The Haringey Community Safety Partnership was scheduled to meet on Wednesday, 22 October 2025, to discuss crime, partnership funding, and strategic priorities. The meeting was also scheduled to cover the Youth Justice Plan, statutory responsibilities, and future strategy.

Priorities

The meeting was scheduled to include discussions of the partnership's strategic priorities: anti-social behaviour (ASB), hate crime, violence against women and girls (VAWG), and serious violence.

Anti-Social Behaviour

The report pack included an anti-social behaviour highlight report, which noted that a draft ASB case review protocol was awaiting approval. The report also stated that a terms of reference for a partnership strategic group to address areas for improvement had been created. The report noted that closure panel results included 9 from 11 approved by partnership for closure, and that the use of closure notices had seen considerable reductions in reported ASB in Rothbury and Love Lane. The Clear, Hold, Build initiative and Operational Delivery Groups were reported to be steering environmental changes, focusing on the most problematic people, premises and places within the Clear, Hold, Build footprint, and that closure notices were being used to great effect.

The report identified several short-term risks and inhibitors, including:

• Data collection and availability
• Stretched Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) resources
• Mental health as an emerging concern
• The CMARAC no longer having MPS support owing to resource constraints
• Information sharing between partners

The report also identified several opportunities, including linking the Partnership Problem Solving Group (PPSG) through the Strategic ASB delivery group to the CSP, and better communicating intervention and success.

The report noted that the Crime and Policing Bill included respect orders, extended dispersal powers, higher fines, and vehicle seizure powers, and that ASB statutory guidance had been revised in July 2025, introducing expedited Public Spaces Protection Orders¹.

The priority areas for the next quarter were listed as:

• Strategic ASB delivery group
• Commencing work on Strategic Needs Assessment² (SNA)
• Preparing a dashboard for ASB performance
• Assessing the impact of MARAC withdrawal
• Reviewing the PPSG
• Developing a communications delivery plan for the CSP

The terms of reference for the Anti-Social Behaviour Strategic Group / Task and Finish Group were included in the report pack. The group's purpose is to provide strategic leadership, direction, and coordination of the borough's multi-agency response to anti-social behaviour, and to ensure delivery of key outcomes that are aligned with a Strategic Needs Assessment for ASB and contributes to the wider objectives of the Community Safety Partnership.

The ASB Case Review Protocol was also included in the report pack. The ASB Case Review gives victims the opportunity to have their voice heard and feel empowered to ensure action is taken to deal with persistent ASB.

The ASB Case Review is a statutory provision introduced in the: Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. It is a safety net for victims of persistent antisocial behaviour to request a review of their case to determine if further action can be taken to resolve the ongoing ASB. ASB Case Review Protocol

Hate Crime

The report pack included a hate crime report which stated that community engagement with the Orthodox Jewish community had been strengthened in response to a rise in reported antisemitic incidents. It also stated that community partners were being briefed through Multi Faith Forum meetings, increasing awareness of how to report hate crimes and emphasising the importance of reporting. The report noted that reported crime figures based upon publicly available data showed significant decreases in antisemitic crime, Islamophobic crime, and homophobic crime.

The report stated that in response to increased tensions caused by antisemitic graffiti in Markfield Park, matters had been escalated to the Partnership Problem Solving Group.

The report identified several short-term risks and inhibitors, including:

• Low levels of confidence from affected communities reducing participation in reporting crimes
• Rising tensions linked to national / international socio-political developments
• Ongoing international conflict between Israel and Gaza continuing to impact local cohesion

The priority areas for the next quarter were listed as:

• Hate Crime Awareness Week 2025
• Developing and implementing a strategy for addressing Anti-Semitic Graffiti in Markfield Park
• Understanding and addressing the apparent fall in reported hate crime types/categorisations
• Third-Party reporting
• Strengthening data
• Developing clear, consistent messaging to the public about reporting routes and available support

The report noted that the paper was completed prior to the Manchester Terror Attack.

VAWG/DA

The report pack included a Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) report which stated that the strategic priorities were:

1. Coordinated Community Response (CCR)
2. Prevention of domestic abuse and VAWG through awareness raising, education, training, and early intervention
3. Provision of specialist services for victim/survivors of VAWG
4. Perpetrators of VAWG are held to account by the systems that surround them, working to achieve behaviour change

The report stated that the council must undertake Domestic Abuse Related Death Reviews (formally Domestic Homicide Reviews), and meet safe accommodation duties for victim/survivors of domestic abuse, including child victim/survivors, and that the council was currently undertaking Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance (DAHA) accreditation.

The report noted that Haringey had several existing Safe Havens trained prior to 2023, and that the training content had been redeveloped, and the first session for the new safe spaces scheme would be delivered in November, also linking with leisure centre colleagues, Business Engagement Officers, faith spaces, foodbanks, and VCS services to continue to recruit new spaces.

The report stated that in Q1 25/26, 90 sessions of the Protect Our Women (POW) programme were delivered across primary and secondary schools (268 CYP), and 1 session delivered to parents on online safety, and that the Boys and young men and programme were delivered in full (10 sessions) at Highgate Wood School to 10 year 8 boys.

The report noted that in terms of access to services in Q1 2025-26, 295 referrals were received across community and accommodation-based services, which led to 144 victim/survivors engaging with services.

The report included a table of Domestic Abuse Related Death Review cases, with progress updates.

The report stated that in September, Public Health & Community Safety secured £5k from the VRU critical incident fund to improve outreach support for women engaged in on-street sex work in the Fore Street area following a tragic homicide in August.

The report identified several short term risks and inhibitors, including:

• Significant challenges with recommissioning of specialist services
• Increased vulnerability of women sex-working on street in the Fore Street area
• New DA Staff Policy placing new responsibilities on managers to support direct reports who disclose

The report identified a need for increased support to ensure domestic abuse related death review recommendations and action plans are delivered by partners and collated, and that the weaponisation of VAWG by the far right may lead to reduction in reporting by affected communities.

