Item 8 (a)

THREE RIVERS COMMUNITY SAFETY PARTNERSHIP ACTION PLAN 2007-08

The Three Rivers Community Safety Partnership currently has in place a Community Safety Strategy which began in 2005 and will run until the 31st March 2008. The strategy contains the following priorities for action.

1.  Drugs and Alcohol

2.  Anti-social Behaviour

3.  Violent Crime (Including Hate Crime)

4.  Volume Crime

The Partnership will work against these priorities using an intelligence-led and locality based approach. The following priority target groups have also been identified.

1.  Supporting young People

2.  Focusing on prolific and other priority offenders

3.  Targeting areas with higher crime rates

In addition to the above target areas/groups which have been set by the local Community Safety Partnership, below are details of Countywide Local Area Agreements (LAA) which projects within this action plan should also work to achieve.

Outcome A: Being safe, feeling safe (Please see Appendix B for full details)

  1. To reduce crime, the harm caused by illegal drugs, reassure the public, reduce the fear of crime, build respect in communities, reduce anti social behaviour, increase domestic fire safety and reduce arson.
  1. Provide an early intervention and preventative minor repairs / home security service to elderly people, vulnerable people and the victims of crime within our communities. This service will improve their wellbeing and confidence, enabling them to enjoy living independently and in a safely within their own homes.
  1. Offenders to address the harm caused to communities through crime by performing unpaid work that benefits their local community. To divert young adults away from crime and anti social behaviour through apprentice schemes.
  1. To reduce the harms caused by illegal drugs, including substantially increasing the number of drug misusing offenders entering treatment through the criminal justice system.
  1. To reduce the fear of crime and improve public reassurance / confidence by addressing the imbalance between the public’s perception of crime levels, anti social behaviour and disorder levels and the actual levels.
  1. For communities to feel safer and the publics confidence in authorities to respond to crime particularly domestic violence to increase.


Appendix A

CDRP / LAA Priorities / Project / Outcome / Performance measure / Status / Partner -ship Funding
2007/08 / Invoices Paid / Lead Contact Details /
ASB – Action Plan Lead – Fiona linney
Reducing ASB
LAA Target
S-A1.3 / ASB Officer to work with the Police and other agencies to identify candidates for ASBO’s and ABC’s so to reduce the amount of ASB committed by persistent offenders within the District. / Successful ABC’s and ASBO’s obtained
A contribution towards a reduction of ASB in hotspot locations across the district
The target contained with in the Community Safety Strategy is ASB incidents not to exceed 6,874 during 2007/08 / Police ASB figures for Three Rivers / At the end of March 2008 the following were in place within Three Rivers:
10 ABC’s
8 ASBO’s
1 ASBI
6 ASBO Notices
Between April 2007 – March 2008 there were 4,997 ASB incidents reported to the Police.
The number of incidents reported during 2006/07 was 5,556.
The target for 2007/08 was 6,874 incidents. / No / - / F Linney

01923 727354
Reducing ASB
LAA Targets
S-A1.1a S-A1.5 / To install a Youth Shelter somewhere within the district / A contribution towards a reduction of ASB in hotspot locations across the district / Police ASB figures for Three Rivers / The youth shelter was installed at the playing field in Primrose Hill during quarter 3. / DCTP / TRDC / - / Alison Phin – TRDC
01923 727143

Reducing ASB
LAA Target
S-A1.1b / To remove abandoned vehicles and fly tips across the district. / Remove abandoned vehicles
Remove fly tips
Help reduce the Fear of Crime / Perception surveys carried out to measure the LAA (measured 2008/09) / Between April 2007 and March 2008 – 495 fly tips were removed by TRDC this is compared to 557 during 2006/07.
Between April 2007 and March 2008 - 282 abandoned vehicles were reported to TRDC of which 49 were removed. This is compared to 534 and 123 during 2006/07 / No / - / Robin Barber – TRDC
01923 727026

