Spelthorne Borough Community Safety
Partnership Plan & Priorities 2024/2026
This plan has been produced by the Spelthorne Safer Stronger Partnership for 2024/26. The Plan is updated 6 monthly.
Contents
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Spelthorne Safer Stronger Partnership Priorities |
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Surrey-Wide Context |
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Spelthorne Safer Stronger Partnership |
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Community Harm and Risk Management Meeting (CHARMM)
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Joint Action Group (JAG) |
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Priority 1 – Serious Violence |
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Priority 2 - Violence Against Women & Girls |
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Priority 3 - Domestic Abuse |
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Priority 4 – Hate Crime |
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Priority 5 – Town Centre & Acquisitive Crime |
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Priority 6 – Anti-Social Behaviour |
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Priority 7 – Exploitation & Vulnerability |
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Priority 8 – Water Safety |
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Priority 9 – Counter Terrorism (Prevent) |
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Partnership Action Days (PAD) |
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Our Statutory Responsibilities |
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Spelthorne Safer Stronger Partnership Priorities
This report outlines the Spelthorne Community Safety Partnership Plan and priorities for 2024 – 2025. The report will be reviewed every 6 months. The Community Safety Partnership is referred to locally as the Spelthorne Safer Stronger Partnership(SSSP). The report will include details of the members of the SSSP, the objectives and the link between strategic and tactical approaches to reducing crime and disorder within the Borough of Spelthorne.
The SSSP are responsible for setting the crime and disorder priorities for the borough.
The identification of SSSP priorities have been drawn from the findings of annual Crime Strategic Assessment, the Organised Crime Local Profiles and the Police and Crime Commissioner’s Police and Crime Plan. These reports are bespoke to Spelthorne Borough and identifies the following headline priorities:
· Serious Violence
· Violence Against Women & Girls
· Domestic Abuse
· Hate Crime
· Town Centre Acquisitive Crime
· Anti-Social Behaviour
· Exploitation & Vulnerability
· Water Safety
· Counter Terrorism (Prevent)
This Community Safety Partnership Plan outlines the way the SSSP will work towards these priorities. We are confident that we can build on the established record of partnership working across the Community Safety Partnership to deliver on this agenda. The current crime overview report for Spelthorne can be found in Appendix B.
Surrey wide Context
The primary aim of the Surrey Community Safety Agreement (CSA) is to set out how the responsible authorities will work together to identify and address shared priorities in relation to reducing crime and disorder.
It is a statutory document that is a requirement for two tier authorities such as Surrey under Section 17 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (as amended by the Police and Justice Act 2006).
It is also a requirement in such two-tier local authority areas, that there is a County Strategy Group in order to bring together all district, borough and relevant partners responsible for community safety activity.
The Health and Wellbeing Board performs this function.
The Community Safety vision for Surrey:
- Protect our most vulnerable from exploitation
- Protect our communities from harm
- Empower communities to feel safe
Within those priorities are a number of key areas of focus.
The sections below link those with the strategies that underpin them where developed, the mechanism for delivering those strategies and the existing links from Community Safety Partnerships to those areas of work.
By mapping these out, the Spelthorne Safer Stronger Partnership (SSSP) can assure itself that it is linked into those pan-Surrey work streams and therefore can concentrate on developing local priorities where it can add value.
Surrey Boards
In a two-tier authority area such as Surrey, where a County Council works alongside District and Borough Councils, there is a requirement for a county level group. In Surrey, this is known as the Health and Wellbeing Board. More information can be found at Surrey County Council Community Safety
Surrey Police and Crime Commissioner
The Police and Crime Commissioner is also responsible for commissioning services that support victims, improve community safety, tackle drug use and crime, and reduce re-offending. Further information on this role can be found at Police & Crime Commissioner's website
The Spelthorne Safer Stronger Partnership
The Crime and Disorder Act 1998, section 6, places a statutory responsibility on the ‘responsible authorities’, to formulate and implement a strategy for the reduction of crime and disorder in the area with a Community Safety Partnership. The Spelthorne Safer Stronger Partnership (SSSP) fulfils this role. The aim of the SSSP is to improve the social, economic and environmental well-being of Spelthorne. The SSSP consists of representatives from:
· Surrey Police
· Spelthorne Borough Council
· HM Probation Service
· Surrey Fire & Rescue
· Clinical Commissioning Group
· Bronzefield Prison
· A2Dominion Housing
· Environment Agency
· Surrey County Council
All parties are signed up to the Surrey Multi-Agency Information Sharing Protocol (MAISP).