The priority areas for the next quarter were listed as:

• Programme of events for the United Nations 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence
• Launching the updated CCR / Safe Spaces training
• Continuing to progress Haringey's new 10-year VAWG strategy
• Working with partners to improve access to support and safety for women sex working on-street in the borough
• Initiating 3 new Domestic Abuse Related Death Review panels
• Further developing the workforce training offer, supporting DAHA accreditation
• Continuing to progress recommissioning of specialist VAWG services

Serious Violence

There was a report included in the report pack on serious violence.

Haringey Youth Justice Plan 2024 - 2027 - Year 1 Review

The meeting was scheduled to include a review of the Haringey Youth Justice Plan 2024 – 2027.

The report stated that Haringey Youth Justice Service and partnership received an overall rating as 'good' with outstanding features in their most recent inspection in March 2025.

The report noted key achievements in 2024-2025, including:

• YJSPB thematic approach within governance arrangements
• YJS Health team CAMHS nurse, Speech and Language Therapist and Schools Nurse improving health outcomes for children
• Continued development of a bespoke training programme of the 'Dusty Knuckle' 5-week Bakery programme
• Wood Green custody suite developments completed resulting in the first child friendly custody suite in London
• The YJS completing thematic audits on children in custody
• Stop and Search data being shared at each YJSPB
• The YJS leading on an audit which focused on children arrested and outcomes
• Development of the Safer and Stronger communities project in partnership with Tottenham Hotspur Foundation and Youth Service
• Exit questionnaires surveys completed by the children being generally very positive
• A continued focus and commitment on workshops that meet the children and parents/carers needs and preferred topics
• Only one child being sentenced to youth detention accommodation in 24/25
• National indictors around the re-offending rate being the 4th lowest in London
• None of the children that had a 'youth caution' with and without conditions re-offending in 24/25
• Over 65% of children supported by the YJS being in full-time education training and employment by the end of their intervention
• The Young Haringey Achievement Centre continuing to recognise the commitment and hard work of children

The report included a table of Haringey Youth National and Local Indicators 2024-2025.

The report noted that between April 2024 and March 2025, Haringey recorded 67 first-time entrants into the youth justice system, equating to a rate of 277 per 100,000 children in the borough, a 14% increase compared to the same period in 2023/24.

The report stated that the annual Haringey re-offending rate had reduced to 26%, and that only one child was sentenced to custody in 24/25.

The Youth Justice Service Strategic Priorities over the next two years were listed as:

1. Child First
2. Restorative Justice
3. YJS Health Offer
4. Disproportionality
5. Children in Care
6. Serious Youth Violence

Statutory Responsibilities

The meeting was scheduled to include discussions of the partnership's statutory responsibilities: substance misuse, Prevent, and reduction of re-offending (adults and young people).

Substance Misuse

The report pack included a substance misuse report which stated that the key areas were:

1. Communities
2. Breaking drug supply chains
3. Deliver a world-class treatment and recovery system
4. Achieving a shift in demand for recreational drugs

The report noted that the council was successfully contributing to the establishment and coordination of the multi-agency cuckooing panel, facilitating regular hotspot meetings involving key stakeholders, and achieving a steady improvement in continuity of care for service users, reaching 40%.

The report stated that the council had successfully secured MOPAC funding to support the delivery of the cuckooing programme, strengthening capacity via recruiting two cuckooing officers to address exploitation linked to drug-related harm.

The priority areas for the next quarter were listed as:

1. Launch and Facilitation of the Cuckooing Panel
2. Introduction of Dedicated Cuckooing Officers

Prevent

The report pack included a Prevent report which stated that the key areas were:

1. Participate in the yearly performance review with the Home Office
2. Capture and report on all Prevent related activity
3. Intervene early to support people susceptible to radicalisation
4. Enable people who have already engaged in terrorism to disengage and rehabilitate
5. Thematic approach within governance arrangements to evaluate impact from across the partnership and inform strategic planning and delivery

The report noted that performance was exceeding in all sections except Reducing Permissive Environments, and that the council reports and collects Prevent related activity through a quarterly report to the Home Office and through the community tensions monitoring report.

The report stated that a Channel Panel runs monthly with representation from all statutory partners, and that a Prevent Education Officer works alongside schools and education institutions to provide training on Prevent, and engage senior leaders, parents and young people on radicalisation and the risks of extremist activity in the online space.

The report noted that the Local Authority works alongside Prisons and Probation, including Joint Extremism Unit (JEXU), and police, to identify and support Prevent engagement with individuals who require intervention.

The report stated that there was an established multi-faith forum in Haringey that has a standing agenda item around Prevent/Hate Crime, and that a Youth Multi-faith forum was currently being established by the community engagement officer.

The report noted that safeguarding training with community groups was ongoing, especially communicating awareness with gyms and active centres, and that parent coffee mornings were provided to primary schools around online safety and safeguarding monitoring of their children online.

The report identified concerns raised in Prevent Delivery Group around lack of referrals, including around emerging risks and issues reported in the London local profile.

The priority areas for the next quarter were listed as:

• Community and VCS engagement around Prevent and Extremist narratives alongside the Hate Crime Strategy
• Increasing the Reducing Permissive Environments response to be exceeding in all Benchmarks
• Trainings internally in the Council to frontline staff to be aware of radicalisation and how to make a referral
• Project Delivery for All Home Office Grant Projects

CSP Strategy and Plan (2027 Onwards)

The meeting was scheduled to include a verbal update on the CSP Strategy and Plan (2027 Onwards), including a needs assessment and crime and disorder survey.