5 ANNUAL UPDATE BY THE COMMUNITY SAFETY PARTNERSHIP (GWYNEDD AND ANGLESEY). PDF 511 KB
To provide an overview to Members
of the activities of the Gwynedd and Anglesey Community Safety Partnership
(CSP), January 2023 for the the period of 2021-22, and developments for
2022-23.
Additional documents:
Decision:
Minutes:
The report was
submitted by the Cabinet Member for Adults, Health and Well-being, Senior
Safeguarding, Quality Assurance and Mental Health Manager and the Senior
Operational Officer, Gwynedd and Anglesey Community
Safety Partnership. Attention was drawn briefly to the following principal
points:
- It
was noted that this report detailed the 2021-22 period.
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It was
explained that the partnership had been established in line with Local
Authorities' statutory duty to work in partnership with the police, Health
Service, Probation Service and the Fire and Rescue Service in line with the Crime
and Disorder Act 1998 and Police and Criminal Justice Acts 2002 and 2006.
- It
was explained that the partnership was looking at crime and disorder, substance
misuse and reducing reoffending.
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It was
explained that the partnership's priorities for the 2023-24 year was to prevent
crimes and anti-social behaviour, tackling violent crime and serious organised
crime, and safeguarding and building resilient communities and maintaining
public safety.
- It was stated that the partnership had faced
challenges over the past year. Specifically, the partnership had lost all of its grants as they had come to an end or had moved to
a regional level (whole of North Wales). In addition, technological
developments meant that new types of crimes had now reached the Gwynedd and
Anglesey area. Although these counties were some of the safest places to live,
incidents of Organized Crime Groups and county lines in the area with the
partnership being aware of them.
- It
was elaborated that shoplifting had increased 53.8% in Gwynedd, compared with
2021/22. It was believed that this derived from the general increase in living costs and it was expected for these types of crimes to
increase in the coming months.
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A
summary was provided of the partnership's work over the past year:
o
Training
sessions were held by the Police's Economic Crimes Unit for Local Authority
staff who worked with vulnerable people to draw attention to scams used by
fraudsters.
o
The
Safer Streets 2 project was completed in Bangor, with the installation of 42
additional CCTV cameras and more lights in the Hirael/Deiniol
area of the city.
o
A SOC Group had been introduced for Gwynedd and
Anglesey.
o
The regional group had been attended regularly to
develop the Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy in both Councils.
o
The
Violence Against Women and Girls group was established in March. The
partnership attended meetings regularly to provide input into the work of
fostering confidence between women and the police.
o
A Regional Prevent Delivery Group was developed.
o
Cyngor
Gwynedd received a White Ribbon Accreditation following the work of the
Corporate Support Department.
o
The police were consulted to investigate the
possibility of extending the current Safe Spaces Scheme provision.
- It was confirmed that all of these projects would continue to run over the next year and the partnership was going to continue to support all regional meetings and projects. The partnership was aware of the cost-of-living crisis which was ... view the full minutes text for item 5