The objectives of the SSSP are:
• To provide strategic leadership and co-ordination between agencies for improving the social, economic and environmental well-being of the borough (and in doing so, ensure that the specific needs of different communities within the borough are addressed).
• To foster positive working relationships between the public, private, voluntary and community sectors
. • To share information and intelligence about the needs of the borough.
• To oversee and co-ordinate community consultation and engagement
• To discharge the statutory responsibilities of the Borough's Community Safety Partnership and for that purpose:
• To act jointly to seek to reduce crime and disorder in the Borough
• To develop and co-ordinate the activities of the partners in implementing the Spelthorne Community and Safety Partnership Action Plan.
• To assist and enable the responsible authorities to exercise their functions under section 17 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.
• To make decisions about priorities, programmes, initiatives and the allocation of resources.
Membership of the Board is based on the ability of representatives to make high level strategic and operational decisions, including committing budgets and resources.
Problem solving
To carry out our work, we use the “OSARA” model, which is a 5-stage process consisting of:
• Objective
• Scanning
• Analysis
• Response
• Assessment
The SSSP have two main problem-solving groups:
• The Joint Action Group (JAG)
• Community Harm & Risk Management Meeting (CHaRMM)
Community Harm and Risk Management Meeting (CHARMM)
Community Harm and Risk Management Meetings (CHaRMMs) will discuss and agree action to reduce the negative impact that problem individuals and families have on Surrey's communities through their anti-social behaviour. Using the expertise that exists on this multi-agency group, members will share information on high-risk cases and incidents and put in place appropriate risk management plans to address the behaviour of the perpetrator and reduce the negative impact on victims. The meeting will also assess high-risk victims to ensure that the appropriate safeguarding measures are implemented.
Examples of individuals dealt with at the CHaRMM include:
· Persons displaying a disregard for community or personal well-being (i.e. excessive noise, rowdy, nuisance, drunken or loutish behaviour)
· Perpetrators of acts directed at people (i.e. intimidation/harassment, making threats, verbal abuse, coercion/exploitation)
· Perpetrators of environmental damage/vandalism (i.e. criminal damage, vandalism)
· Victims of ‘Cuckooing’.
CHaRMMs are the agreed forum for implementation of tools and powers introduced by the ASB Crime & Policing Act, in particular:
· Civil Injunctions
· Community Protection Notices
· Injunctions
· Criminal Behaviour Orders
· Closure Notices
CHaRMMs are accountable to local Community Safety Partnerships (CSPs) and the overarching, Surrey Community Safety Board, and should contribute to the delivery of local community safety partnerships plans and the overarching strategies of the county Community Safety Board.
Joint Action Group (JAG)
Formerly referred to as the Tactical & Coordinating Group, the Joint Action Group addresses crime and disorder issues that have been identified through the analysis of intelligence and statistics provided by all community safety partner agencies.
Utilising the expertise that exists on the group it will identify desirable outcomes and determine the actions and interventions to be used to achieve these outcomes.
The JAG decide priorities, agree action plans, allocate resources and ensure there is a co-ordinated response to issues highlighted at the JAG and contained within Community Safety Partnership Plans. They play a key role in developing effective partnership responses to crime and disorder and anti-social behaviour reduction.
Examples of some of the issues dealt with by JAGs include:
· Residential burglary
· Town centre disorder
· Youth disorder/nuisance
· Anti-social behaviour and public reassurance
· Fear of crime and vulnerable groups
· County Lines
· Water Safety
· Serious Violence Duty
· Violence against women & girls
· Community Impact assessments
· Domestic related death reviews
· Anti-social behaviour case reviews
Serious Organised Crime Joint Action Group (SOC JAG)
The Partnership also hold a quarterly serious organised crime joint action group chaired by Surrey Police.
SSSP Representation
The SSSP will be represented via the Spelthorne Borough Community Safety Team on the following boards/groups:
· Surrey Community Safety Board
· Surrey Safeguarding Adolescents Strategic Sub- Group
· Surrey Prevent Executive Board
· Spelthorne MARAC
· Surrey Serious Violence Operational Group
· Spelthorne Safeguarding Adults Board
· Surrey Risk management Meeting
· Spelthorne Healthy Community Partnership and Spelthorne Homelessness Prevention Joint forum
· Surrey Combating Drugs Partnership
· Surrey Water safety Partnership
· Business Crime Reduction Partnership
· Spelthorne Pub Watch
· Spelthorne Neighbourhood Watch
Priority 1 – Serious Violence
The Serious Violence Duty (SVD) came into force on the 31 January 2023 across England and Wales. The purpose of the SVD is to ensure that relevant agencies work together to share data, intelligence and knowledge to understand and address the root causes of serious violence, and target interventions to prevent and stop violence altogether.
