Safer and stronger communities

We know that one of your main priorities is to feel safe where you live.

The county council works with other partners, such as Staffordshire Police, to make this a reality.

Our vision is for individuals, neighbourhoods and communities to feel safe in Staffordshire, and to be increasingly free from crime and fear of crime.  Communities will become stronger and more able to work with us to deliver improving and appropriate services for a better quality of life.  We will invest £17.5m over three years to achieve this.

 

More information on how we're making Staffordshire safer and stronger

Consumer advice

We will:

• reduce overall crime in Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership areas
• increase the number of domestic violence incidents reported to Staffordshire Police
• Reduce the proportion of recorded domestic violence incidents that are repeat incidents in the previous twelve months
• Reduce the number of young people who reoffend within two years
• Increase the percentage of residents who feel very or fairly safe outside in Staffordshire during the day and after dark
• Increase the percentrage of residents who feel that they can influence decisions affecting their local area
• Reduce the number of incidents of anti-social behavious recorded by Staffordshire Police
• Reduce the number of adults and children killed and seriously injured on the roads in Staffordshire.

What we've already done

We're constantly developing new services and initiatives to help you stay safe.  Here's just a few of them:

• No-win, no-fee - The national Claims Management Monitoring and Compliance Unit, which is provided by Staffordshire County Council under contract to the Ministry of Justice, regulates claims management businesses, such as 'no- win no fee' companies on a national scale.  The unit has just been given the thumbs up from the County Council's Network as a beacon of good practice, and is now expanding to cope with the huge surge in companies needing authorisation to trade. It has been hugely successful in protecting consumers against rogue companies

 

• Street lighting replacement project - A multi-million pound project to replace over 100,000 street lights.
• The work of the Youth Offending Service - helping to prevent and tackle youth crime.
• The work of the 'outstanding' Youth Service in engaging with young people, particularly hard to reach youth.
• The development of safer routes to schools, including supervised 'Walking Buses' and a reduction in traffic congestion.
• Huge safety improvements in the design of highways.
• Huge emphasis on  targeting alcohol and substance abuse.
• A network of community watchdogs

and much more.

 

Contact Cllr Carol Dean, Cabinet Member for Safer and Stronger Communities

 

 

 

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