Ambition
‘Durham is a county where everyone can feel and be safe.’
Priorities
The Safe Durham Partnership has three strategic priorities, outlined in the Safe Durham Partnership Strategy 2024-2029.pdf, which set out what we will focus on to achieve this Ambition.
1. Anti-social behaviour and crime which disrupts our communities
- Area of focus: anti-social behaviour
- Areas of assurance: reducing reoffending, road safety
2. Hate crime and building community cohesion
- Area of focus: hate crime
- Area of assurance: counter terrorism
3. Sexual violence and other violent crime
- Area of focus: sexual violence
- Areas of assurance: serious violence, domestic abuse, combatting drugs and alcohol, organised crime
In producing this strategy, we have considered evidence from Durham Insight (as our Strategic Assessment) alongside, local expertise, insight, horizon scanning, and the voice of our communities captured through various ongoing consultation and feedback mechanisms from all partners. The Safe Durham Partnership (SDP) is committed to ensuring key leads in partner organisations deliver on the commitments they have made in this strategy.
Other useful information sources
- County Durham Anti-Social Behaviour Strategy 2022-25.pdf
- Durham County Council – reporting anti-social behaviour
- Durham County Council – reporting hate crime and incidents
- Durham Constabulary’s ‘report it’ web page
- Hate Hurts – A Campaign for County Durham and Darlington United Against Hate Crime
- Free safe and wellbeing visit from County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Service
- Durham County Council – road safety
- Victim Care and Advice Service
- Durham Police and Crime Commissioner’s Office
- Durham County Council – domestic abuse