Issue - meetings

(Report of Director of Central Services)

The Community Safety Partnership Plan 2017/18 was presented for consideration.  The Plan provided details of the initiatives carried out during the previous year and set out priorities for the forthcoming year.

Following consideration by the Communities and Housing Advisory Board, the Cabinet Member for Community Services resolved that:

The Community Safety Partnership Plan 2017/18, set out in Annex 1 of the report, be supported and endorsed.

Decision Notice D170053MEM

The Community Safety Partnership Plan 2017/18 was presented for consideration.  The Plan provided details of the initiatives carried out during the previous year and set out priorities for the forthcoming year.

It was reported that crime levels in the Borough remained low and that Tonbridge and Malling remained one of the safest places in the county.  This was despite an increase of 784 offences from April 2016 to March 2017.  Recorded incidents of anti-social behaviour had reduced, down to 98, for the same period. 

Members referred to the exclusion of hate crime from the six priorities for the Plan for 2017/18 and were reassured this was not a significant issue in the Borough.  However, hate crime would be addressed if it became a concern.

RECOMMENDED:  That the Community Safety Partnership Plan 2017/18, set out in Annex 1 of the report, be supported and endorsed.