Tamworth's Community Safety Priorities

Tamworth Community Safety Partnership

Partnership Plan 2015-2018

Introduction

On behalf of the Partnership, I am delighted to introduce the Tamworth Community Safety Partnership Plan for 2016 -2018. In essence, the document reflects the outcome of a detailed and thorough consultation process involving a range of partners including the Police, Fire and Rescue Service, Borough and County Councils, Health, Probation and the Voluntary sector. The consultation process supported by a wide range of data has enabled the Partnership to identify the priority areas for action that are necessary if we are to make Tamworth a safer and stronger place to live, work and raise a family. Tamworth is a distinct town with a unique profile within Staffordshire with its virtually total urban setting. Statistics show that we have the highest proportion of young people amongst all the districts in the County which presents us as a partnership with a number of challenges. However, we are a well established partnership with over ten years experience in responding to, and accommodating change. There have been significant changes this year as to how the Partnership manages re offending. The changes will see current probation officers transferred to one of the new Community Rehabilitation Companies that will work to rehabilitate low and medium risk offenders, or the new National Probation Service that will be tasked with protecting the public from the most dangerous criminals. The trend locally continues downward but we shall not be complacent. A real challenge facing the partnership is the fact that despite this continued downturn in overall crime locally, the community’s poor perception of crime and safety are at a disproportionately high level. The Partnership will be investigating a range of options for rectifying the situation and ultimately bringing perception into line with reality.

Tony Goodwin Chief Executive of Tamworth Borough Council

Vision

Tamworth Community Safety Partnership incorporating all its partners in the public, private and voluntary sectors will strive to improve the quality of life in the Borough by reducing crime and anti social behaviour and the fear of crime. This will be achieved by engaging with all the various and diverse communities to ensure the necessary transparency, integrity and equality values of the Partnership are delivered. Tamworth will not only become a safer place to live, work or visit but the communities within the Borough will be stronger, engaged and involved with partners to deliver the objectives.

Who we are

TAMWORTH STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP

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Integrated working Integrated Offender Management Vulnerability

Tamworth Community Safety Team TASK & FINISH TASK & FINISH

The Community Alcohol and Drug Partnership Engagement misuse Hub

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Building Resilient Locality Families

Problem Solving Group

KIV: Task and Finish Groups are time limited and will vary over time in response to strategic or operational community 4 safety issues.

Priority Setting

The Community Safety Partnership Plan is developed from the summary recommendations of the Strategic assessment.

What is a Partnership Strategic Assessment? New requirements introduced through the Police and Justice Act 2006 require Community Safety Partnerships to carry out an annual strategic assessment of community safety issues in their area, including information gathered from the local community on their problems and priorities. The Strategic Assessment is produced annually and should be complemented by regular analysis throughout the year that monitors the partnership’s activities and provides a more detailed analysis of local problems. This process helps the partnership to direct its resources so that they remain focused on the main priorities, adapt to new and emerging issues and therefore provide the best value for money.

The Strategic Assessment forms part of the partnership problem solving process. A problem can be identified by a recurring set of related harmful events; problem solving can not be applied to a single event, and therefore this strategic analysis is essential to understand the priority problems affecting Tamworth. Analysing the specific details of a problem can reveal the circumstances that generate the problem, and solving problems involves changing one or more of these small details.

The Strategic Assessment is set out in four main chapters:  Key Findings and Recommendations - this includes a review of the main headline analyses of crime during the last year and a summary of recommendations for the forthcoming year.  Overview of rime and Disorder in Tamworth - this section identifies the direction of travel in recorded crime and other community safety issues across the borough and highlights those which should be considered for further analysis, based on volume, trends and the level of risk to the communities of Tamworth.  Tamworth’s Community Safety Priorities - this section provides an assessment of the borough’s main problems,

5 illustrating it in terms of where and when most problems occur, the people, products and communities that are most vulnerable and who is responsible.  Emerging Trends and Current Exceptions - This section highlights any major developments that may impact on partnership performance and/or activity during 2015/16. It also identifies areas of performance where there are early indications of downward performance.

Key Findings

 Responses to the feeling the difference survey suggest that the proportion of residents that feel safe after dark has improved and les residents have been a victim or witness to a crime.

