Tell us where you feel unsafe and we will work to help change that – key organisations tasked with making the city safer will be out and about next week to hear your views and offer advice.
A Safer Plymouth roadshow will be popping up in neighbourhoods next week as part of a mission to find out from the horse’s mouth what local people think the issues are that affect them.
The tour is part of the national Anti-Social Awareness Week and has been organised by Safer Plymouth, a partnership of agencies who work together to improve the safety of our residents.
The Safer Plymouth team will be in the Police and Crime Commissioner’s community engagement vehicle and will be based at the following locations between 11am and 2pm every day:
• Monday 18 July – Torridge Way, Efford
• Tuesday 19 July – The Broadway car park, Plymstock
• Wednesday 20 July – Granby Way car park, Devonport
• Thursday 21 July – Adelaide Street (outside Oasis Project), Stonehouse
• Friday 22 July – Whitleigh Green, Whitleigh
There will be representatives from Plymouth City Council’s Safer Communities Team, Devon and Cornwall Police, Office of Police and Crime Commissioner, Plymouth Community Homes, Livewest, Sanctuary Housing, the Illegal Money Lending Team and the Ocean Conservation Trust.
Council leader Richard Bingley said: “Anti-social behaviour can make people’s lives a misery and quite simply, people should not have to put up with it. It can range from anything from noise nuisance to graffiti and fly tipping. We want to listen to what people tell us are the problems and to work together to help fix them.”
Action on the ground is also being planned with Stonehouse anti-social behaviour hotspots being targeted.
Representatives from Safer Plymouth organisations have already been on a walkabout with residents to discuss actions they can take to help people feel safer and take more pride in where they live.
Staff from the Council’s Street Cleansing team have been tackling fly-tipping, weeds and litter and the Council is looking at reassessing some of the lighting levels, considering opportunities for mobile CCTV and increasing enforcement patrols.
Plymouth Community Homes are also organising activities working with the Council to tackle fly-tipping.
The organisations have been working with community groups to look at problem solving together, including moving heavy planters to the entrance of a carpark to stop people from dumping rubbish there.
The amazing ‘Clean our Patch’ group of volunteers will be carrying out litter picks during the week while the Adelaide Street Angels will be offering tours for locals of the community garden patches. The angels have also been in discussions with the Council’s street scene teams to address specific issues in the area around rubbish and fly-tipping.
Safer Plymouth is the city’s community safety partnership and is made up of Devon and Cornwall Police, Plymouth City Council, Devon and Cornwall Probation Trust, Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue, NHS Clinical Commissioning Group, and the Police and Crime Commissioner. It also has representatives from the community and voluntary sector. Its aim is to work together to help Plymouth residents feel safer.