.
They are among 130 councils involved in the £10-million drive.
Other measures the money could be used for include targeted leaflet drops, environmental clean-up campaigns, community projects to keep young people off the streets, as well as more support for victims.
Communities secretary John Denham said the cash was going to areas where councils identified tackling anti-social behaviour a priority.
He said: "We want to ensure front-line staff know what to do in tackling anti-social behaviour. People also need to know what they can expect from their local authority and police.
"There is a need to keep people's skills and knowledge up to date, there will be newer people; people change jobs and move around.
"The money split between local authorities will give them the chance to look at their anti-social behaviour policies and make sure everything is in place."
Mr Denham also announced new measures to tackle anti-social behaviour for people living in social housing. Tenants will be given support to challenge councils, police and landlords when they are failing to act quickly enough.
Latest figures from the British Crime Survey show there has been a fall in people's perception of anti-social behaviour as a problem over the last six years. But ministers say statistics are of little comfort to victims and everyone had to do their part in ridding the streets of anti-social behaviour.
A survey released earlier this year revealed 23 per cent of people in Bristol think anti-social behaviour is a problem in their area.
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