Community safety aims and priorities

 

Since 2007, the Safer Woking Partnership has been required to carry out an annual strategic assessment. This provides intelligence and evidence of local crime and disorder problems. This first strategic assessment identified four broad priority areas and was used to develop the new Community Safety Strategy, now known as the Partnership Plan.

Aims

The Safer Woking Partnership agreed the following aims:

  • Promote crime prevention to maintain the low levels of crime and disorder

  • Promoting reassurance - to involve the public and work with all communities to reduce the fear of crime and provide people with a sense of safety and reassurance.

The partnership will:

  • Work jointly with other statutory and voluntary agencies

  • Build capacity within the neighbourhoods and communities to enable them to contribute to the delivery of the aims of this plan.

Priorities

The following priorities were identified from the strategic assessment and a review of current issues and challenges:

Crime:

  • Theft of or from motor vehicles

  • Alcohol fuelled violent crime

  • Domestic Abuse

  • Substance misuse: drugs and alcohol

Anti-social behaviour:

  • Public order offences

  • Driver behaviour:

    • Anti-social parking

    • Speeding

    • Anti-social driving

    • Casualty reduction

  • Litter

Community Reassurance:

  • Ensure every household is able to access updates on local issues involving crime, environmental issues, and traffic and road safety.

  • Local mechanism for residents to access local teams

Fire

  • Youth engagement

  • Road Traffic Collision reduction

  • Arson reduction

  • Wildfire reduction.

Re-offending

  • Support to the Prolific and Other Priority Offenders Strategy, including the monthly Management Panel (PPOMP) meetings

Data quality and collection

  • Review of the current quality and availability of data across all agencies to improve on this for the next strategic assessment

If you want a copy of the partnership plan, including background information, please view the PDF document here.