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Cheshire West and ChesterCommunity Safety Partnership

Strategy 2016/2020

2 | Cheshire West and Chester Community Safety Partnership Strategy 2016/2020

Contents3 Foreword

4 The Community Safety Partnership

9 Strategic Assessment of Crime and Disorder

10 Community Safety Partnership Priorities

1. Reducing Re-offending

2. Reduce Child Sexual Exploitation

3. Reduce Anti-Social Behaviour

4. Reduce the Negative Impact of Alcohol and Substance Misuse

5. To increase the number of Domestic Violenceand Abuse (DVA) reports across West Cheshire,allowing us to offer support to more victims, children and perpetrators and start to reduce the number of incidents within those families

6. Embed Prevent in to mainstream activities , including the management of the hate Crime Strategy and Action Plan

7. Reduce the Number of Killed andSeriously Injured people on our roads, includingRoad Safety.

18 Community Safety Partnership Plan

18 Helping the Borough to Thrive

19 Further Information

Cheshire West and Chester Community Safety Partnership Strategy 2016/2020 | 3

Foreword I am pleased and proud to present Cheshire West and ChesterCommunity Safety Partnership Strategy for 2016-2020 on behalf of allour partners who work together to make the borough a safe place tolive, work and visit, and in turn help the borough to thrive.

This is the first four year strategy that theCommunity Safety Partnership has presentedand it is clear that tackling community safetyissues remains a priority for us in Cheshire Westand Chester.

Although crime and disorder levels in theborough continue to fall it is essential that wecontinue to work together to ensure thatcommunity safety issues facing our communitiesremain at the forefront of our work.

This strategy sets out our key priorities and wehave partnership leads for each of them to enableindividual bespoke action plans to be developedand implemented.

Our Priorities are linked to the Council Plan 2016-2020 ‘Helping the Borough Thrive’ as well asdirectly correlating with the Police and CrimePlan 2016-2021. Each priority is linked to one ormore of the Council’s Better Outcomes Plans andthis is demonstrated in the Community SafetyPartnership Plan 2016-2021.

We will continue to measure our progress andcontinually review our priorities as a result of theAnnual Strategic Assessment.

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Councillor Nicole MeardonCheshire West and Chester Council


The Community SafetyPartnershipOur Strategic Aim is to work inpartnership to reduce crime and disorderin Cheshire and West Chester

The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 placed responsibilityon Local Authorities and Police Chiefs to meet regularlywith responsible authorities to discuss crime anddisorder issues within their geography and carry out anannual Strategic Assessment with a Strategy or Plan inplace to reduce crime and disorder.

Following Local Government Review in 2009 a CheshireWest and Chester Crime & Disorder ReductionPartnership (CDRP) was formed, which replaced thearrangements in the previous unitary local authorities.The CDRP is now known as Cheshire West and ChesterCommunity Safety Partnership.

The Cheshire West and Chester Community SafetyPartnership is Chaired by Cheshire West and ChesterCouncil and meets bi-monthly with terms of reference inplace that are reviewed annually.

The functions of the Cheshire West and ChesterCommunity Safety Partnership are:

4 To fulfil the statutory requirements of a CommunitySafety Partnership as set out in the Crime andDisorder Act 1998.

4 Prepare a Strategic Assessment at least once a year

4 Prepare, agree and implement a Partnership Plan thatwill be refreshed each year

4 Refresh the Terms of Reference and Membership ofthe Community Safety Partnership each year

4 Develop and review information sharing protocolsacross the partnerships

4 Manage performance against the objectives setout in the Partnership Plan, and PCC Performanceframework.

4 Co-ordinate the work of partner agencies indeveloping a safe Cheshire West and Chester.

4 Engage with other relevant strategies, for exampleHealth and Well-Being, Youth Offending Service andPCC plan.

4 Adoption of a victim focused approach across allwork streams in line with the PCC plan

4 Use evidence based practice to reduce crime anddisorder and increase community safety

4 Report progress of the Community Safety Partnershipand its supporting groups to the Health and Well-Being Board and partner governing bodies

4 To understand and work in partnership to deliverinterventions to target Child Sexual Exploitation(including missing children and referrals regardingCSE and risky behaviours)

4 To fulfil statutory obligations in relation to DomesticHomicide Reviews


Supporting Partnership GroupsIn order to manage its work, the CommunitySafety Partnership will convene and providestrategic leadership to whatever supporting groupsit requires.