 The number of recorded crimes has increased by 0.5% in the tear but has reduced by 25.5% over the past 5 years

 The level of anti social behaviour has declined by 12.7% over the year and has reduced by 49.1% over the last 5 years.

 Violent crime has increased by 4.3% this year but has declined by 24.6% since 2009/10.

 Serious acquisitive crime which include domestic burglary, vehicle crime and personal robbery have declined by 7.9% and a 41.5& over the past 5 years.

 The re-offending rates for adults has decreased by 2.1% while juveniles have increased by 4.2%. Over the last 5 years adult reoffending has declined by 2.4% and juvenile by 8.6%.

6 RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES Following analysis of the key community safety problems in Tamworth, the following recommendations are proposed as strategic priorities for the partnership to consider. Many of these are cross-cutting, and may require further analysis to allow for a more specific targeting of resources.

1. Tackling priorities pertinent to each of the following 5 locality areas

 Tamworth Town Centre (Castle Ward)  Amington  Glascote Heath  Stonydelph  Belgrave With emphasis on reducing alcohol related crime, violent crime, ASB, Criminal damage, deliberate fires, serious acquisitive crime, and environmental issues. A specific focus will be on families identified through the ‘Building Family and Community Resilience’ cohort. Delivery will be through multiagency locality action plans.

2. Young people as offenders/perpetrators and victims of crime and antisocial behaviour With emphasis on tackling violent crime, teen abuse, criminal damage, shoplifting, tackling substance misuse in particular alcohol. Delivery will be through multiagency partnership work streams such as the PARB Young people’s project, Families First and the ASB strategy.

3. To reduce reoffending of adults and young people With emphasis on reducing acquisitive crime and related substance misuse issues. Delivery will be through management of serial and repeat perpetrators/offenders by Integrated Offender Management.

7 4. Protecting Vulnerable People With emphasis on protecting those who are most vulnerable, including victims of ASB, domestic abuse and sexual offences, and other violent crimes. Identification will be through a range of activities including ‘Lets Work Together’, Community Safety Hub, the vulnerability partnership and the Multi Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH).

5. To reduce the harm caused by substance misuse. With a focus on preventative, education, awareness and enforcement activities in relation to both drug and alcohol misuse. We will work with the Staffordshire Alcohol Harm reduction Programme particularly the school based initiatives. The perception of drug misuse is a major concern and we will work with relevant stakeholders to reduce communities concerns.

6. To reduce the fear of crime and increase perceptions regarding their personal safety. Despite long term reductions in crime and ASB there has been little or no change in the public perception of these issues. We will work with communication and media personal to effectively communicate that Tamworth is a safe place to live, work and visit.

Partnership Plan

Priority 1 Tackling priorities pertinent to each of the following 5 locality areas  Tamworth Town Centre (Castle Ward)  Amington  Glascote Heath  Stonydelph  Belgrave With emphasis on reducing alcohol related crime, violent crime, ASB, Criminal damage, deliberate fires, serious acquisitive crime, and environmental issues. A specific focus will be on families identified through the ‘Building Family and Community Resilience’ cohort.

8 What do we want to do? To develop locality action plans for priority areas building on the principles of Operation Teamwork as a tactical response from issues arising from JOG

Priority 2 Young people as offenders/perpetrators and victims of crime and antisocial behaviour With emphasis on  tackling violent crime  teen abuse  criminal damage  Shoplifting  tackling substance misuse in particular alcohol.

What do we want to do? Deliver multiagency partnership work streams and intervention projects such as the PARB Young people’s project, ASB strategy, Families First and Early Intervention teams. We will work with Education Transformation and our schools to raise awareness and tackle issues.

Priority 3 To reduce reoffending of adults and young people With emphasis on reducing acquisitive crime and related substance misuse issues.

What do we want to do? Delivery will be through management of serial and repeat perpetrators/offenders supported by the Integrated Offender Management (IOM). The IOM unit currently manage on average 80 Prolific Offenders in Tamworth. These are managed by the IOM unit through intensive targeting and disruption tactics by the Police for those offenders under the ‘Catch & Convict’ strand of the strategy and the Community Rehabilitation Company manages the offenders subject to supervision either through a Community Order or Prison licence under the ‘Rehabilitate & Resettle’ strand. Offenders are given expedited drug treatment which is supported by the DIP and South Staffordshire and Shropshire Health care trust.