Reducing ASB
LAA Targets
S-A1.1a
S-A1.5 / Mill End Youth Project to run on a Friday night to offer young people in the area a range of diversionary activities. / A contribution towards a reduction of ASB in hotspot locations across the district. / Police ASB figures for Three Rivers
Number of young people attending / During quarter 4 there were 342 attendances at Mill End Youth Club.
Activities included a disco, dance competitions, art and craft work, dodgeball and football.
Between April 2007 and March 2008 in the wards of Penn and Mill End and Maple Cross there was 560 ASB incidents reported to the Police.
During the previous year of 2006/07 there were 698 incidents reported. / No / - / Hannah Cornock – TRDC
01923 727144

Reducing ASB
LAA Target
S-A1.5 / Free swimming sessions for young people at Sir James Altham Pool during the Summer Holidays. (During the day in the public swim sessions or the fun splash sessions) / A contribution towards a reduction of ASB in a hotspot location / Police ASB figures for Three Rivers
Number of young people attending / Free swimming sessions for young people aged 18 and under in full time education started on Monday 23rd July and ran until Friday 31st August.
No further feedback received. / No / - / Chris Hope
01923 727140

Reducing ASB
LAA Target
S-A1.1b / To purchase new graffiti removal equipment and vehicle
Continued graffiti removal from both council owned (housing) and privately owned buildings. / A contribution towards reduction of criminal damage across the district
The target contained with in the Community Safety Strategy is criminal damage incidents not to exceed 1,221 during 2007/08 / Number of graffiti reports
IQUANTA Criminal Damage data / The new jetting machine, accessories and new vehicle have been purchased.
Between April 2007 – March 2008 there were 163 graffiti incidents removed by TRDC, 27 of which were racist.
During the previous year of 2006/07 there were 196 graffiti incidents of which 64 were racist. / £10,000 / £10,000 / Eileen Swiech
0208 421 5215

Reducing ASB
LAA Targets
S-A1.3
S-A1.5 / Youth Inclusion Support Panel (YISP) –
Agency meetings
To help support young people who have been identified as at risk of offending. / A contribution towards a reduction of ASB in hotspot locations across the district / Police ASB figures for Three Rivers
The number of young people supported within the year. / During quarter 4 there were 3 YISP meetings held which supported 7 young people.
During the whole of 2007/08 there have been 9 YISP meeting supporting approximately 22 young people. / No / - / Evelyn Glasgow – TRDC
01923 727354

Reducing ASB
Reducing Criminal Damage
LAA Targets
S-A6.1
S-A1.5 / A contribution towards security fencing at Barton Way Allotments / A reduction in break-ins and criminal damage at the allotments – During 2006/07 there were 17 reported break-ins / Feedback from the Allotment users / The fencing has now been completed – no incidents have been reported since its installation. / £1,500 / £1,500 / Doug Flint – Barton Way Allotment Association
01923 776096

Reducing ASB
Reducing Criminal Damage
LAA Targets
S-A6.1
S-A1.5 / Security improvements such as CCTV, additional lighting and anti climb paint work to be carried out at the Rickmansworth Bowls Club / A reduction in break-ins and criminal damage at the Bowls Club / Feedback from TRDC’s property section / The new lighting was installed during April 2007 and the CCTV was installed during May 2007. The anti climb paint was not completed as the bowls club members decided they did not want the anti climb paint work to be carried out.
A case for the CCTV monitoring equipment was also purchased.
The Council’s PFM department have not received any reports of incidents since the improvements. / £3,415 / £3,185 / Clay Charles – TRDC
01923 727228

Working with young people
Reducing ASB
LAA Targets
S-A1.5
S-A6.1 / ASCEND – Celebration of youth in South Oxhey Project.
A musical / Drama production project involving young people from the South Oxhey area / Building self esteem within the young people taking part
A contribution towards a reduction in ASB incidents with South Oxhey / Feedback from ASCEND
Police ASB Figures / During quarter 4 the young people have continued to work on the drama project and have been writing the script, the theme is bullying. The actual performance will take place on Saturday 26th June with a taster session of the performance being performed on Saturday 21st June at the Take 2 event at Watford Girls Grammar School.
27 young people have achieved their first AQA and will now be working to achieve a further 2 AQA’s. / £6,000 / £6,000 / Christine Wyard – ASCEND
0208 420 1364

Reducing crime and ASB
LAA Target
S-A1.5 / Fencing at St Anne’s Close / Reduction in ASB incidents reported at this location / Reduction in incidents reported to the local Police / The fencing has now been completed / £2,060 / £2,060 / Roger Osborn – WRPC
0208 428 0449

