Plymouth Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership

Since the introduction of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, local authorities have had a statutory duty to work with other local agencies and organisations to develop and implement strategies to tackle crime and disorder. This includes anti-social and other behaviour which badly affects the local environment as well as the misuse of drugs in their area*. These statutory partnerships are known as Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs). In Plymouth the CDRP is known locally as the 'Plymouth Community Safety Partnership'.

The responsible authorities that form a CDRP as set out in section 5 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 are:

• police
• police authorities
• local authorities
• fire and rescue authorities
• primary care trusts (PCTs)

These agencies are under a statutory duty to ensure that the key agencies come together to work in partnership in a CDRP. They are required to work in cooperation with probation boards, parish councils, NHS Trusts, NHS Foundation Trusts, proprietors of independent schools and governing bodies of an institution within the further education sector. They also work closely with Drug Action Teams and have developed integrated working arrangements in unitary authority areas. They are expected to invite a range of local private, voluntary, other public and community groups including the public to become involved in the strategy process.

While the term ‘partnership’ is applied to all those who sit around the table, legally, the responsible authorities (listed above) are the only bodies or agencies under the duty to meet the new regulatory requirements. However, since 31 July 2007, Registered Social Landlords and the Environment Agency have been expected to have a closer working relationship with the responsible authorities of the CDRP.

Priorities for our work which is identified in the Local Area Agreement (LAA) 2008 to 2011 include:

• serious acquisitive crime rate#
• adult re-offending rates for those under probation supervision
• assault with injury crime rate
• dealing with local concerns about anti-social behaviour and crime by the local council and police
• specialist support to victims of a serious sexual offence
• repeat incidents of domestic abuse

We also have a local target in the LAA to address criminal damage.

We have a series of crime-related stretch targets in the LAA for domestic violence, wounding, prolific and priority offenders and drug treatment.

There are a range of multi agency partnership delivery groups, each chaired by one of our Partnership Statutory Agencies, that work to address the above priorities, these are the:

• domestic abuse delivery group
• anti-social behaviour and criminal damage delivery group
• violence delivery group
• acquisitive crime delivery group
• prolific and priority offender strategy group

Please contact us if you would like any further information.

* Section 6, Crime and Disorder Act 1998 as amended by section 97 and section 98 Police Reform Act 2002 and section 1, Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005.

# Serious acquisitive crime includes burglary in a dwelling, aggravated burglary in a dwelling, robbery of business property, robbery of personal property, theft or unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle, aggravated vehicle taking and theft from a vehicle. These crime types are usually associated with unlawful behaviour in order to fund illegal drugs.

Documents

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	Strategic Assessment 2007 - Plymouth's Strategic Assessment 2007, identifies crime and disorder priorities for the upcoming year. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 913KB
	National Community Safety Plan 2006 to 2009 - a Government plan for community safety led by the Home Office. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 833.8KB
	National Community Safety Plan Update 2006 - an update on the progress of the National Community Safety Plan first published in November 2005. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 1.5MB

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