Partnership Working          

Borough Based Crime Reduction Partnerships

Partnership work to reduce crime and disorder occurs at both a local and regional level. The earliest work in this field was led by individual boroughs (normally through the local police and local authority 'Partnership Policing' programmes) which undertook this work voluntarily prior to the legislation contained in the Crime and Disorder Act 1998. Subsequently, sub regional and regional partnerships have developed.

 

For the past decade, dedicated community safety teams (often containing a combination of local government and policing staff) have been operational throughout London. These teams have been backed by borough based Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs). They vary greatly in their work programmes and resources dedicated to undertaking the work of crime and disorder reduction.

CDRPs achievements are also differential. Where, for instance, resources have been dedicated to anti social behaviour reduction - such as there has been in the London Borough of Camden - there has been a significantly greater number of anti social behaviour orders issued than in other, less focused, boroughs. Similarly significant investment by partnerships in policing (Hammersmith and Fulham) or in Neighbourhood Wardens (Southwark) or Parks Police (Newham and Wandsworth) have seen similar increases in work related outputs.

London Wide Crime Reduction Partnerships

London wide crime reduction partnerships are still in their infancy. The two main crime and disorder partnership co-ordination groups in the metropolis are the London Community Safety Partnership and the London Criminal Justice Board. The former is a loose affiliation of key agencies which commission working groups to undertake the development of work in such areas as anti social behaviour and youth crime reduction. The later is a more executive body which is linked to the national Criminal Justice Service.

London Community Safety NGO Partnerships

There are four distinct types of community safety NGO's in London:

1.  Regional Specialists (such as the Community Safety Advisory Service)

2.  Local or sub regional specialist groups (such as the Finsbury Park Partnership /FinFuture)

3.  Local voluntary organisations co-ordinated or supported  by regional or national NGOs (such as borough based Victim Support Services or Community and Police Engagement Groups)

4.  National Specialist based in London (such as Nacro)

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  NGO Crime and Community Safety Partnership Links

Greater London Domestic Violence Project

A strategic partnership working for best practice in domestic violence work across London and providing information for people affected, service providers, and employers.

Community Safety Advisory Service

Home page of CSAS which works to reduce crime through voluntary sector capacity building. 

London Drug and Alcohol Network

LDAN provides independent and expert advice to member agencies, commissioners and other stakeholders supports member agencies in providing cost-effective high quality services, that are user-focused and engages policy and decision makers, seeking to influence and investment in services.