The council's duty and vision
Warwick District Council has a corporate vision to make neighbourhoods feel safer and to promote safe, vibrant and sustainable local communities.
The Council has a duty to:
- work in partnership with the Police, County Council, Police Authority, Fire & Rescue Service, Probation Service and the Primary Care Trust to develop and implement strategies to tackle crime and disorder and the misuse of drugs in the district
- ensure that it does not contribute to increased crime and anti-social behaviour through the delivery of its services.
The Council's Community Safety Team helps to coordinate this work to tackle crime and disorder in the District.
The Council contributes to reassuring our communities through:
- Adopting a preventative culture in our service design and delivery
- Delivering quality services and utilising all the powers available to us to make communities feel safer (such as licensing, CCTV and parking enforcement)
- Consulting and involving the community in identifying crime and disorder problems and solutions.
- Coordinating and action planning to address the concerns of local people
- Supporting the Warwickshire Police lead on tackling serious violent crime
- Working with Stratford-on-Avon District Council to jointly lead on tackling anti-social behaviour and criminal damage
- Working together with Stratford-on-Avon District Council to drive and administer the South Warwickshire Crime & Disorder Reduction Partnership (SWCDRP)
- Working with countywide agencies to support and contribute to the aims of the Local Area Agreement
- Challenging the responsible authorities and cooperative bodies to do all they can to reduce crime and disorder and the fear of crime.
Contact the Community Safety Team
The Community Safety Team can be contacted by emailing us at communitysafety@warwickdc.gov.uk or telephoning us on 01926 456021.
For enquiries relating to anti-social behaviour phone 01926 456010 or email antisocialbehaviour@warwickdc.gov.uk
Levels of crime and disorder in Warwick district
In August 2009 the average number of crimes for Warwick District had decreased by 20% compared with the same 3 months last year.
Up to date crime figures for Warwick District can be found on the Warwickshire Police Local Crime Mapping website. Information on crime levels in South Warwickshire can be found on the Warwickshire Observatory website.
Our priorities
Based on the findings of the SWCDRP Strategic Assessment, serious violent crime, serious acquisitive crime and anti-social behaviour (including criminal damage) are confirmed as the current priorities in South Warwickshire.
Draft South Warwickshire Joint Partnership Plan April 2008 - March 2011 (271kb PDF)
The district and borough strategic assessments also inform the Warwickshire Local Area Agreement (LAA) Safer Block Priorities and the County Community Safety Agreement which sets out how those agencies working countywide can be effective and efficient in local delivery.
The LAA Safer Block Priorities in order are:
- serious violent crime
- anti-social behaviour including criminal damage
- alcohol and drugs misuse
- serious acquisitive crime
- road casualty reduction
Warwickshire Police & Safer Neighbourhoods
Warwickshire Police introduced local policing teams across Warwickshire in 2006. There are eight Safer Neighbourhood Areas in Warwick district based on district council wards:
- Kenilworth
- Warwick
- Whitnash
- North Leamington (Clarendon, Crown, Manor and Milverton)
- South Leamington (Brunswick and Willes)
- Eastern (Cubbington, Radford Semele and Stoneleigh)
- Western ( Bishop's Tachbrook, Budbrooke, Lapworth and Leek Wootton).
The Leamington Town Safer Neighbourhoods Area is unique in that it is based on the borders of the licensing saturation zones.
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