Purpose

Community Safety Partnerships are required under the Crime and Disorder Act (1998) to ensure a strategic plan is in place, to address crime and disorder locally. The current plan ended in 2024 and a new plan has been developed for 2025-2028.

The responsible authorities (Council, Fire Service, Police Service, Probation, NHS ICB) are required to work together in partnership to tackle crime and disorder locally: driving delivery of crime reduction strategies and initiatives via the Community Safety Partnership Board.

This item presents the Community Safety Partnership plan: formulated using the findings from the Annual Strategic Assessment and the relevant recommendations, engagement with professionals and wider consultation with our local residents (including children, young people and young adults).
 

Decision

1. that the Community Safety Partnership Plan 2025-29 is recommended to proceed to the next meeting of Full Council as per the Council Constitution.

Reasons for the decision

Community Safety Partnerships are required under the Crime and Disorder Act (1998) to ensure a strategic plan is in place to address crime and disorder locally. The current plan has ended and a new plan is being developed for 2025 - 2029. As the Community Safety plan is a partnership document listed in the Constitution, it is reserved for final decision by full Council subject to prior approval by Cabinet. 

Alternative options considered

There is a statutory responsibility for Community Safety Partnerships to produce a Community Safety Partnership Plan, detailing how crime and disorder will be addressed locally. Under the Council Constitution, it is the role of Full Council to ratify that Plan.