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North Warwickshire Community Partnership - Safer communities: Crime and Disorder Partnership

Key priorities:

• To reduce overall crime by 15%
• To reduce domestic burglary by 16.75%
• To reduce vehicle crime by 16.75%
• To reduce violent crime by 16.75%
• To reduce criminal damage by 16.75%

To reduce the fear of crime.

To reduce the harm caused by alcohol and drugs misuse.

Key Facts

During the last two years North Warwickshire Borough has continued to experience reductions in crime with the lowest rates of domestic and commercial burglary, violent crime, vehicle crime, criminal damage, shoplifting and community disorder incidents, compared to the other four districts within Warwickshire.

During the life of the last Crime and Disorder Reduction Strategy the following trends were achieved:

• Overall, crime levels have reduced by 16%
• Violent crime is on a downward trend
• Domestic burglaries have reduced year on year and are 15% lower
• Vehicle crime has been reduced year on yar and is 40% lower
• Approximately 38% of all crime was business crime during 2003/04
• Overall the level of business crime is on a downward trend with a 15% reduction over the last three years
• Anti-social behaviour will be tackled in a positive and proactive way, working with young people and their communities to develop suitable diversionary activities

Why this is a priority

Improving and maintaining safe communities is a priority, as feeling safe has a positive impact and effect on individuals, groups and communities. Although the Borough experiences low levels of reported crime, residents have a disproportionately high fear of crime. 61% of residents fear having their home broken into (County Council's annual public satisfaction survey January 2005). The Crime and Disorder and Drugs Misuse Audit 2004 consulted with local residents, groups and organisations to help set priorities. The results identified that North Warwickshire's residents are most concerned about:

• Violent crime
• Domestic burglary
• Feeling safe, public reassurance and the fear of crime
• The need for more police presence
• Anti-social behaviour
• Groups of young people causing nuisance
• Tackling substance misuse

A small number of offenders commit a large proportion of the crime in North Warwickshire, requiring resources to prvent and deter future offending behaviour and to manage priority and persistent offenders.

The Borough has a small population of black and minority ethnic people who require specific support services to be able to live without fear of discrimination and harassment.

The North Warwickshire Community Safety Partnership recognises the importance of providing appropriate support services to victims and witnesses of crime and is working to improve the support services for all victims and witnesses of crime and anti-social behaviour.

Our key targets are:

• Reduce overall crime by 15%
• Reduce domestic burglary by 16.75%
• Reduce vehicle crime by 16.75%
• Reduce violent crime by 16.75%
• Reduce criminal damage by 16.75%
• Reduce the fear of crime by 3%
• Reduce anti-social behaviour by 4%
• Reduce drug related crime by 15%
• Reduce re-offending of identified offenders
• Improve support to victims of race and hate crimes
• Improve support to victims of crime

During 2006/07 we will:

• Reduce volume crimes:
  • Provide support to victims of domestic and commercial burglary, providing them with Smart Water and securing their homes
  • Carry out targeted crime prevention campaigns
    
    
• Reassure the public:

  • Deploy mobile CCTV cameras to priority locations
  • Develop positive diversionary activities for young people
  • Work to improve the physical environment of priority locations
  • Establishing local Safer Neighbourhood forums
    
    
• Tackle substance misuse:

  • Carry out targeted interventions and campaigns at priority locations for underage sales of alcohol
  • Implement drug intervention programmes
  • Raise awareness and knowledge of alcohol and drugs misuse in the community via targeted campaigns
    
    
• Improve Offender Managment:

  • Develop individual action plans for priority and persistent offenders to reduce their opportunity to re-offend
    
    
• Tackle Race and Hate Crime:

  • Identify measures to support victims of race and hate crime
    
    
• Increase support to victims:

  • Provide local support services for victims of domestic abuse

Over the next three years we will:

• Reduce Volume Crimes:
  • Work with licensees to promote safer licensed premises
  • Assess the extension of CCTV across the Borough at priority locations
  • Carry out targeted crime prevention campaigns
    
• Reassure the public:

  • Identify and prioritise locality interventions to provide positive diversionary activities for young people
  • Promote education of crime prevention and positive life styles via targeted campaigns
  • Increase involvement with residents' associations and Neighbourhood Watch schemes
  • Implement actions arising from the Safer Neighbourhood forums
    
    
• Tackle Substance Misuse:

  • Raise awareness and knowledge of alcohol and drugs misuse in the community via targeted campaigns
  • Strengthen communities to resist alcohol and drugs misuse via targeted interventions
    
    
• Improve Offender Management:

  • Deliver individual action plans for priority and persistent offenders to reduce their opportunity to re-offend
  • Identify and engage young offenders to reduce their opportunity to re-offend
    
    
• Tackle Race and Hate Crime:

  • Implement the Partnership Against Racism action plan
    
    
• Increase support to victims:

  • Improve the co-ordination of support services for victims of crime and anti-social behaviour
  • Improve the provision of support services for victims of domestic abuse

Further Information can be obtained from:

'Making North Warwickshire a safer place to live' - Crime and Disorder and Drugs Reduction Strategy 2005-2008

Partnerships and organisations responsible for this priority include:

• North Warwickshire Community Safety Partnership
• National Probation Service (Warwickshire)
• North Warwickshire Borough Council
• North Warwickshire Primary Care Trust
• Warwickshire Police
• Warwickshire Police Authority
• Warwickshire County Council
• Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service
• Warwickshire Drug and Alcohol Action Team

Update

The Crime and Disorder partnership was successful in achieving a Well-being grant to deliver an enhanced mentoring scheme in North Warwickshire aimed at young people who are involved in Anti-social behaviour. The aim of the project is to raise the aspirations of young people, enable them to participate in positive diversionary activities and address their behaviour. The project is being developed in partnership with PAYP to supplement the existing mentoring scheme they provide.

The successful local drop-in, Domestic violence project has been extended to provide drop-in sessions five days a week, at 5 locations throughout the borough from 9.30- 12.30.

Or messages can be left at 01675 465053.

North Warwickshire has now officially launched its 4 safer neighbourhoods, North, East, South and West, with the launch of the safer neighbourhoods website, www.safer-neighbourhoods.co.uk . The aim of Safer neighbourhoods is for local partners to address the local communities priorities. The first round of Partners and Communities Together (PACTs) has taken place at each of the Area forums. This has enabled local residents to raise and discuss their concerns. Each forum has selected its 3 priorities which will be addressed over the next 3 months and progress will be reported back to each area forum, the priorities are as follows.

• Area forum North:
  • Anti-social behaviour
  • Speeding
  • Motor Cycles
    
    
• Area forum East Parking:
  • Speeding
  • Anti-social behaviour
    
    
• Area forum South Speeding:
  • Parking
  • Anti-social behaviour
    
    
    
• Area Forum West Anti-social behaviour:
  • Graffiti
  • Motor Cycles

The partnership has recently purchased hand held speed cameras from the Stronger, Safer Communities fund to directly tackle speeding in the borough.

The new community engagement officer who works for the Police has been proactively distributing good news stories to partners and residents of North Warwickshire. The good news stories are aimed at reducing the publics fear of crime by promoting activities which have been developed to combat crime in the local area. The good news stories are being distributed via e-mail and anyone who would like to receive the information should send an e-mail to mike.crowther@warwickshire.pnn.police.uk

• 8th February 2007, 2pm
• 26th April 2007, 2pm
• 19th July 2007, 2pm
• 8th November 2007, 2pm

Web Links:

• North Warwickshire Police Force
• North Warwickshire Community Safety Team
• Warwickshire Probation
• North Warwickshire Borough Council
• Warwickshire County Council
• Warwickshire Drug and Alcohol Action Team
• Home Office
• Crime reduction
• North Warwickshire Safer Neighbourhoods

Contact

Lead Officer: Robert Beggs  01827 719238, Cheryl Bridges 01827 719354
Email: robertbeggs@northwarks.gov.uk, cherylbridges@northwarks.gov.uk

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