Community Safety Partnership

The Community Safety Partnership works to tackle crime, disorder and antisocial behaviour to make our communities feel safe and be safe.

Community Safety Partnerships (CSPs) are nationally recognised bodies under the Crime and Disorder Act (1998), with ‘statutory partners’ which include councils, the police, fire service, integrated care boards and probation services should work in partnership to reduce crime and disorder.

What our CSP does

  • Considers data and information to inform priorities.
  • Work collaboratively to meet our statutory responsibilities and meet the aims of the Community Safety Plan.
  • Engage our communities to help reassure the public that Redcar & Cleveland remains a safe place to live.

The Community Safety Plan shows how the CSP fits within the Cleveland Criminal Justice Board, the structure of the CSP and its partners.

Duties

The CSP must deliver against a range of statutory duties including Prevent, commissioning and the scrutiny of Domestic Homicide Reviews and serious violence:

Legislation

Below is a list of the various legislation that the Community Safety Partnership is bound by:

  • Crime and Disorder Act 1998 – The Crime and Disorder Act (1998) gave a number of agencies the duty to work together and share information to reduce crime and disorder and antisocial behaviour. Statutory agencies have changed over the years by subsequent legislation (Police and Justice Act and Police and Crime Act) but currently includes police, probation, local authorities, ICB, and fire service.
  • Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 – The Crime and Disorder Act (1998) gave a number of agencies the duty to work together and share information to reduce crime and disorder and anti-social behaviour. Statutory agencies have changed over the years by subsequent legislation (Police and Justice Act and Police and Crime Act) but currently includes police, probation, local authorities, ICB, and fire service.
  • Police and Justice Act 2006 – Responsible authorities to share evidenced-based data to support Community Safety Partnerships. Duties to carry out frequent Community Safety Strategic Assessments of crime and drug misuse in their area. Produce annual rolling three-year Community Safety Plans. Local authorities to scrutinise the functioning of the local Community Safety Partnership.
  • Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 – Range of duties placed on Community Safety Partnerships regarding tacking of local anti-social behaviour, including oversight of ASB Case reviews.
  • Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 (Section 26) – Duties will apply to specified bodies to have due regard, in the exercise of their functions. Specified bodies will include all statutory partners from the Partnership and more. Specified bodies will establish a Channel process and Panel, a Prevent Board and produce a Prevent Plan – this will fall under the remit of the Partnership.
  • Domestic Abuse Act 2021 – A Domestic Abuse Board to become a statutory group with a duty to support the local authority in discharging these duties.
  • Serious Violence Duty 2022 – Places a statutory duty on relevant services to work together to share information and allow them to target their interventions, where possible through existing partnership structures, collaborate and plan to prevent and reduce serious violence within their local communities. Amends the Crime and Disorder Act (1998) to include serious violence as a priority for Community Safety Partnerships.