The SVD aims to ensure that agencies focus activity on reducing serious violence, whilst also providing sufficient flexibility so that relevant organisations can work together in the most effective local partnership for any given area. It is also strongly encourages local areas adopt a public health approach to reducing violence.
Specified authorities with a statutory responsibility to comply to the Duty
The Duty requires the following specified authorities within a local government area to collaborate and plan to prevent and reduce serious violence:
- Surrey Police
- Probation Services or Youth Offending Teams
- Surrey Fire and Rescue
- Surrey Heartlands Integrated Care Boards
- Spelthorne Borough Council
- Surrey County Council
- Schools and the Education Authority (must collaborate)
- Prison Services (must collaborate as requested)
Spelthorne Safer Stronger Partnership is also subject to the Duty and the Government have amended the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 to ensure that Community Safety Partnerships have an explicit role in evidence based strategic action on serious violence. As CSPs are subject to both the new Crime and Disorder Act requirements and the Duty, this will enable them to escalate local serious violence issues to a higher strategic level where necessary.
In recognition of the vital role schools and colleges play in safeguarding children and young people, education authorities including local authority maintained schools, academies, independent schools and free schools; including primary schools, alternative education provision and further education providers, must be consulted by the specified authorities in the preparation of the strategy.
Prisons and the Children and Young People Secure Estate play an integral role in protecting the public, both in the rehabilitation of those people in prisons and young children who have committed violent offences and are in custody, and people on probation or children supervised by Youth Offending Teams in the community. As with education authorities, prison and youth custody authorities are required to be consulted by the specified authorities in the preparation of the strategy.
The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner is not a specified authority, but will be responsible for allocating grant funding to authorities under the Duty and are encouraged to have a convening role.
Defining Serious Violence
Surrey OPCC has (in collaboration with partners) designated nine offences that will define Serious Violence in Surrey. These are:
• Violence with injury
• Violence without injury
• Domestic abuse
• Homicide
• Stalking and harassment
• Possession of weapon offences
• Robbery
• Sexual offences including rape
• Public order offences
This does not mean that specified authorities will be compelled to take action on these crime types specifically linked to the Duty alone, but instead that they should consider whether violence of these kinds amounts to serious violence in their area. Specified authorities should also include a focus on public space youth violence including; homicide, violence against the person (which may include both knife crime and gun crime), and areas of criminality where serious violence or its threat is inherent, such as in county lines drug dealing.
In determining what amounts to serious violence in their local area, the specified authorities must take into account the following factors;
- The maximum penalty which could be imposed for any offence involved in the violence;
- The impact of the violence on any victim;
- The prevalence of the violence in the area, and
- The impact of the violence on the community in the area
Analytical Support
In order to reduce serious violence within the Spelthorne Borough we will rely on the support of the OPCC in the delivery of strategic assessments. These will provide an analytical overview of where violence is most prevalent within the borough so that appropriate responses can be implemented. Historical analytical support will allow the SSSP to determine preventative measures.
Analytical support will be utilized to develop hotspot data, providing an accurate intelligence picture of where violence is most prevalent within the borough.
Ultimately, the SSSP will use analysis to understand the problem as the reasons for violence are widespread. We will assess:
· Types of violence
· Age/ethnicity/education/employment/deprivation etc.
· Social/health conditions
· Locations/neighbourhoods
Planning and Problem-Solving
All cases related to serious violence will be discussed within the existing monthly Tactical & Coordinating meeting with all statutory partners. The meeting will determine the following:
· Information sharing
· Hotspot areas
· Victim care
· Prolific offenders
· Support services
· Tactical options
The Serious Violence Duty will also be reflected in the SSSP Community Safety Strategy as a key priority.
Tactical options for reduction
We will follow the Surrey Police model for intervention and reduction using their 4 ‘P’ model:
· PURSUE - Prosecute & disrupt people engaged in Serious violence.
