Northumbria Police have launched an operation to clamp down on disorder in the Lemington area of Newcastle .
A "dispersal order" - which means police have the power to break up groups of two or more people - has been put in place across a large swathe of the town for the next two days.
The move is an attempt to prevent any wide-scale antisocial behaviour this weekend.
The dispersal order took effect at 6pm on Saturday and will last for 48 hours.
With schoolchildren on their Easter break and hot weather sweeping the North East, the force have acted preemptively to reduce potential incidents.
Similar tactics were used last week following a spike in reports of large groups of youths making life a misery for residents in recent weeks and months.
On April 18, Northumbria Police moved to reassure people living in the area they were patrolling the streets via a social media post.
Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service revealed a group of 30 yobs confront firefighters while they were tackling a blaze in the west Newcastle suburb Lemington on April 8.
It applies to the area between Scotswood Road, Rokeby Street, Rokeby Avenue, Denton Avenue, Union Hall Road, Eva Street and Quarry Road.
In a statement, Northumbria Police said: "[The order] provides the police with the extra powers to break up groups of two or more people where they believe their behavious is causing a nuisance, harassment or distress.
"The police can move individuals out of the area and stop them from returning for up to 24 hours (unless they are resident in the area)."
Earlier this month Chief Superintendent Janice Hutton said the force would be concentrating on tackling antisocial behaviour this month
She said: “During the school holidays we have historically recorded an increase in youth disorder and anti-social behaviour.
“With the nights now getting lighter we do expect large groups of young people together in public places and that can often lead to complaints from the local community."
Councillor Kyle Webster said: "We want Lemington to be a lovely place to live and if things are going to get out of hand it's important that action is taken and I support that.
"Hopefully we'll see less of it in the future because we've got a lovely community where people care about each other."
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