Being and feeling safe both in our homes and within the wider community impacts on both our emotional and physical wellbeing. It also directly impacts on our personal resilience as well as impacting overall on a community’s resilience, confidence and cohesion.
What is included under this priority
Areas of work include:
- anti-social behaviour
- arson and deliberate fires
- safer homes
- road safety
- hate crime and community tension
Anti-social Behaviour Strategy 2022-2025
Vision – “Improving lives, through tackling anti-social behaviour”
The Safe Durham Partnership have worked hard to prevent and tackle ASB since its formation in 2009 and are continually reviewing the way in which it achieves this goal. This strategy provides the framework by which the SDP will work together to prevent and deal with ASB across County Durham whilst embracing the following 8 principles:
- Working in Partnership
- Champion the Victims’ Voice
- Provide the Best Victim Support
- Provide Victim Centric Community Trigger & Community Remedy Processes
- Implement Preventative Measures
- To make full use of the tools and powers
- Maximise use of digital technologies
- An inclusive approach
To view a pdf version of the strategy document please click on the link below:
Anti-Social Behaviour Strategy 2022-25.pdf
Raising concerns
Members of the public
Please see the following links on how to report instances of anti-social behaviour or hate crime and incidents:
- Durham County Council – reporting anti-social behaviour
- Durham County Council – reporting hate crime and incidents
- Durham Constabulary’s ‘report it’ web page
Call 999 if you or someone else is in immediate danger, or if a crime is in progress.
Partner organisations
A Tension Monitoring Toolkit has been created to enable partners (including Police, Registered Social Landlords, Council staff, Health Practitioners and Fire Service staff) to raise concerns around community tensions that may escalate.
You can request the toolkit or raise any concerns by email to safer.communities@durham.gov.uk