· PREVENT - Prevent people for engaging in Serious violence
· PROTECT – Increase Protection Against Serious violence.
· PREPARE – Reduce Impact of Criminality Where it Takes Place
Useful links
- Serious Violence Duty Statutory Guidance
- A whole-system multi-agency approach to serious violence prevention
Key points for delivery:
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Objective |
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Administer the monthly JAG Lead: Community Safety |
Maintain Agenda Item |
Open |
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Review Hotspot data Lead: Community Safety |
Ensure appropriate resourcing in hotspot areas to reduce violence |
Open |
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Community Impact Assessments Lead: Surrey Police |
Assess impact of reported violence within the community |
Open |
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Joint Neighbourhood Survey (quarterly) Lead: Surrey Police & Surrey County Council |
Assess and research neighbourhood data to gauge community perceptions |
Open |
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Operational interventions Lead: Surrey Police |
Provide operational support to tackle serious violence. |
Open |
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Victim support & analysis Lead: Surrey Police & CCG |
Provide support for victims and assess any potential linked-series |
Open |
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Crime Prevention & Education Lead: Community Safety & Police |
Assess crime prevention opportunities. Ensure education and communication |
Open |
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Offender Management Lead: Surrey Police, Probation & Community Safety |
Manage offenders to prevent repeat offending. Link with CHaRMM/MARAC/MATAC & RMM |
Open |
Priority 2 - Violence Against Women & Girls
Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) has been adopted as a key borough priority since 2022 with the intention being to review what is being done across the borough to educate people, prevent and deter these types of crimes, consider what support is available for victims and make recommendations on what more could be done to make women and girls safer in Spelthorne Borough.
Women and girls should be able to live free from fear of violence, but sadly that fear is often grown from a young age. Whether it is experiencing harassment in the street through to other forms of gender-based abuse, being the victim of such behaviour has become ‘normalised’ as part of daily life.
Everyone has a role to play in addressing unacceptable behaviour in others. Violence Against Women and Girls encompasses a wide range of gender-based crimes including domestic abuse, sexual offences, stalking, harassment, human trafficking and ‘Honour’ Based Violence. We know these crimes disproportionally affect women and girls, with women four times more likely to experience a sexual assault than men.
We work in partnership with Surrey Police who have implemented the VAWG Strategy - Surrey Police VAWG Strategy
VAWG is a key component of the Serious Violence Duty and is managed via the Joint Action Group.
Key points for delivery:
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Objective |
Measure |
Status |
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Administer the monthly CHaRMM Lead: Community Safety |
Maintain Agenda Item |
Open |
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Community Impact Assessments Lead: Surrey Police |
Assess impact of reported violence within the community |
Open |
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Joint Neighbourhood Survey (quarterly) Lead: Surrey Police & Surrey County Council |
Assess and research neighbourhood data to gauge community perceptions |
Open |
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Local Survey – Public Consultation Lead: Community Safety/Police
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Annual Consultation, Youth Survey. Local Schools & women’s group surveys |
Open |
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Operational interventions Lead: Surrey Police |
Provide operational support to tackle VAWG |
Open |
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Victim support & analysis Lead: Surrey Police & CCG |
Provide support for victims and assess any potential linked-series |
Open |
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Crime Prevention & Education Lead: Community Safety & Police |
Assess crime prevention opportunities. Ensure education and communication |
Open |
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Offender Management Lead: Surrey Police, Probation & Community Safety |
Manage offenders to prevent repeat offending. Link with CHaRMM/MARAC/MATAC & RMM |
Open |
Priority 3 - Domestic Abuse
The Domestic Abuse strategy has been updated to reflect the principles of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 and the following pledges have now been implemented:
· The SSSP will ensure that relevant advice will be advertised on Council websites with the contact details for all local and national support agencies.
· Seeking to educate partners and the community regarding key legislative changes e.g. The Domestic Abuse Act 2021.
· The SSSP will comply with the Domestic Abuse Commissioner’s Strategic Plan.
· The SSSP – Will ensure that Spelthorne Borough Council is represented on the Surrey Domestic Abuse Executive Group.
· Key messages will be shared on social media to encourage active reporting to provide a more proactive approach.
· Domestic abuse and Hate Crime are managed via the CHaRMM. Key partners are tasked with individual responsibilities to ensure that that Domestic Abuse survivors’ needs are managed via this forum.
