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Delivering Safer Communities

The last ten years have witnessed a sea change in the approach that local bodies have adopted to delivering safer communities. Police, local government and a range of other agencies have come together to tackle the crime and disorder† problems in their locality. However, as challenges change, so must our approach for dealing with them. This guidance is intended to help Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships/ Community Safety Partnerships‡ to continue to deliver for their communities. It is part of a wider body of work that the Home Office has in train, including the new three year crime strategy, ‘Cutting Crime – A New Partnership 2008-11’, the new Public Service Agreement goals for community safety and the Government’s desire to help partnerships to be better able to tailor their arrangements according to local circumstances.

1 In this guidance, when we say ‘crime and disorder’ or ‘community safety’, we mean matters including crime and disorder, anti-social behaviour, substance misuse and other behaviour adversely affecting the local environmen.

2 In this guidance, when we say ‘community safety partnership’ or ‘partnership’, we refer to Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs) in England and Community Safety Partnerships (CSPs) in Wales. For other partnerships, we will refer to them in full throughout.