Reducing Criminal damage and ASB
LAA Targets
S-A1.5
S-A6.1
S-A1.1b / Fencing at South Oxhey Playing Fields / Reduction in vandalism and associated repair costs / Reduction in ASB reports and
Budgets / The fencing was installed on Friday 7th December 2007. / £1,350 / £1,350 / Robin Barber - TRDC
01923 727027

VOLUME CRIME – ACTION PLAN LEAD – INSPECTOR GEORGE HOLLAND
Reducing Volume Crime
Prolific Offenders
LAA Target
S-A6.1 / Targeting Prolific and other priority offenders
-  Prevent and deter
-  Catch and convict
-  Rehabilitate and settle / A contribution towards a reduction in crime within Three Rivers
The target contained within the strategy is BCS crimes not to exceed 3,314 during 2007/08 / IQUANTA Crime Figures
Number of prolific offenders targeted / PPO’s are monitored on a daily basis by the Police PPO Unit and action is taken should a PPO commit an offence.
At the end of March 2008 there were 5 PPO’s on the Three Rivers PPO List.
Between April 2007 and March 2008 there were 2,934 BCS offences compared to 3,282 the previous year.
The Three Rivers CDRP exceeded its target to reduce BCS crime by 16% over 3 years and actually reduced crime by 26%. / No / - / DC Colin Cantellow – Herts Police
01923 472904

Reducing Burglary
LAA Targets
S-A2.1
S-A2.2
S-A2.3 / To secure homes of vulnerable people within Three Rivers including those who have been victims of crime such as Burglary, Racist attacks and domestic violence attacks.
Carry out a minor repairs service for elderly / vulnerable residents
WHAC offer a reactive and proactive service. / A contribution to a reduction in Burglaries across Three Rivers
The target within the strategy is for domestic burglaries not to exceed 422 offences during 2007/08
Vulnerable residents feel safer in their homes / IQUANTA Burglaries data
Customer satisfaction surveys / Between April 2007 and March 2008 there were 1,590 people from Three Rivers who benefited from the WHAC Security Service.
A further 316 people benefited from the Handy Person Service.
During 2006/07 1,335 people benefited from the Security Service and 327 people benefited from the Handy Person Service.
During 2007/08 there were 428 domestic burglaries within Three Rivers compared to 294 during 06/07 and compared to a target of 422. / £10,000 / £13,486 / Nicola Stageman – West Herts Against Crime (WHAC)
01923 801138

Reducing Burglary
LAA Target
S-A2.2 / Neighbourhood Watch / Hertswatch scheme / A contribution towards a reduction in Burglaries across Three Rivers / IQUANTA Burglary figures / There are now 490 NHW Schemes active with Three Rivers, covering 33% of the district. There are also 2 Shop Watch Schemes and 2 Pub Watch Schemes up and running.
During quarter four 5,000 door stickers and 490 NHW signs were purchased for distribution around the district. / £2,500 / £2,236 / David Aylett

Reducing Distraction Burglary
LAA Targets
S-A2.2a
S-A2.2b / Bogus Caller Calendar
Reproduce a calendar depicting archival community photographs within Hertfordshire with a monthly message reminder providing advice to combat against distraction burglary offenders (bogus callers) and doorstep traders. / A contribution towards a reduction in distraction burglaries across Three Rivers / IQUANTA Distraction Burglary data / The calendars were produced and distributed earlier in the year – the project is now complete. / £750 / £750 / Gary Sibson

01923 472020
Reducing Vehicle Crime
LAA Target
S-A6.1 / Targeted Patrols in Hotspot locations for car crimes such as car parks.
Operation Tarantula / A contribution towards a reduction in car crimes across Three Rivers
The target contained within the strategy is for vehicle crime offences not to exceed 1,017 during 2007/08 / IQUANTA Vehicle Crime Data / Police continue to target their patrols in hotspot areas.
Between April 2007 and March 2008 there were 802 vehicle crime offences within Three Rivers.
This is compared with 885 offences during 2006/07 and a yearly target of 1,017. / No / - / Inspector George Holland – Herts Police