· The SSSP will ensure that our responsibilities are fully met regarding the management of Domestic Homicide Reviews and the requirement to co-operate with the Domestic Abuse Commissioner as outlined in the new legislation.
· The partnership will adhere to the principles of the Surrey Against Domestic Abuse Strategy.
· The SSSP will support the Surrey Police Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy 2021.
Spelthorne Borough Council will work within the scope of the Surrey Against Domestic Abuse Strategy 2024-2029 Surrey Domestic Abuse Strategy
Key points for delivery:
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Objective |
Measure |
Status |
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Administer the monthly CHaRMM Lead: Community Safety |
Maintain Agenda Item |
Open |
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Community Impact Assessments Lead: Surrey Police |
Assess impact of reported violence within the community |
Open |
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Maintain Contact with DA support groups Lead: Community Safety & Police |
Ensure charities & support groups are liaised with to maintain local insight. |
Open |
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Support & Commission Domestic-Related Death Reviews Lead: Community Safety |
Ensure appropriate coordination via SCC DADR Officer, Provide Home Office reports |
Open |
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Joint Neighbourhood Survey (quarterly) Lead: Surrey Police & Surrey County Council |
Assess and research neighbourhood data to gauge community perceptions |
Open |
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Operational interventions Lead: Surrey Police |
Provide operational support to tackle Domestic Abuse |
Open |
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Survivor support & analysis Lead: Surrey Police & CCG |
Provide support for DA Survivors. |
Open |
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Crime Prevention & Education Lead: Community Safety & Police |
Assess crime prevention opportunities. Ensure education and communication |
Open |
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Offender Management Lead: Surrey Police, Probation & Community Safety |
Manage offenders to prevent repeat offending. Link with CHaRMM/MARAC/MATAC & RMM |
Open |
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Support Domestic Abuse Awareness Week Lead: Community Safety & SCC |
Ensure education and awareness campaigns are appropriately circulated through communication channels. |
Open |
Priority 4 – Hate Crime
Hate Crime is defined as - "Any criminal offence which is perceived by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by hostility or prejudice, based on a person's disability or perceived disability; race or perceived race; or religion or perceived religion; or sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation or transgender identity or perceived transgender identity."
There is no legal definition of hostility so we use the everyday understanding of the word which includes ill-will, spite, contempt, prejudice, unfriendliness, antagonism, resentment and dislike.
Despite recorded hate crimes being relatively low in Spelthorne it is suspected that the real numbers are much higher. To address this Spelthorne SSSP will support the Surrey Police Hate Crime Strategy Hate Crime Policy (surrey.police.uk)
Key points for delivery:
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Objective |
Measure |
Status |
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Administer the monthly JAG Lead: Community Safety |
Maintain Agenda Item & Refer relevant cases to CHaRMM |
Open |
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Community Impact Assessments Lead: Surrey Police |
Assess impact of reported violence within the community. |
Open |
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Joint Neighbourhood Survey (quarterly) Lead: Surrey Police & Surrey County Council |
Assess and research neighbourhood data to gauge community perceptions |
Open |
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Operational interventions Lead: Surrey Police |
Provide operational support to tackle hate crime. |
Open |
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Victim support & analysis Lead: Surrey Police & CCG |
Provide support for victims – utilise support agencies e.g. StophateUK |
Open |
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Crime Prevention & Education Lead: Community Safety & Police |
Assess crime prevention opportunities. Ensure education and communication. Maintain contact with relevant agencies to assess unreported crime. |
Open |
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Offender Management Lead: Surrey Police, Probation & Community Safety |
Manage offenders to prevent repeat offending. Link with CHaRMM/MARAC/MATAC & RMM |
Open |
Priority 5 – Town Centre & Acquisitive Crime
There is no legal definition of hostility so we use the everyday understanding of the word which includes ill-will, spite, contempt, prejudice, unfriendliness, antagonism, resentment and dislike.
Staines Town Centre is the main crime hotspot for the borough as per the 2024 Tactical Assessment. This is due to a number of factors. The town has excellent transport links, amenities, businesses, restaurants and retail outlets. Sadly, as with the whole of the United Kingdon the prevalence of retail crime remains disproportionately high in comparison to other crimes. That, coupled with anti-social behaviour has the potential to increase the fear of crime and also deter business from the area.
There is a well-established business improvement district (BID) in the town who are actively engaged in the JAG, the Pub Watch and the newly formed Business Crime Reduction Partnership. The BID maintains security to the Two-Rivers area and together with the Elmsleigh Centre Security they do have an impact on business crime.
