Cambridge Community
Safety Partnership
Annual Review 2016
“Keeping Cambridge safe for residents and visitors”
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What is the Cambridge Community Safety Partnership?
The Cambridge Community Safety Partnership (“Cambridge CSP”) is made up of
representatives from the following agencies, some statutory:
 Cambridge City Council
 Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Community
Rehabilitation Company Ltd (BeNCH CRC Ltd)
 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group
 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
 Cambridgeshire Constabulary
 Cambridgeshire County Council
 Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service
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Anglia Ruskin University
British Transport Police
Cambridge Business Against Crime (CAMBAC)
Cambridge Council for Voluntary Service
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Cambridgeshire Drug and Alcohol Action Team
University of Cambridge
Office of the Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner
The Cambridge CSP works to reduce levels of crime, disorder, antisocial behaviour,
substance misuse and behaviour adversely affecting the environment across
Cambridge. Our key role is to understand the kind of community safety issues
Cambridge is experiencing; decide which of these are the most important to deal with;
and then decide what actions we can take collectively; adding value to the day to day
work of our individual agencies and organisations.
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We use a document called the Strategic Assessment, compiled from a variety of data
sources by the Cambridgeshire County Council’s Research and Performance Team
each year to determine which areas to focus resources (both human and financial)
upon. These areas are known as “priorities”.
In March 2014, the Cambridge CSP agreed and published a Community Safety
Plan (“CS Plan”), setting out its objectives over the next 3 years (1 April 2014 to 31
March 2017). The CS Plan is reviewed each year and this was undertaken in March
2016.
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What priorities did the Cambridge CSP deal with last year (1 April 2015 to 31
March 2016)?
Following consideration of the Strategic Assessment for 2014, the Cambridge CSP
decided to tackle three priorities during the second year (2015/16) of the 2014-17 CS
Plan.
The priorities were as follows:
Strategic
 To understand the impact of mental health, alcohol and drug misuse on violent
crime and anti-social behaviour.
 To focus on a local strategic approach to domestic abuse with particular need to
reduce victimisation, raise awareness and increase reporting rates.
Tactical
 Personal property crime;
 Reducing alcohol-related violent crime; and
 Reducing antisocial behaviour.
The CSP also tracked and supported the county-wide work in the following area:
 Reducing re-offending.
Also to keep a watching brief on road safety issues.
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How does the Cambridge CSP tackle the priorities it sets?
Aside from day to day partnership working between the member organisations, some
of the priorities have multi-agency task groups in place to target work and commission
specific projects. The Cambridge CSP receives a grant from the Police and Crime
Commissioner called the Community Safety Fund (“CSF”). It uses this grant to
commission partner agencies to tackle each priority by means of targeted projects. In
2015/16, the amount of CSF that Cambridge CSP received was £39,217.
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What projects did the Cambridge CSP fund during 2015/16 to help achieve the
reductions in crime?
Set out below are the projects that the Cambridge CSP funded from the Community
Safety Fund under each priority:
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Domestic abuse with particular need to reduce victimisation, raise awareness
and increase reporting rates
Bobby Scheme
 The Bobby Scheme, co-ordinated by the Cambridgeshire Police Shrievalty Trust,
visited and secured the homes of 46 high risk Domestic Abuse victims with 82
children in the households.
 There have been no repeat domestic abuse incidents over the last year.
 The scheme has enabled residents to remain in their homes safely and maintain
their networks such as schools, friends, family, GP and not go into refuge or care.
Chelsea’s Choice
 Productions of the play ‘Chelsea’s Choice’ were provided by the social enterprise
‘AlterEgo Creative Solutions’.
 These were delivered to 1,070 Year 9/10 pupils in Cambridge City as part of a
county programme, which included performances in communities.
 The play covered the themes of sexual consent, drugs and alcohol, child sexual
exploitation and healthy relationships. The play was followed by workshops to
discuss the different issues and was attended by different agencies.
Awareness Raising Materials
 Materials were provided to help tackle myths and prejudices relating to domestic
abuse and to increase reporting rates.
 Publicity leaflets and posters were available to the general public about local and
national services, including information about the White Ribbon Campaign.
 Toolkits addressing domestic and sexual violence, substance use and mental illhealth were available for professionals and front-line staff.
Survivors Conference
 As part of the Cambridge Community Forum on Domestic and Sexual Violence /
Abuse, this uniquely brought together survivors and domestic violence serviceproviders in dialogue. They jointly explored the provision of services to victims of
domestic violence/abuse to inform future developments in a neutral setting.
 The conference was held during the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based
Violence Campaign from 25 November, International Day for the Elimination of
Violence Against Women, to 10 December, Human Rights Day.
 70 attended the Forum morning session with guest speakers and 55 attended in
the afternoon for the exploration of service provision. A crèche was provided.
Reducing alcohol-related violent crime
Taxi Marshals
 Cambridge Business Against Crime (CAMBAC) organised marshals for the month
of December 2015 on St Andrews Street taxi rank.
 The total number of people marshalled through the rank was 8,033 and 240
vulnerable lone females given priority. 1,548 people were marshalled through on
New Year’s Eve alone. This compares to the previous year with 7,257 marshalled
through the rank with 1,016 on New Year’s Eve.
 This project takes pressure off the police by providing a visible presence at a
known hot spot for violence, effectively speeding up the dispersal of people in the
night time economy to avoid pinch points and raised tensions.