• Operational locality based Problem SolvingGroups. These are meetings to coordinate apartnership response to ASB - both people andplace related.

• Priority Groups; to discuss priorities as identifiedin the Strategic Assessment.

• Chester Community Safety Task Group(CSTG). A bi-monthly meeting for operationalmanagers to review trends and implementactions accordingly.

• Serious & Organised Crime Local PartnershipBoard.

• Local Criminal Justice Board.

• PCC, Chairs of Community Safety PartnershipGroup. Sub-regional meeting with Chairs andVice-Chairs of Community Safety Partnership’s.

We have established a Serious and OrganisedCrime Local Partnership Board that is a sub groupof the Community Safety Partnership.

This group is responsible for discharging thefunctions of Organised Crime Group (OCG)management as set out in the November 2014Home Office Guidance ‘Serious and OrganiseCrime: Local Profiles’.

The membership of the sub-group reflectsthe contributions that can be made by partnersand varies subject to the threat posed and theintervention opportunities identified.

The functions of the Sub-Group are:

The Government Strategy for Serious andOrganised Crime has four main objectivescalled the 4 P’s. The Sub group will developAction Plans and Profiles to include the 4 P’s:

PURSUE: prosecuting and disrupting peopleengaged in serious and organised crime.

PREVENT: preventing people from engaging inserious and organised crime.

PROTECT: increasing protection against seriousand organised crime.

PREPARE: reducing the impact of thiscriminality where it takes place.

Each identified Community Safety PartnershipPriority has a dedicated lead and wherenecessary they will lead task groups to ensurethat the work towards the priority is supportedand outcomes delivered.


Local Policing Units

Following budget cuts in 2014 Cheshire Police re-organised and moved to having one Basic CommandUnit (BCU). Within the basic command unit there are8 Local Policing Units (LPUs) that are self-sufficientfor lower level policing to preserve a neighbourhooddelivery model.

These are supported by more specialist units at PoliceHQ, and mobile task force of traffic and crime carsthat can be deployed to different parts of the county.The LPU model went live in July 2015.

The BCU is headed by a Chief Superintendent. EachLPU is headed up by a Chief Inspector supported by auniform Inspector and a detective Inspector. Chesterhas an additional Inspector due to the size of the City.Uniform policing is split into response policing andbeat management (problem solving).

The LPUs operate a single “booking on” station for allstaff who after daily briefings then disperse to theirlocal beat areas – this has allowed a pooling ofsupervisors and managers and each work in an openplan environment with all departments being based inthe same location.


Safety Central – Cheshire’s Interactive Life Skills CentreSafety Central is Cheshire’s first and onlyinteractive safety and life skills education centre.Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service is working closelywith colleagues in the NHS, the police, councils,Housing Providers and lots of other agencies tobring Safety Central to life.

The programmes are fun, engaging and cover thetopics that matter. From preventing a devastatinghouse fire or avoiding a nasty fall, to staying safeonline or knowing what to do in an emergency,messages are carefully tailored to a range of agesand abilities.

Programmes include:

• SafetyQuest adventure which is designed toenable Year 5 and 6 pupils at Key Stage 2 tochallenge themselves, recognise dangers,reduce risk to themselves and others and toknow what to do in an emergency

• Lessons4Life programme, created to helpprepare Year 9 students at Key Stage 3 throughfor young adulthood by focusing on personalsafety, wellbeing and citizenship

• Other groups who want to explore issuesrelating to safety, health and well-beingincluding uniformed youth groups, charities,residents’ associations, youth clubs and supportgroups.