That said, business/retail thefts are on the increase nationally. The Police & Crime Commissioner has tasked the new Chief Constable of Surrey Police to tackle retail crime as a priority.
To support this, Spelthorne Borough Council operate 25 CCTV cameras within the Town Centre alone linked to the Safer Runnymede control room for 24/7 coverage.
Key points for delivery:
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Objective |
Measure |
Status |
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Administer the monthly JAG Lead: Community Safety |
Maintain Agenda Item |
Open |
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Review Hotspot data Lead: Community Safety |
Ensure appropriate resourcing in hotspot areas to town centre offending |
Open |
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Crime Prevention Lead: Surrey Police & Community Safety |
Assess current security practices. Partnership Action days at high footfall times e.g. Christmas Shopping/January Sales. |
Open |
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Joint Neighbourhood Survey (quarterly) Lead: Surrey Police & Surrey County Council |
Assess and research neighbourhood data to gauge community perceptions |
Open |
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Operational interventions Lead: Surrey Police |
Provide operational support to tackle Shoplifting & ASB with a positive outcome policy |
Open |
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Victim support & analysis Lead: Surrey Police & CCG |
Provide support for victims and assess any potential linked-series |
Open |
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Crime Prevention & Education Lead: Community Safety & Police |
Assess crime prevention opportunities. Ensure education and communication. Promise use of DISC system and Town-link radios to retailers. |
Open |
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Offender Management Lead: Surrey Police, Probation & Community Safety |
Manage offenders to prevent repeat offending. |
Open |
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Ensure adequate CCTV Lead: Community Safety |
Maintain and ensure cameras are appropriately placed. |
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Priority 6 – Anti-Social Behaviour
Anti-social Behaviour (ASB) is by no means trivial. It is a highly damaging and unacceptable set of behaviours that can have detrimental and lifelong effects on people within the community. Spelthorne Borough Council stands against any and every form of anti-social behaviour.
No single organisation can end ASB alone. Although the Spelthorne Safer Stronger Partnership will take a strategic overview of ASB, we will take a place-based approach, calling on all of our partners and our communities to address ASB and its root causes.
The legal definition of ASB is as follows:
· Conduct that has caused, or is likely to cause, harassment, alarm or distress to any person,
· Conduct capable of causing nuisance or annoyance to a person in relation to that person’s occupation of residential premises, or
· Conduct capable of causing housing-related nuisance or annoyance to any person.
ASB, Crime & Policing Act 2014
Some examples include:
· Drug misuse and dealing
· Alcohol Related nuisance
· Discriminative behaviour/ hostile acts
· Vandalism and damage to property
· Setting off fireworks late at night
· Misuse of communal / public space
· Litter, Rubbish and Fly-tipping
· Rowdy and noisy behaviour Vehicle Nuisance
· Public Nuisance related to licensed premises
· Garden Nuisance
·
Pets and Animal
Nuisance
Key points for delivery:
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Objective |
Measure |
Status |
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Administer the monthly JAG Lead: Community Safety |
Maintain Agenda Item
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Open |
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Review Hotspot data Lead: Community Safety |
Ensure appropriate resourcing in hotspot areas of ASB |
Open |
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Crime Prevention Lead: Surrey Police & Community Safety |
Assess current security practices. Partnership Action days in ASB areas |
Open |
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Joint Neighbourhood Survey (quarterly) Lead: Surrey Police & Surrey County Council |
Assess and research neighbourhood data to gauge community perceptions |
Open |
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Operational interventions Lead: Surrey Police |
Provide operational support to ASB with a positive outcome policy |
Open |
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Victim support & analysis Lead: Surrey Police & CCG |
Provide support for victims and assess any potential linked-series (persistent targeting) |
Open |
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Crime Prevention & Education Lead: Community Safety & Police |
Assess crime prevention opportunities. Ensure education and communication. Support of ASB awareness week |
Open |
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Offender Management Lead: Surrey Police, Probation & Community Safety |
Manage offenders to prevent repeat offending utilising judicial and non-judicial remedies |
Open |
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Ensure adequate CCTV Lead: Community Safety |
Maintain and ensure cameras are appropriately placed. |
Open |
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Diversion Lead: Community Safety, Police, Leisure Services, Surrey Fire & Rescue |
Arrange for youth diversionary activities in hotspot areas. Delivery of Junior Citizen & ASB Working Group recommendations. SF&R YES Scheme |
Open |
Priority 7 – Exploitation & Vulnerability
Exploitation covers a wide range of illegal activities and can often be referred to as ‘hidden crimes’. These can be directed at both adults and children. In some cases offenders target the vulnerable to take advantage of them for their criminal gains. Some examples of exploitation are:
· Sexual exploitation
· Modern Slavery
· Human trafficking
· Financial exploitation
· County lines
· Forces marriage
· Fraud & Scams
The list is not exhaustive. Exploitation destroys individuals and communities leading to isolation and a widespread fear of crime.
