Safer Chelmsford Partnership
The Safer Chelmsford Partnership includes representatives from:
- Chelmsford City Council
- Essex County Council
- Essex Fire and Rescue
- Essex Police
- the Probation Service
- Mid and South Essex Integrated Care Board
- National Probation Service
- other public and voluntary organisations, including CHP, Crimestoppers and Chelmsford Neighbourhood Watch
By law, these agencies have a joint responsibility to work together to make Chelmsford a safe place to live, work and visit.
They look to address:
- crime and disorder
- substance misuse
- the reduction of re-offending
The One Chelmsford Board is the strategic group for the partnership, and meets quarterly. The group has overall strategic responsibility for delivering against the priorities.
The main focus for this priority is:
- serious violence
- gangs, drugs and county lines
- knife crime
- night-time economy (NTE) disorder
The Partnership is addressing this priority by holding multi-agency intelligence sharing meetings, holding events and delivering projects and schemes.
Meetings
- Violence and Vulnerability Operations Board
- Safer Chelmsford Partnership Tasking
Events
- Nights of action
Projects and schemes
- Purple Flag Accreditation
- Pubwatch
- Behave or Be Banned
- Chelmsford SOS Bus
- Taxi Marshals
- A&E data sharing
- CCTV
- School awareness sessions
The main focus for this priority is:
- youth nuisance
- anti-social behaviour (ASB) associated with rough sleeping
- supporting our residents to solve local issues
The Partnership is addressing this priority by holding multi-agency intelligence sharing meetings, holding events and delivering projects and schemes.
Meetings
- Safer Chelmsford Partnership Tasking
Events
- Days of Action
- Nights of Action
Projects and schemes
- Public Space Protection Order
- Behave or Be Banned
- Bedding sweeps
- Pubwatch
- Townlink
The main focus areas for this priority are:
- domestic abuse
- sexual offenses
- violence against women and girls
- monitoring community tensions
- mental health
- social isolation
- suicide prevention
- proactive approach to those at risk of exploitation
- hate crime
The Partnership is addressing this priority by holding multi-agency intelligence sharing meetings, holding events and delivering projects and schemes.
Meetings
- Essex Safeguarding Adults Board
- Essex Safeguarding Children Board
- Independent Advisory Group
- Missing and Child Exploitation Group
- Stay Safe Group
Events
- Older People's Safety Day
- On Your Team
- Make Space for Girls
Projects and schemes
- Operation Henderson
- Hate Crime Incident Reporting Centres
- Emergency Planning and Resilience Volunteer training
- On Your Team
- Women's Safety in our City
The Partnership is addressing this priority by holding events such as:
- acquisitive crime
- joint Rural Days of Action
- rural crime prevention