Crime Reduction - Helping to Reduce Crime in Your Area

Tackling fear of crime & disorder in the community

What Can You Expect From Them?

As well as being able to identify the agencies that are involved in crime reduction, you will also need to know what services you can expect from them.

There are a number of organisations that can provide help in reducing crime and disorder. These include:

• Local Authorities

• Health Services

• Fire and Rescue

• The Probation Service

• The Voluntary Sector

• Private Landlords

It is important that you are aware of what each organisation provides so that you can ask for help when it is needed. The local authority has a legal requirement, under section 17 of the Crime and Disorder Act to review how their current service impacts on crime and disorder reduction and how they can take active steps to reduce crime and disorder. You have a right to ask them for help in reducing crime and disorder. For more information about section 17 visit www.crimereduction.gov.uk/section17.

You should think about ways you can get involved, including how you can make sure you get a good service from local organisations.

Questions

• Which services are you aware of?

• Are there any services that you are not receiving?

• Are there any additional services available locally?
  
  

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Last update: Thursday, October 19, 2006