Restorative Justice is an increasing element of reducing reoffending with the use of Neighbourhood Resolution Panels and other victim focused community resolutions.

Priority 4 Protecting Vulnerable People With emphasis on protecting those who are most vulnerable, including victims of ASB, domestic abuse , metal health and sexual offences, and other violent crimes.

What do we want to do? ASB  To identify best practice in relation to Total Place concepts of “Lets work Together” and to role out best practice in manner that would be most effective with Staffordshire.  Ensure that the ASB strategy and weekly operational practices mange ASB in a holistic approach. Embedding a victim centred approach which responds to ASB in terms of harm caused to individuals, community and environment. To ensure that vulnerability is identified and appropriately supported.  To utilise ASB case management systems which will be accessible and used by all the relevant agencies. The system will incorporate all areas of vulnerability and will record both victims and perpetrators.  To promote the services of the ASB Victim and Witness Champion Domestic Abuse  To ensure that the key DV services are identified, funded and commissioned in a sustainable, transparent and fair way for the benefit of residents of Tamworth  Promote the services of the Domestic Abuse Early Intervention Officer  To utilise the agencies in the Tamworth Vulnerability Partnership (TVP) and the Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) to protect these victims. Hate Crime  To continue to support victims from their initial report through if required to court proceedings via CACH (Communities Against Crimes of Hate)

Priority 5 To reduce the harm caused by substance misuse.  With a focus on preventative, education, awareness and enforcement activities in relation to both drug and alcohol misuse. We will work with the Staffordshire Alcohol Harm reduction Programme particularly the school based initiatives. The perception of drug misuse is a major concern and we will work with relevant stakeholders to reduce communities concerns.

What do we want to do? Alcohol  The Staffordshire Alcohol Harm reduction Programme will promote; o their PSHE delivery o Introduction of parental rule setting agreements across school year groups o Introduction of social-norming approaches to dispel heightened perceptions of drinking (and other behaviours) amongst young people.

 Ensure a safe, vibrant night time economy through a consistent approach to licensing and if necessary use sanctions to provide the control.  Working with schools and other partners to implement Parent Support Groups to aid parents to tackle alcohol misuse issues with their siblings.

 Encouraging community intelligence and feeding back to communities about alcohol related enforcement activity, arrests and seizures.  Working with licensed premises to tackle alcohol misuse within the night time economy linked to violence and ASB and disorder..

Drugs  Encouraging community intelligence and feeding back to communities about drug warrants, arrests and seizures.  Working with licensed premises to tackle drug misuse within the night time economy. Perceptions  Publishing regular up to date information to communities and local organisations about recovery.  Ensuring consistency in messages delivered and that messages are understood by communities.

Priority 6 To reduce the fear of crime and increase perceptions regarding their personal safety.  Despite long term reductions in crime and ASB there has been little or no change in the public perception of these issues. We will work with communication and media personal to effectively communicate that Tamworth is a safe place to live, work and visit. . 11

What do we want to do?  Increase public confidence by raising the profile of the Partnership and the responsible authority agencies contained within. o Providing regular information on crime and anti social behaviour through various media outlets including social media. We will look at the feasibility of providing training for partner organisations in dealing with the fear of crime. o Enhance multiagency engagement opportunities and feedback opportunities to share partnership successes o Utilise community data to identify confidence concerns and provide targeted intervention to address specific areas of focus.

 Increase community cohesion and engagement with communities. o Developing relationships between the more ‘hidden’ communities e.g. BME, LGBT, Eastern European etc.

 Promote positive perceptions with young people through our ongoing liaison with the various agencies and the voluntary sector working with young people. o Promote intergenerational projects/activities o Promote Restorative Justice activity.

