Crime Prevention & Community Safety in London
Concern about crime in London (see Annual London Survey 2007) is the number 2 priority – second only to the concern about affordable housing. What the surveyalso identified was that although concern about crime was decreasing concern about policing – need for increased numbers and visibility – was going up the priority list (from 6th place in 2005 to 4th place in 2007).Less well understood has been the fall (and rise) in crime in the London boroughs.
All of these municipalities entered into an agreement with central government to reduce crime by approximately 20% between 2004 and 2008. Most of them succeeded and some, like the London Boroughs of Hackney and Lambeth, far exceeded those targets but why they did (better resources, better targeted crime and disorder reduction targets, better skilled staff, comprehensive 'buy in' to the partnership work of crime and disorder reduction reduction etc.) remains unclear as there has been no significant evaluation of their work.
Crime & Disorder Prevention
A consistent approach to crime and disorder prevention and community safety is an ideal - a clear understanding of what the problems are, the best ways of tackling them, adequate resources to do the job and effective programme delivery.
This is not to say that one size fits all; as each area has its specific needs but these can be catered for within a framework of systematic programme development based on good practice .
Details of crime prevention work in London can be found on the web pages of the individual London Boroughs. Each of these boroughs is undertaking a range of activities to reduce crime and disorder in their municipality.
Below are links to the key crime and disorder prevention pages to be found at www.community-safety.info.
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Other material about community safety programme development can also be found at the site.