Community Safety Priorities and Action Plan 2023/24
Mole Valley Community Safety Partnership – developing our priorities in the context of the Surrey wide strategy.
The primary aim of the Surrey Community Safety Agreement (CSA) is to set out how the responsible authorities will work together to identify and address shared priorities in relation to reducing crime and disorder.
It is a statutory document that is a requirement for two tier authorities such as Surrey under Section 17 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (as amended by the Police and Justice Act 2006).
It is also a requirement in such two-tier local authority areas, that there is a County Strategy Group in order to bring together all district, borough and relevant partners responsible for community safety activity.
The Health and Wellbeing Board performs this function.
The Community Safety vision for Surrey:
- Protect our most vulnerable from exploitation
- Protect our communities from harm
- Empower communities to feel safe
Within those priorities are a number of key areas of focus.
The tables below link those with the strategies that underpin them where developed, the mechanism for delivering those strategies and the existing links from Community Safety Partnerships to those areas of work.
By mapping these out, the Mole Valley Community Safety Partnership (MVCSP) can assure itself that it is linked into those pan-Surrey work streams and therefore can concentrate on developing local priorities where it can add value.
1. Protect the vulnerable
| Key area of focus | Council Strategy in place | Strategic Oversight | Delivery mechanism | MVCSP link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Child Exploitation | Exploited and Missing Child Strategic Action Plan | Surrey Safeguarding Children’s Board | Surrey Exploited and Missing Children Oversight Group | Surrey Exploited and Missing Children Oversight Group SE Risk Management Meetings |
| County lines & Serious Violence | Serious Youth Violence | Serious Youth Violence Board | Serious Youth Violence Task and Finish Group | SOC/JAG |
| Fraud | Serious and Organised Crime Partnership | SOC/JAG | ||
| Human Trafficking & Modern Slavery | Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery Strategy and Delivery Action Plan | Serious and Organised Crime Partnership | Surrey Antislavery Partnership | SOC/JAG |
| Domestic Abuse (DA) | DA Strategy | DA Executive and Management Group | Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) | Domestic Abuse Related Death Reviews Sanctuary Scheme |
| Prevent & Channel | Prevent Executive Group and Delivery Group | Partners contribute to Channel Panels as appropriate | Channel Panel |
2. Protect communities from harm
3. Empowering communities to feel safe
Timely, consistent and effective communication to communities of the work that is done across all partnership agencies
Delivery mechanisms for Surrey’s Community Safety priorities
The Surrey-wide governance structure and the district and borough CSPs contribution within it.
Mole Valley Community Safety Partnership Local Priorities 2023/2024
Serious Violence Duty
| Priority | Proposed Lead Agency / Group | Actions | Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic Abuse | Surrey Police Mole Valley District Council | To refer to Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC), Housing, Adult and Children’s Services To support Sanctuary scheme | To reduce the risk to victims and children of domestic abuse. |
| Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) | Surrey Police Mole Valley District CouncilJoint Action Group (JAG)The public | To tackle Violence Against Women and Girls both from strangers and through domestic abuse Use Safer Streets Data to review locations of concern Promote safeguarding campaigns such as Ask for Angela Circulation of media campaigns to challenge public perception and encourage the challenging of poor behaviour | Summer 2022 – Ask for Angela introduced in main licensed premises in Mole Valley – Police and MVDC June 2022 – an alley in Leatherhead was assessed and discussed during JAG following concerns about lighting and fear of crime |
Other local priorities
| Priority | Proposed Lead Agency / Group | Actions | Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rural Crime | Surrey Police | To support the Rural Crime Team’s initiatives to tackle issues including livestock worrying, theft and poaching To work with local communities on rural crime issues | To increase sense of safety for rural communities |
| Envirocrime | Mole Valley District Council | To investigate and enforce incidents of envirocrime including fly-tipping, littering and abandoned vehicles consistently and robustly To work with Surrey Environment Partnership (SEP) on wider operations | Improvement in the environment Reduction in level of offences from prolific offenders |
| Anti-social behaviour | Community Harm and Risk Management Meeting (CHaRMM) Joint Action Group (JAG) | To tackle prolific perpetrators of ASB To address impact of ASB on vulnerable victims and communities To use a multi-agency approach using appropriate enforcement and intervention | To reduce levels of ASB from prolific perpetrators To reduce levels of ASB in most affected locations To increase sense of safety for affected people and communities |