Appendix 1 Risk assessment

Risk & Impact Assessment of Gross Risk Risk Treatment Measures Assessment of Current Risk Action Plans for Timescale (Threat/Opportunity Implemented [With control measures Additional Treatment to achievement of implemented] Measures business objective) Impact Likelihood Risk Impact Likelihood Residual (Severit (Probability Scor (Severity) (Probability Risk y) ) e [ I ] ) Score [ [ I ] [ L ] [ IxL] [ L ] IxL] 1. Reduction in grant 3 1 3 PCC grant funding agreed to 3 1 3 None March 2017 funding march 2017 2. Partner capacity 4 3 12 Develop co-located team at 4 2 8 Look to increase partner 3. Partner Marmion presence in CSP hub relationships 3 1 3 2 1 2 Through our shared agenda Ongoing partnership we will continue to develop working and enhance our partnership arrangements 1.Reliance on key 4 4 16 Through training and 3 3 9 Staff training March 2017 individuals involving staff both internal and external 2. Capacity of staff to 4 4 16 With less resource some 3 3 9 There is a recognition deliver projects will not be delivered that some long term value added projects will not be achieved due to reduced resources. 1. Relationships with 4 2 8 Continue to develop and 2 1 2 Ongoing partnership March 2017 partners enhance partnership working arrangements

2. Failure to consult 4 2 8 Ensure robust consultation 2 1 2 Utilise community with and engage arrangements in place engagement framework community

Appendix 2 Tamworth Community Safety Team

CORE TEAM

Post Name Organisation Contact details Head of Community Safety Jo Sands Tamworth Borough [email protected] (Interim) Council 01827 709585 CCTV, Wardens and CS Sally Kirkham-Wiley Tamworth Borough [email protected] Partnerships Manager Council 01827 709380 Tamworth Police Partnership Jen Mellor Staffordshire Police Manager Community Safety Officer Vicki Hewins Tamworth Borough [email protected] (Domestic and sexual abuse) Council 01827 709551

Community Safety Officer Farzana Ahmed Tamworth Borough [email protected] (ASB) (Faz) Council 01827 709416 Townsafe Coordinator John Carthy Tamworth Borough [email protected] Council/Townsafe 01827 709672 Tamworth Police Community Lead Officer: Staffordshire Police 101 Safety Intervention Team Sgt Karen Green Ext 4606

Victim and Witness Champion Debra Castledine Victim Support [email protected] For ASB Anti Social Behaviour Project Julia Gibbs Tamworth Borough [email protected] Officer (TBC Housing) Council 01827 709312 Early intervention domestic Yvonne Davis Pathway Project [email protected] abuse worker 01827 709551

Appendix 3 Responsible Authorities Contact details Tamworth Borough Council Staffordshire Police Staffordshire County Council NHS South East Staffordshire Staffordshire Stronger and Safer Communities and Seisdon Peninsula Clinical Marmion House Staffordshire Police Headquarters Team Lichfield Street Weston Road Leaven House Commissioning Group

Tamworth Stafford University Court Merlin House Staffs Staffordshire Staffordshire Technology Park B79 7BZ ST18 0YY Beaconside Etchell Road

Stafford ST18 OGE Tamworth 01827 709709 0300 123 4455 Tel: 01785 358401 Staffordshire www.tamworth.gov.uk www.staffordshirepolice.gov.uk B78 3HF www.staffordshire.gov.uk www.sesandspccg.nhs.uk

Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Community Rehabilitation Staffordshire Youth Offending Service Tamworth Council for Voluntary Service Company (probation) Service Area Commander Staffordshire Probation Area Headquarters Staffordshire Fire & Rescue University Court Leaven House Carnegie Centre, Tamworth Community Fire Staffordshire Technology Park University Court Corporation Street, Station Beaconside Staffordshire Technology Park Tamworth, B79 7DN. Marlborough Way, Belgrave Stafford Beaconside Tamworth, Staffs ST18 0GE Stafford Tel: 01827 736090 B77 2LF ST18 0GE Fax: 01827 736095 Tel 01785 898508 Tel : 01785 223416 Mob 07971 893 221 www.staffordshireprobation.org.uk 01785 358310 www.tamworth-cvs.btik.com www.staffordshirefire.gov.uk www.staffordshire.gov.uk/education/YouthOffending

Staffordshire Fire Authority Tamworth Community Safety Staffordshire Substance Misuse Commissioning Partnership Team Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service Headquarters Marmion House Leaven House, University Court, Staffordshire Pirehill Lichfield Street Technology Park, Stone Tamworth Stafford Staffordshire Staffs ST18 0GE ST15 0BS B79 7BZ 08451 22 11 55 Tel: 01785 358605 15 www.staffordshirefire.gov.uk [email protected]