The Council is a
member of the Suffolk Coastal Community
Safety Partnership which aims to work together to build a
safer, stronger and more secure district.
Community Safety Partnerships are statutory partnerships which
were formed as a result of the
Crime & Disorder Act 1998 (new window).
The Government requires each district to have a partnership to
address community safety, crime and disorder and substance misuse.
Members of the Suffolk Coastal partnership include the Council
and:
It is supported by members of the
Suffolk Local Criminal Justice Board (new
window) and organisations from the voluntary
sector.
The partnership has a three-year rolling partnership plan and
will carry out an annual strategic assessment to identify the
priorities for the district and develop an action plan to address
them.
The strategic assessment for 2008/09 has shown that the certain
areas should be a Suffolk Coastal Community Safety Partnership
priority and others should be shared with the other community
safety partnerships across the county.
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Local priorities
There are five local priority areas identified from the
strategic assessment:
- Violent crime with specific emphasis on the night time
economy.
- Anti-social behaviour with specific emphasis on youth, night
time economy, vehicle and traffic related anti-social
behaviour.
- Criminal damage.
- Domestic abuse.
- Substance misuse particularly alcohol which is the one common
driver behind all the other priorities.
Shared priorities
A further set of shared priorities will be co-ordinated by the
county strategy group and will be led by a named agency or
organisation at a county level.
Shared priorities across the county:
- Community safety enhancement.
- Serious acquisitive crime.
- Hate crime and community cohesion.
- Killed or seriously injured road traffic collisions.
- Prolific and priority offenders.
- Other substance misuse.
Target monitoring, performance reports and crime
statistics
Community Safety Partnership performance is measured quarterly
against Local Area Agreement targets (new window).
Follow the link below to see the most recent target monitoring
reports:
The reports highlight the key areas of concern locally and any
emerging issues which have been identified.
Suffolk County Council's community safety unit publish an online
summary of crime related statistics for Suffolk.
The information included has been recently expanded to include
statistics about anti-social behaviour, domestic violence and
ambulance call-outs.