Wigan Borough Community Safety Partnership
Wigan Borough's Community Safety Partnership (WBCSP) is a statutory requirement of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, working in partnership to address local issues including crime, antisocial behaviour, drug or alcohol misuse, and re-offending. The multi-agency strategic group is built on the premise that no single agency can deal with, or be responsible for dealing with, complex community safety issues, and that these issues can be addressed more effectively and efficiently through working in partnership. This principle is vital to ensuring safer communities.
The partnership is made up of both statutory agencies and co-operating bodies within the borough (known as the ‘responsible authorities’), including:
Community Safety Partnership (CSP) statutory duties and functions
Whilst CSPs are responsible for a huge range of activity, the statutory obligations upon them are currently limited to:
- Set up a strategic group to direct the work of the partnership (Community Safety Partnership Board)
- Regularly engage and consult with the community about their priorities and progress achieving them
- Set up protocols and systems for sharing information
- Analyse a wide range of data, including crime levels and patterns, in order to identify priorities in an annual strategic assessment
- Set out a partnership plan and monitor progress
- Commission Domestic Violence Homicide reviews (DHRs)
- Find out more about DHRs and why they are conducted.