Safety Central is set to open in September 2017with future programmes to include:

• parents and carers of children under five,reducing the risks of falls, burns and scalds,accidental poisoning, choking and otherdangers around the home

• people who need support to live independently,helping older people and those with physical orlearning disabilities take simple steps to remainsafe at home

• carers and professionals, supporting those wholook after people in their homes to spothazards, reduce risks and keep them as safe aspossible.


Community Safety Partnership MembershipThere are statutory and non-statutory membersof the Community Safety Partnership, statutorymembers have voting rights at Community SafetyPartnership meetings and some non-statutorymembers can vote if agreed by the CommunitySafety Partnership, for example followingTransforming Rehabilitation and the creation ofCommunity Rehabilitation Companies (CRC’s),although they are non-statutory partners theCheshire west and Chester Community SafetyPartnership has agreed that they can vote atmeetings where voting is required.

Statutory attendees:

• Police

• Fire

• CCG

• National Probation Service

• Local Authority

Non Statutory attendees, key strategic partners:

• Youth Offending Service

• Office of the Police Crime Commissioner

• Public Health

• Community Rehabilitation Company

• Third Sector

• Housing Strategy

• CRC

Strategic AssessmentEach year a strategic assessment of crime and disorderin the Borough is carried out. This is an intelligencegathering analysis and consolidation tool, used toinform the Community Safety Partnership priorities, itsupports the strategic decision making process and isalso used to inform the annual refresh of theCommunity Safety Partnership Priorities.

The Strategic Assessment for 2015 tells us that the totalnumber of crimes recorded in Cheshire West andChester has decreased by 4% from 17,571 in 2014 to16,894 in 2015. In comparison the total number ofcrimes recorded in Cheshire decreased by 2% from54,274 in 2014 to 53,148 in 2015.

When comparing data over five years the total numberof crimes recorded in Cheshire West and Chester hasshown a significant decrease, the lowest level for overfive years.

The total number of incidents recorded in Cheshire Westand Chester has decreased by 2% from 76,585 in 2014to 74,759 in 2015. In Comparison the total number ofincidents recorded in Cheshire has decreased by 1%from 298,869 in 2014 to 296,374 in 2015.

When comparing data over five years the total numberof incidents recorded in Cheshire West and Chester hasnot shown a significant decrease. The levels haveremained stable since March 2015. However, whencomparing data from all four local authorities inCheshire; the total number of incidents recorded forCheshire West and Chester shows highest percentagedecrease.

Further details from the 2015 and subsequentCommunity Safety Partnership Strategic assessmentscan be found by visiting:

http://inside.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/GetFile?fileUrl=/iCWAC%20Documents/CommunitySafetyAssessment.pdf&extension=pdf



Community Safety Partnership Following the Strategic Assessment of Crime andDisorder in 2015 the Community SafetyPartnership agreed 7 priorities. Whilst overall crimeand disorder in Cheshire West and Chester hasdecreased it is important to keep these issues atthe forefront of the work the Community Safetypartnership does.

The Community Safety Partnership has aPartnership Plan that sets out the Priorities for2016-2020. The plan is refreshed annuallyfollowing the annual Strategic Assessment.

The current priorities identified are:

1 Reduce Re-offending

2 Reduce Child Exploitation

3 Reduce Anti-Social Behaviour

4 Reduce the negative impact of Alcohol andSubstance Misuse

5 To increase the number of Domestic Violenceand Abuse (DVA) reports across West Cheshire,allowing us to offer support to more victims,children and perpetrators and start to reducethe number of incidents within those families

6 Embed Prevent into mainstream activities

7 Reduce Killed and Serious Injured on the roadsand improve Road Safety

1. Reduce Re-offending

Agencies to contribute positively to projectsdesigned to tackle social issues linked to offending;to promote and encourage change in individuals sothat their risk of re-offending reduces. Focusshould also include offending behaviours aroundviolence with injury and public space violence as itis increasing.

