UPDATE 18th April: Added article for forthcoming House magazine.

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New figures released today (11.04.2008), which show the Partnership, has exceeded its target (PSA1) to reduce BCS (British Crime Survey) crime in the City by -26% over the 2003/04 baseline, reducing crime in the city by -28.42%.

Many organisations and agencies have worked in partnership together to contribute to these reductions. The local communities have also played a vital role by informing the partnership of the issues that affect them and by engaging with the numerous crime reduction campaigns that have taken place over this period.

Some of the partnership initiatives that have taken place over the past 3 years, which have contributed to the ongoing fall in crime, include:

Weeks of Action
To date there have been 16 Weeks of Action spread across Nottingham City. The aims of the ‘Respect’ Weeks of Action are to make ‘neighbourhoods cleaner, greener and safer for everyone’. The positive effects of the Weeks of Action have been far-reaching in the communities which have taken part.

Some of the headline achievements are:

• Made 625 Arrests and undertook 89 enforcement raids.
• Removed over 7000 square feet of graffiti.
• Conducted 845 Home ‘Fire Safety Checks’.
• Engaged over 6000 children and young people in activities.

The model for the Weeks of Action has been recognised by the Home Office, and recommended for use by other Partnerships across the Country.

SmartWater
27,000 homes across Nottingham City have been protected by SmartWater technology since April 2003, and 3,000 homes have also been target hardened, which includes window, door and lock security, as well as identifying other vulnerable points on a property. SmartWater is provided free of charge to Nottingham City residents.

In addition, SmartWater technology is deployed in special ‘Capture’ Cars and Homes, and has resulted in a number of convictions through forensic detection.

Community Response / Neighbourhood Watch
Since 2003, the number of Neighbourhood Watch groups has increased from 40 to 228. Neighbourhood Watch continue to play an integral part in the link between local communities and Neighbourhood Managers.

Neighbourhood Policing
Since 2006, the Neighbourhood Policing Model has been developed across all areas of the City, and Local Area Commanders working in partnership with Local Area Managers and the local communities have played a key role in reducing crime and anti-social behaviour at a local neighbourhood level.

Burglary Reduction Group
A multi-agency ‘problem profiling’ approach has been adopted with regards to reducing burglary, hosted by the CDP; this partnership group focusses on prevention and enforcement. The group has been responsible for the introduction of ‘Capture Houses’ it has worked intensively with students through Operation Country, and developed a variety of burglary reduction advice.

Vehicle Crime Group
Based on the same partnership format as the Burglary Reduction Group, the Vehicle Crime Group aims to prevent, deter and enforce in relation to the theft of, and theft from, motor vehicles.

A recent example of the group’s work was Operation Mutual, which ran successfully over a 3 month period in 2007. The operation targetted on-and-off street parking, the deployment of ‘Capture Vehicles’, intelligence led enforcement activity and high profile vehicle crime prevention campaigns. The operation also involved partners such as Nottinghamshire Fire & Rescue service working together with private business to reinforce safer parking messages.

Crime Prevention Campaigns
The Partnership has run numerous campaigns over this period, which have been endorsed and supported throughout the partnership, local businesses such as National Car Parks and Nottingham’s professional sports teams have also supported this work as have our local media partners who have covered these initiatves extensively.

The CDP also continues to work in partnership with both of Nottingham’s Universities, and has recently run campaigns that aim to reduce the harms caused by alcohol, and drugs among Nottingham’s student population.


Allan Breeton, Director of Operations for the Crime & Drugs Partnership said:

"The excellent reductions in crime clearly demonstrate how much can be achieved by working together, but there is no room for complacency, the partnerships commitment to the people of Nottingham is to drive down crime still further and remove the criminal minority from our neighbourhoods."

Derek Stewart OBE, Chair of the Crime & Drugs Partnership, said:

"The reductions in crime across the city have been achieved through strong leadership, informed strategic and operational planning, and a committed and motivated workforce in all our partner organisations.

We will continue to listen and respond quickly to the issues that affect local communities, we will endeavour to inform local people of our progress and continue to work together to establish long term solutions to further reduce crime and anti social behaviour from our city."

Nottingham City Council Leader, Councillor Jon Collins, said:

"It’s tremendous that we have not only met but exceeded our crime reduction target over the past five years. Achieving a 28% reduction against a tough target of 26% in the ten key crimes that most affect communities means, above all else, that fewer people are having their lives blighted by crime in our neighbourhoods. It’s one of the things that people tell us matters most to them, so I’m delighted that the efforts we are collectively making are paying off."

"It shows what can be achieved when partners, determined to make those improvements for our residents, work together with communities. As neighbourhood policing is rolled out across the city and we continue to focus our combined efforts on driving crime down, I’m optimistic that we can build on this great achievement."