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Care Venue
 An alternative medical treatment and care facility, operated on the 18 and 31
December 2015 in St Columbas Church.
 24 people were provided with medical treatment, with 7 transported to A&E
following initial treatment, and an uncaptured number of people were also treated
by Care Facility staff on the streets.
 Organisations involved were 254 Medical Regiment, East of England Ambulance
Service Trust, St John Ambulance, Street Pastors and Cambridgeshire Police.
This project reduced the pressure on Addenbrooke’s Hospital A&E Department.
Safe Refuge - Nightlite
 Organised by the Street Pastors in St Columbas Church, a professional door
supervisor was provided to enable the project to operate on a permanent Saturday
night basis.
 It successfully operated on 50 of the 52 available Saturday nights during the year
and in addition on 19 and 31 December 2015.
 1,207 people used the facility in 2015, compared to 1,152 in 2014, for purposes
ranging from a safe place to wait, for pastoral care or practical assistance such as
a blanket or foot protection.
Reducing antisocial behaviour (ASB)
Supporting people and Preventing ASB pilot
 This project worked across agencies with people who have been involved with
street based ASB and have complex support needs due to mental health issues
and possible alcohol and drug misuse.
 Action plans were produced with partner support agencies to best serve the needs
of the individuals involved.
 Gaps and barriers were identified to help with the provision of a more appropriate
service in the future. The pilot findings suggested alternative ways to facilitate
engagement with the most entrenched individuals.
Personal Property Crime
Cycle Crime Task Group
 A variety of cycle marking products, cycle registration promotion and correct
locking information in the city were provided.
 The priority has been to continue educating potential victims to help with
enforcement activity, to try to reunite owners with property and undertake target
hardening in hot spot areas.
 A multi-agency approach has been utilised to engage with different communities in
the city including students, local businesses and stakeholders such as the
Cambridge Cycling Campaign.
Bobby Scheme
 Co-ordinated by the Cambridgeshire Police Shrievalty Trust, the Bobby Scheme
visited 189 victims of burglary and vulnerable residents to help secure their homes.
 Home Fire Security checks were done at the time of the visits and smoke alarms
installed where necessary.
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This project is effective in dealing with incidents of victimisation and reduces fear
for victims. There was one repeat incident of an elderly victim and two positive
repeat incidents whereby offenders attempted to gain access but were unable to.
Burglary Target Hardening Project
 As the funding was agreed by the CSP in February, packs were provided to 250
homes at the end of April.
 These had been chosen from predictive burglary crime maps and hot spot areas to
reduce burglary offences. This followed a similar initiative in a hotspot area, where
there have been no reported burglaries since.
 The burglary packs consisted of a home security leaflet / check list, a property
marking kit and window stickers to advertise that property is marked and
registered, therefore less attractive to steal from. Neighbourhood Watch Schemes
were promoted also.
General Promotion of Community Safety
 Sound equipment was provided to be used at different events and community
safety meetings in the future. This will enable attendees; professionals and the
general public to be able to clearly hear and convey their questions and opinions
on community safety issues.
 500 A5 flyers have been printed advising rough sleepers and people begging of the
facilities and services that exist for their welfare and advice needs. The flyers were
used to spearhead a campaign in May 2016 intended to reduce instances of rough
sleeping and begging in the City.
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How does the Cambridge CSP know whether these projects are working to
reduce crime and ASB?
Every quarter, the Cambridge CSP requires the lead officer for each project to submit
a progress report. It also requires the lead officer for each priority to report progress at
meetings of the Cambridge CSP. In addition to this, the Cambridgeshire County
Council’s Research and Performance Team produces a quarterly crime and disorder
report, which shows how the Cambridge CSP is progressing against the aims and
targets set out in its CS Plan. These meetings are open to the general public and
details of each meeting, as well as copies of all the papers to be discussed, are made
available on the Cambridge CSP’s webpage on the City Council’s website:
www.cambridge.gov.uk/cambridge-community-safety-partnership.
Where can I get further information about the Cambridge CSP and the work it
does?
You can get further information about the Cambridge Community Safety Partnership
by visiting the Cambridge City Council’s website:
www.cambridge.gov.uk/cambridge-community-safety-partnership.
Alternatively, you can contact the Partnership Support Officer on 01223 457950 or
email [email protected].
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Useful contacts
Antisocial behaviour team: For information and reporting antisocial behaviour.
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Report antisocial behaviour
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01223 457950
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[email protected]
CAMBAC (Cambridge Business Against Crime): For information and reporting of business
crime
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http://cambac.co.uk/
Cambridgeshire Constabulary
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101 (Non-emergency) / 999 (Emergency)
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http://www.cambs.police.uk/
Cambridgeshire drug and alcohol action team (DAAT)
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01223 699680
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http://www.cambsdaat.org/
Domestic violence directory
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https://www.cambridge.gov.uk/domestic-violence-directory
Advice for people affected by domestic abuse
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https://www.cambridge.gov.uk/advice-for-people-affected-by-domestic-abuse
Environmental health issues
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01223 457000 (or 0300 303 8389 out of office hours or at the weekend)
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https://www.cambridge.gov.uk/dealing-with-noise-complaints
Hate crime against race, faith, gender, sexuality, disability and age.
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http://www.cambs.police.uk/victims/hate_crime.asp
Operation Columbus: Information primarily for international language students to ensure their
safety and well being during their visit.
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Racial harassment
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01223 457967 / 07973 883261
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https://www.cambridge.gov.uk/racial-harassment
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