Integrated Offender Management (IOM) is managedby police and partner agencies nominatingoffenders based on a marking template agreedacross the force area. These are offenders thatagencies believe would benefit from intense 1:1management by members of a combined policeand Community Rehabilitation Company team.Root cause issues leading to offending are exploredby the caseworker and the offender together, andsteps taken to address those issues by tying intolocal partner agencies and mainstream services togain support for the offender. A combination ofintense support and robust enforcement can leadto a reduced level of offending and eventually theoffender will be transferred off the scheme forongoing support within mainstream services. Themain pathways addressed by the team are Health,Education, Training and Employment,Accommodation, Drugs, Alcohol, Finance Benefitsand Debt, Children and Families and AttitudesThinking and Behaviour.

2. Reduce Child Sexual Exploitation

To reduce the victims of Child Sexual Exploitation(CSE), improve understanding of the indicators andimpacts of CSE, to bring those who perpetrate CSEto the attention of the police who are responsiblefor investigations and prosecution.

Sexual exploitation of children and young peopleunder 18 involves exploitative situations, contextsand relationships where young people (or a thirdperson or persons) receive ‘something’ (e.g. food,accommodation, drugs, alcohol, cigarettes,affection, attention, gifts, money) as a result ofthem performing, or others performing on them,sexual acts or activities. Child sexual exploitationgrooming can occur through the use of technologywithout the child’s immediate recognition; forexample being persuaded to post sexual images onthe Internet/mobile phones without immediatepayment or gain. In all cases, those exploiting thechild/young person have power over them byvirtue of their age, gender, intellect, physicalstrength and/or economic or other resources.Violence, coercion and intimidation are common,involvement in exploitative relationships beingcharacterised in the main by the child or youngperson’s limited availability of choice resultingfrom their social/economic and/or emotionalvulnerability. (The Department of Children, Schoolsand Families and the Home Office, July 2009)

Cheshire West and Chester Child SexualExploitation (CSE) Operational Group undertakes tomeet monthly at Police HQ Winsford, chaired by aDetective Inspector

Purpose of Cheshire West Child Sexual ExploitationOperational Group:

The Child Sexual Exploitation Operational Grouphas three primary functions:

a. To ensure that all children at risk of sexual exploitation are identified and acknowledged.

b. To ensure that all children at risk of sexual exploitation have a lead professional supporting them.

c. To ensure that all children at risk of sexual exploitation have an effective safeguarding plan in place.

The Child Sexual Exploitation Operational Group isvictim focused but will not duplicate or replace thefunctions of statutory child protection processes inrelation to individual children.

The Child Sexual Exploitation Operational Groupensures that intelligence relating to patterns ofabuse and risk is identified with action taken wherenecessary. This will include the sharing ofintelligence relating to victims, perpetrators andlocations.



3. Reduce Anti-Social BehaviourReduce the prevalence and impact of anti- socialbehaviour in our communities. This is critical tocommunity confidence.

The number of anti-social behaviour incidentsrecorded in Cheshire West and Chester hasdecreased by 9% from 13,084 in 2014 to 11,949in 2015.

The number of anti-social behaviour incidentsrecorded in Cheshire has decreased by 6% from40,802 in 2014 to 38,167 in 2015.

When comparing data over five years the numberof anti-social behaviour incidents recorded inCheshire West and Chester has not shown asignificant decrease. The levels have remainedstable since April 2015 and managing Anti-SocialBehaviour remains a priority for the CommunitySafety Partnership.

When comparing data from all four localauthorities in Cheshire; the number of anti-socialbehaviour incidents recorded for Cheshire Westand Chester shows highest percentage decrease.

