CDRP
Within the Force area there are eight Community Safety Partnerships, all of which produce separate strategies every three years. Each Community Safety Partnership is required to carry out an audit of local crime and disorder every three years and then to consult with their communities regarding the outcomes of the audits prior to finalising their strategies. The last audits were conducted in 2004, the outcome of these audits have informed the strategies for the period 2005-2008.
These strategies cover the same period as that of the Police Authority Strategy. Selected members of the Police Authority attend Community Safety Partnership meetings and provide feedback in relation to local issues and concerns to the Authority (through the Police Authority Community Safety and Engagement Panel). This provides congruence between the strategies and priorities. This consistency between the strategies and priorities, of both the Community Safety Partnerships and the Police Authority are essential in order to provide effective service delivery, which takes full account of the needs of our communities. The Community Safety Partnerships in the Force area are listed with details of their strategies for 2005/08:
Chester-le-Street Community Safety Partnership and Durham City Community Safety Partnership
For practical reasons these two partnerships meet as one body but still produce separate strategies, which reflect the needs and problems of their individual communities.
Priorities
- Crime Reduction
- Public Reassurance and Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour
- Tackling Drugs, Substance and Alcohol Misuse
- Community Engagement
- Tackling Domestic Violence
Derwentside Community Safety Partnership
Priorities
- Crime Reduction
- Public Reassurance and Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour
- Reducing the harm caused by illegal drugs
- Community Engagement
Easington Community Safety Partnership
Priorities
- Crime
- Including vehicle crime, burglary, theft and also targeting of prolific and priority offenders
- Anti-social Behaviour
- Including criminal damage.
- Substance Misuse
- Violent Crime
- Including domestic violence.
- Public Reassurance and Reducing the Fear of Crime
Sedgefield Community Safety Partnership
Priorities
- Anti-Social Behaviour
- Alcohol
- Domestic Abuse
- Drugs
- Criminal Damage
- Violence Against the Person
- Burglary
- Vehicle Crime
Darlington Community Safety Partnership
Priorities
- Reduce the impact on local communities of anti-social behaviour and disorder
- Reduce overall crime in line with local area agreements and the Government's Public Service Agreements (PSAs)
- Reduce the impact of alcohol related crime and disorder on local communities in line with the national Alcohol Harm Minimisation Strategy
- Reduce drug related crime in line with national Drug Strategy targets
- Reduce the impact of prolific and other priority offenders on the community
- Deal effectively with domestic violence
Wear Valley Community Safety Partnership and Teesdale Community Safety Partnership
For practical reasons these two partnerships meet as one body but still produce separate strategies, which reflect the needs and problems of their individual communities.
Priorities
- Theft of Motor Vehicle
- Theft from Motor Vehicle
- Vehicle Interference
- Domestic Burglary
- Theft of Cycle
- Theft from Person
- Criminal Damage
- Common Assault
- Wounding
- Robbery
- Burglary Other
These partnerships have also set targets to reduce the repeat victims of racial harassment and to disrupt the supply of illicit Class A Drugs.