Key points for delivery:
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Objective |
Measure |
Status |
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Administer the monthly CHaRMM Lead: Community Safety |
Maintain Agenda Item – Ensure liaison with SPA & CSPAR & Borough Safeguarding leads
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Open |
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Crime Analysis & Intelligence Lead: Community Safety |
Determine any patterns and develop community intelligence |
Open |
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Crime Prevention Lead: Surrey Police & Community Safety |
Awareness campaigns to educate the community. Advertise common signs. |
Open |
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Joint Neighbourhood Survey (quarterly) Lead: Surrey Police & Surrey County Council |
Assess and research neighbourhood data to gauge community perceptions |
Open |
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Operational interventions Lead: Surrey Police |
Provide operational support to ASB with a positive outcome policy |
Open |
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Victim support & analysis Lead: Surrey Police & CCG |
Provide support for victims and assess any potential linked-series (persistent targeting) |
Open |
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Crime Prevention & Education Lead: Community Safety & Police |
Assess crime prevention opportunities. Ensure education and communication. Support of ASB awareness week |
Open |
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Information Sharing Lead: Community Safety/Police/CCG |
To ensure liaison with SCC Exploitation leads through the county Risk management Meeting. Liaison via Adult Social care and mental health services to assess victims |
Open |
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Offender Management Lead: Surrey Police, Probation & Community Safety |
Manage offenders and work in the SOC briefing to identify and develop intelligence on offenders. |
Open |
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Ensure adequate CCTV Lead: Community Safety |
Maintain and ensure cameras are appropriately placed. |
Open |
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Diversion Lead: Community Safety, Police, Leisure Services, Surrey Fire & Rescue |
Arrange for youth diversionary activities in hotspot areas. Delivery of Junior Citizen & ASB Working Group recommendations. SF&R YES Scheme Deter people from taking part in criminal activities |
Open |
Priority 8 – Water Safety
Exploitation covers a wide range of illegal activities and can often be referred to as ‘hidden crimes’. These can be directed at both adults and children. In some cases offenders target the vulnerable to take advantage of them for their criminal gains. Some examples of exploitation are:
Spelthorne Borough has some 12 miles of river frontage. The need for water safety measures is clear with accidents occurring every year with high volumes of people using the river both commercially and recreationally.
To combat this, Spelthorne Borough Council, in partnership with Surrey Fire & Rescue have erected 15 locked throwlines and 20 throw-rings (lifebuoys) at strategic points throughout the borough. Together with educational messages completed in partnership with the RNLI and the RLSS both on social media and in schools, this forms the water safety strategy for Spelthorne.
The Community Safety Team area responsible for the maintenance of the equipment and ensuring that training is provided. In 2023, Spelthorne Borough Council created new water safety signs to discourage wild swimming by amateurs. The signs have been placed at strategic points where we know these activities are taking place.
Key points for delivery:
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Objective |
Measure |
Status |
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Administer the monthly JAG Lead: Community Safety |
Maintain Agenda
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Open |
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Analysis & Intelligence Lead: Community Safety |
Determine any patterns and develop community intelligence. Monitor WADE database and liaise with Surrey Police re incidents & near misses |
Open |
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Safety Awareness Lead: Surrey Police & Community Safety |
Awareness campaigns to educate the community. Advertise common signs. |
Open |
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Education Lead: Community Safety |
Water safety roadshows to take place twice annually Delivery of Junior Citizen |
Open |
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Communication Lead: Community Safety & Borough Comms |
Provide social media updates on water safety initiatives |
Open |
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Equipment maintenance Lead: Community Safety |
Monthly checks to be carried out on all water safety equipment and signage. |
Open |
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Environmental Visual Audits Lead: Community Safety, Environment Agency & JET |
Joint River patrols to determine areas of risk |
Open |
Priority 9 – Counter Terrorism (Prevent)
Prevent is about keeping people and communities safe from the threat of terrorism. It is one part of the government's overall counter-terrorism strategy, CONTEST. The other strands are Pursue, Protect and Prepare.