Sub-Regional Work

Following the introduction of the ASB Crime andPolicing Act 2014 a protocol has been agreed withSub-Regional Community Safety Colleagues andCheshire Police in relation to the use of thepowers. This protocol does not negate the need forlocal business processes but is intended to providea sub-regional consistent approach to anti-Socialbehaviour and how to use each of the tools andpowers available.

ASB Units

There are three dedicated ASB Units across theborough, all of which are based in police stations.The Community Safety Team includes non-uniformed Community Safety Officers (CSOs) anduniformed Community Safety Wardens (CSWs), andthe ASB Units also have dedicated Police Officersfrom the Local Policing Units.

Working in such close partnership with the policereduces duplication and ensures that we maximisethe resources available to respond to ASB reports.Community Safety staff are also accredited

with a number of police powers under the NationalCommunity Safety Accreditation Scheme in orderto tackle anti-social behaviour, and staff undertakeannual training in relation to these powers.The partnership working that is managed throughdedicated Community Safety management of theASB Units ensures that resources are not beingduplicated and that uniformed officers such asPCSO’s and CSW’s complement each other withtheir own focus on police and local authoritypriorities, and sometimes patrol together

Problem Solving Approach

Problem Solving Partnership Groups exist in eachlocality and are managed by the ASB Units. TheProblem Solving Group (PSG) brings statutory andnon- statutory agencies together to work inpartnership to address Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB)in Cheshire West and Chester.

The Problem Solving Groups take place regularlyand the functions are to:

4 To deliver a unified problem solving approach toAnti-Social Behaviour across Cheshire West andChester.

4 To use a range of available tools and powers in orderto address ASB via this group by implementing keydecisions and interventions.

4 To develop working opportunities between CheshireWest and Chester Council, Police, and the VoluntarySector.

4 To deliver the relevant CSP priorities.


ASB Crime & Policing Act 2014 Tools andPowers

With our partners we use the tools and powersmade available by the Act and ensure that they areapplied on a case by case basis and authorised inaccordance with existing business processes andschemes of delegation.

However if a Key Decision applies to the use of oneor more of the tools and powers then theCommunity Safety Partnership must approve itprior to proceeding. Following this the currentprotocol for obtaining Cabinet approval will beapplied. For example if a PSPO is to be consideredthat would significantly impact on two or moreWards then Community Safety Partnershipapproval must be sought followed by the necessarysteps to obtain Cabinet approval beforeproceeding.

There are business processes available for the toolsand powers available in accordance with the SubRegional Protocol and current legislation. Thesemay be subject to change as best practice or newlegislation emerges.

The sub-regional protocol replaces existing policiesthat supported legislation repealed by the ASBCrime and Policing Act and all new tools andpowers will be applied in accordance withrequirements of the Act.

Dog Control Orders:

Existing Dog Control Orders will remain in placeuntil October 2017 at which time they willautomatically transfer to PSPO’s. A review will takeplace prior to the transfer to determine whetherthese new PSPO’s remain relevant in accordancewith the legislation.

Gating Orders:

As with Dog Control Orders Existing Gating Orderswill automatically transfer to PSPO’s in October2017 and a review will take place prior to thetransfer to determine whether these new PSPO’sremain relevant in accordance with the legislation.

4. Reduce the Negative Impact of Alcoholand Substance Misuse

Reduce the negative impact of alcohol andsubstance misuse (including New PsychoactiveSubstances) in Cheshire West and Chester andexplore the links to Mental Health.

The number of alcohol related incidents recordedin Cheshire West and Chester has decreased by12% from 6,334 in 2014 to 5,545 in 2015.

The number of alcohol related incidents recordedin Cheshire has decreased by 15% from 19,980 in2014 to 16,938 in 2015.

When comparing data over five years the numberof alcohol related incidents recorded in CheshireWest and Chester has shown a significantdecrease, the lowest level for over five years.

