Community Safety
Community safety is seen as being concerned with people,
communities and organisations, including families, victims and risk
groups, as well as with attempting to reduce particular types of
crime and the fear of crime. Community safety should be seen as the
legitimate concern of all in the local community.
Achieving community safety
This became a statutory requirement under the Crime and Disorder
Act 1998. This sponsored the creation in 1999 of 376 statutory
local community safety partnerships throughout England and Wales.
Each partnership is required to conduct an audit of crime and
disorder every three years within its area, consult the local
community on the findings, and then deliver a strategic response
the Crime and Disorder Reduction Strategy.