This paper does not seek to analyse the details of the framework, rather use ASB as a lens through which the response of the police in rural locations can be explored. In order to get an understanding of the ways in which ASB differs between types of rural locations and because ASB is typically associated with multiple deprivation (Millie, 2009), two case studies area were selected by combining the Scottish Government six-fold urbanerural classification and the Scottish Indices of Multiple Deprivation.