Respect for Nottingham aims to make the city cleaner

The city council polled more than 1,000 people in September about problems such as rubbish, drug-dealing and threatening behaviour.

Nearly all types of anti-social behaviour identified were perceived as being reduced than when residents were previously quizzed in March.

The survey showed the largest drops came in graffiti and fly posting.

Results will be used by the council, police and other agencies as part of the Respect for Nottingham initiative, launched last year.

Anti-social behaviour makes life a misery Council leader Jon Collins

It aims to make the city cleaner and safer.

The survey showed that all but one of the 29 types of anti-social behaviour identified - discarded needles and syringes - was perceived to be less of a problem than six months ago.

The biggest drops in levels of perceived anti-social behaviour were graffiti, which dropped 23%, and fly posting, which fell by 33%.

City council leader Jon Collins said: "Anti-social behaviour makes life a misery for too many people, so it's very encouraging to see that there's a general perception it has lessened over the last few months.

"However, the survey shows there are still high numbers of people who see anti-social behaviour as a problem."