Safer Worcester

The Safer Worcester Partnership is a multi agency community safety partnership committed to reducing the incidents of crime and anti-social behaviour in Worcester City, making Worcester a better place to live, work and visit.

Partners include;

As well as a variety of further public, private and voluntary groups

Safer Worcester is part of the South Worcestershire Community Safety Partnership and works towards the four strategic aims adopted by this partnership;

Reduce Crime
Provide Reassurance
Tackle anti-social Behaviour and Disorder
Reduce the Harm Caused by Drugs and Alcohol

Please click on this link to see The Safer Worcester Annual Report 2009, which shows some of the work Safer Worcester has done during the last 12 months.

Action Plan: May 2010

	Action	NI’s/ Local Intelligence	Owner	Agency	Due for Completion	Status	Comments
1	Deliver Alcohol awareness education to schools PSST (Please Stay Safe Sober Together)	NI 17 NI 21 NI 39 LI National concern	Jude Langton Remya Rajendren	Worcester City SWCSP DAAT Schools	July 2010	First meeting has taken place, bid for funding in. £3,500 of funding now secured, waiting to hear from HIF	Project to be delivered in schools to years 7, 8, 9, 10 Delivery due during summer term, to involve St Pauls hostel
2	Part-time taxi ranks – extra taxi ranks at peak times could reduce problems	LI (Taxi Forum)	Andy Fox	Licensing		Angel Place and New St agreed. Update overdue 2010	Progressing well, group looking into provide additional ranks outside Angel Chef, and new street. Asda and Sainsbury’s, nothing heard assumed dead. Sites to be reviewed and refurbished but legal issues means that the process takes 32 weeks. Consultation work underway, Rank in bus station now under threat
3	The Safe Place Project, drop in point for distressed people (alcohol etc)	NI 17 NI 21 NI 39	Jude Langton + steering group		May 2010	Update each Month Started on 18/09/09 6 month pilot	Guys now patrolling streets which is more successful. Project may combine with other organisations for sustainability such as street pastors. Influx of volunteers from University
4	Increase volunteers in high crime areas	NI 2 NI 17 NI 21	Geoff/Graham	Neighbourhood Watch			Identify areas of high crime matched with coverage. Actively recruit in these areas. Active recruiting taking place in Warndon on back of Smart Water. Tapping into the Warndon and Gorse Hill forum to recruit volunteers.
5	Gating alleyway · Lower Chestnut Street, Arboretum · Brickfield’s park crossing	NI 21 LI	Joy Squires	Police/ WCC, Community		Joy to report on developments	Funding approved for Lower Chestnut street, now into the legal phase which will take 4-6 Months Brickfields has also gained support
6	Engage with Warndon and Gorse Hill Forum to reduce ASB and perceptions of ASB	NI 17 NI 21	Chris Hill				Offer support & information to reduce ASB and perception, Partners to attend forum meetings to provide link to Safer Worcester Funding award due April 100K per year for 5 years
7	Develop Communications strategy to communicate successes, activity and real time information to communities to reduce perceptions of crime and ASB	NI 17 NI 21	Jude Langton			On going Annual Report Jan 10 E-zine Nov 09 & Feb 10	Strategy in place, regular press releases, advertising in Vue cinema, mags, displays etc Website being developed for SWCSP
8	Develop plan to tackle seasonal ASB around Cathedral areas & hot spot areas	NI 17 NI 21	Jude Langton John Lawrence			March 2010	Focus group set up to look into issues surrounding the Cathedral. Consultation done with young people in Gheluvelt Park during March, youth bus to be taken twice a month April to Sept as mobile youth club

NI 17 Perceptions of anti-social behaviour

NI 21 Dealing with local concerns about anti-social behaviour and crime by the local council and police

NI 39 Alcohol-harm related hospital admission rates