Community Safety

What is Community Safety?

Community Safety is about community based and led action to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour. It is about, not only reducing crime but the fear of crime, and improving the quality of community life through multi-agency partnerships between the public, private and voluntary sectors. Community safety affects us all: young and old, men and women, minority groups, special interest groups, the business community, the voluntary sector, victims and offenders. In truth, every one who lives, visits or works in the area.

Thanet Community Safety Partnership

The Thanet Community Safety Partnership, a group of organisations that works to make Thanet a safer place to live, work and visit, has put together a new plan covering the next three years.

Read more at http://www.thanetcommunitysafety.org.uk

If you are part of a local or community group and would like members of the Partnership to attend one of your meetings to discuss the Community Safety Plan (please provide us with contact name, address and/or telephone number. e-mail: community.safety@thanet.gov.uk Tel: 01843 577602

Dealing with crime

Crime reduction/prevention

The Home Office crime and victims section provides practical advice and contact telephone numbers for information on:

• Personal safety
• Home, property and vehicle security
• Racial harassment
• Neighbourhood Watch schemes
• Alcohol and drug abuse
• Domestic violence
• Links to other crime prevention websites.

Crime and disorder information

Crime figures for your ward can be found on the Kent Police website at http://www.kent.police.uk/ 

Community Safety

E-mail:

community.safety
@thanet.gov.uk

Tel: 01843 577602