When comparing data from all four localauthorities in Cheshire; the number of alcoholrelated incidents recorded for Cheshire West andChester shows lowest percentage decrease.

Recently a Substance Misuse Partnership and anAlcohol Alliance have been set up in the borough.These multi-agency partnerships will continueworking to establish Substance Misuse and Alcoholharm reduction strategies for the borough. Bothstrategies have been drafted and will be discussedwith stakeholders prior to consultation with thepublic in 2017.

The partnerships will also ensure that theSubstance Misuse & Alcohol sections of the JointStrategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) are up to date.In the meantime a number of partnership projectsare under way to reduce harm. A working grouphas been looking at New Psychoactive Substancesand is initiating a data collection exercise using asystem developed by Liverpool John Moore’sUniversity, to establish the extent and nature of theissues in the borough post the recent changes inlegislation. The group is also planning a trainingevent on New Psychoactive Substances (NPS)aimed at frontline staff who may be working withusers of NPS. The alcohol partnership has beendiscussing the possibility of implementing the ‘BlueLight’ project locally, this model designed byalcohol concern aims to improve joint workingaround ‘change resistant drinkers’ – whosepatterns of alcohol consumption may have thegreatest impact on health and community services.


5. To increase the number of DomesticViolence and Abuse (DVA) reportsacross West Cheshire, allowing us tooffer support to more victims, childrenand perpetrators and start to reducethe number of incidents within thosefamilies

The number of domestic abuse reported incidentsinvolving identified vulnerable persons recorded inCheshire West and Chester has increased by 45%from 1,141 in 2014 to 1,658 in 2015.

The number of domestic abuse incidents involvingidentified vulnerable persons recorded in Cheshirehas increased by 31% from 4,377 in 2014 to 5,744in 2015.

When comparing data over five years the numberof domestic violence and abuse incidents involvingidentified vulnerable persons recorded in CheshireWest and Chester has shown a significant increase,the highest level for over five years.

In accordance with the 2016-2020 DomesticViolence and Abuse Strategy we will deliver on ourfive priorities:

• Intervening earlier

• Assessing risk

• Providing services for victims

• Providing services for children and youngpeople

• Challenging perpetrators and giving themeffective support to change

This is managed by the Cheshire West and ChesterDomestic Abuse Partnership (CWACDAP) whichincludes representation from the police, probation,NHS and local authority. The nature and scope ofwork has changed extensively over recent years,reflecting its complexity and ensuring that supportis in place for everyone involved in domesticviolence and abuse situations, at every level of risk

The new DVA Strategy incorporates an updatedService Directory which highlights the range ofmeasures and services that we have in place.

6. Embed Prevent into mainstreamactivities, including the managementof the Hate Crime Strategy and Actionplan

Our local Channel Multi-Agency Partnership (MAP)has operated in West Cheshire since May 2015, itincludes representation from the police, probation,NHS, Youth Offending Service, Education andSafeguarding leads from across the borough. Itsfocus is not to criminalise people but entirely tosafeguard those at risk of radicalisation andsupporting them to change direction in a way thatwill help them. If the Channel group decides thatan individual who is referred would benefit fromsupport, then a plan is established to ensure that ithappens

Support can consist of anything that would helpthat person, possibly including help with familyproblems, health support, religious education,mentoring, career advice or anything elseconsidered likely to effectively safeguard andsupport the person concerned.