Prevent is about safeguarding people from being drawn into extremism or radicalisation. The Home Office works with local authorities and a wide range of government departments and community organisations to stop people from supporting or engaging in extremism or terrorism.
The objectives of Prevent are to:
- tackle the ideological causes of terrorism
- intervene early to support people susceptible to radicalisation
- enable people who have already engaged in terrorism to disengage and rehabilitate.
Prevent is concerned with all forms of extremism that could lead to terrorism, including far-right extremism and some aspects of non-violent extremism.
Further information about Prevent can be found in these Home Office factsheets:
Key points for delivery:
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Objective |
Measure |
Status |
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Administer the quarterly SSSP Meeting Lead: Community Safety |
Maintain Agenda
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Open |
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Analysis & Intelligence Lead: Community Safety |
Attend monthly Prevent Executive Group Meeting (PEG) |
Open |
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Channel Cases Lead: Surrey County Council |
Liaise with Spelthorne Borough Council re Channel cases. |
Open |
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Education Lead: Community Safety |
Training for frontline staff in recognising, referring and responding to radicalisation
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Open |
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Communication Lead: Community Safety & Borough Comms |
Provide social media updates on Prevent activities |
Open |
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School Liaison Lead: Surrey County Council |
Liaise with schools regarding potential radicalisation |
Open |
Partnership Action Days (PAD)
Prevent is about safeguarding people from being drawn into extremism or radicalisation. The Home Office works with local authorities and a wide range of government departments and community organisations to stop people from supporting or engaging in extremism or terrorism.
Partnership action days are days of action where all partners work together at a tactical level to address local issues linked to the SSSP Priorities. These are held every other month. Examples of these have included:
· Retail Crime day of action – Staines Town Centre
· Domestic Abuse education Staines Town Centre
· Anti-social behaviour awareness – Ashford
· Water Safety equipment training & awareness – Lammas Park
· Scams Awareness – Spelthorne Day Centres
The days are an excellent way to demonstrate the partners visibly working together on local issues. Members of the public are encouraged to take part.
Domestic-Related Death Reviews
Formerly referred to as Domestic Homicide, the title has been changed to include any fatality that has a link to domestic abuse. The Home Office requires the local Community Safety Partnership (In this case revered to as the SSSP) to commission an investigation into the fatality to assess whether there are any lessons to be learned in such cases.
These are managed by the SSSP in partnership with the DARDR Coordinator at Surrey County Council. To date this year there have been two such cases on Spelthorne Borough.
Anti-Social Behaviour Case Reviews
The ASB case review can be used if you (or others with your consent) have complained on three or more occasions about separate incidents of anti-social behaviour in the past six months. This has been designed to give the victim the right to request that agencies deal with persistent anti-social behaviour.
These are managed within the Joint Action Group with results being fed into the SSSP. To date in 2024 there has been one case.
Our Statutory Responsibilities
Each key priority that is identified within this plan contains several actions. These are designed to ensure that priority objectives are achieved.
Targets have been set as an essential part of bringing about that achievement; this will form the JAG (T&CG) process. Monitoring performance will be set against the key points for delivery indicators. These indicators will be set against each key priority.
The Plan will be placed on the council web site and updated on a six-monthly basis so that the public can track progress.
Crime, disorder and anti-social behaviour data and associated performance information will be collected by the Operational Management Group (Surrey Police) and presented to the Spelthorne Safer Stronger Partnership Board at the quarterly meetings, so that delivery can be monitored and any lack of progress challenged.
This information will also be available to other bodies, including those with community representation, as appropriate. Annual reports will also be available for wider community consultative processes and transparency.
Other national, county and local plans, strategies and policies complement or impact in some way upon this Community Safety Strategy; the more significant of these are as follows:
•The Modern Crime Prevention Strategy 2016 (Gov)
•Domestic Abuse Act 2021
• Surrey Drug & Alcohol Strategy 2023
•Civil Contingencies Act 2004
•Spelthorne Borough Council Corporate Plan 2024 - 2028
• Surrey OPCC Policing Plan 2024-2025
• National Prevent Strategy2019
• Surrey Against Domestic Abuse Strategy 2024 – 2029
• Serious Violence Duty 2023