The Channel MAP aims to:

• Train our staff to recognise the signs ofvulnerability and know how what to do about it

• Maximise links between policies and strategiesthat deal with vulnerability

• Maintain an awareness of risks and putmeasures in place to mitigate them

• Safeguard those most vulnerable to themessages of extremists

• Ensure there are clear and robust safeguardingpolicies to identify children and adults at risk

• Share information regularly and effectively withour partners

• Ensure that publicly-owned venues andresources do not provide a platform forextremists

• Build resilience to extremist ideologies withinour communities

• Communicate and promote the work andintentions of the Prevent programme

• Identify, understand and counter extremistideologies in partnership with a range ofinstitutions

• Maintain regular and effective dialogue and co-ordination with community-based organisations


7. Reduce Killed and Serious Injured onthe Roads including Road Safety

There were 547 Killed and Seriously Injured (KSI)casualties including 34 fatalities in the CheshireFire and Rescue Service area during 2014 of which182 KSI casualties occurred in CWAC including 13fatalities. This is comprised of children, young adultroad users, car occupants, pedestrians, pedalcyclists, and powered two-wheelers. Whilst theKSI figures is over 40% less than it was a decadeago, it is still unacceptably high and its impactdevastates families and puts significant strain onthe public services that deal with the incidents andhelp put lives back together.

Through a multi- agency approach we willencourage a coordinated and effective delivery ofroad safety improvements in Cheshire West andChester. The ultimate aim is to reduce thenumbers of people killed and seriously injured onthe roads throughout 2016/17. This will beachieved through intelligence led road safetyactivity aligned to the local authority’s statutoryroad safety plan.

The main delivery strands will include Education,Enforcement & Engineering:

• Increase awareness of contributing factors thatcause road traffic collisions and increase theseverity of injury, examples: speeding,impairment (alcohol/drugs), distractions (mobilephones), not wearing of seatbelts, not using thecorrect child restraint system.

• Ensure that the road network is maintained in agood condition, in order to reduce and preventroad traffic accidents and improve road safety.Identify collision hotspot locations andinvestigate potential engineering solutions toreduce the risk.

• Carryout targeted enforcement campaignsbased on sound intelligence.

• Utilise safety/speed cameras to reduce speed inidentified high risk locations.

• Respond to local concerns about road relatedASB/crime. This could include deployment ofSpeed Indicator Device (SID) and communityspeed watch campaigns.

• Explore the links with Speed limits and KSI andthe impact of the proposed 20mph speed limitacross the borough

Community Safety PartnershipPlanIn accordance with the Crime and Disorder Act 1998Community Safety Partnerships must have a Plan forhow they are going to address the issues within theStrategic Assessment.

In April 2016 the Cheshire West and ChesterCommunity Safety Partnership agreed to produce aStrategy for 2016-2020 which includes a CommunitySafety Partnership Plan that will be refreshed annuallybased on the annual Strategic Assessment.

This Strategy sets out the Priorities for theCommunity Safety Partnership and the CommunitySafety Partnership Plan sets out key actions for howthose priorities will be addressed.

Within the Plan each priority has a dedicated aCommunity Safety Partnership lead officer andbespoke dedicated action plans will be developedfor each priority and timescales included.

Helping the Borough ThriveThe Council Plan for 2016 – 2020 is called ‘helping theborough to thrive’ and sets out 10 priorities to guide allour actions and reflects what residents said are mostimportant to them and fully aligns with the prioritiesshared with other partner organisations.

Community Safety is a priority within the BetterOutcome Plan for Cleanest, Safest and most SustainableNeighbourhoods in the Country and has a key action tomeasure whether fewer residents are worried aboutcrime and anti-social behaviour, this will be carried outvia a resident survey in order to establish a base lineprior to the survey being repeated in 2019.

In addition the Community Safety Partnership Planhighlights where the priorities are linked to BetterOutcomes Plans and the Police and Crime Plan 2016-2021


Related Strategies:

Hate Crime Strategy 2016-2019

Risk of Radicalisation Strategy 2015-2018

Domestic Violence and Abuse Strategy 2016-2020

Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy (2016 in development)

Substance Misuse Strategy (2016 in development)

Youth Service Strategy (2016-2020)

Contact Cheshire Police:

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If you need urgent assistance you should always dial 999. We aim to answer within 10 seconds.

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