Pledge 2 - Reducing crime in Salford
Children’s Services
- Increased the amount of Youth Service provision that is available on Friday evenings and at weekends in order to provide diversionary activities for young people.
- Through preventative work with our partners, on course to achieve target of reducing the number of first time entrants to the youth justice system to 514 or less.
Environment
- Investment in further replacement of fencing at cemeteries.
- Provided adequate levels of enforcement in all areas of trading activity.
- Developed a co-ordinated approach to the enforcement of legislation in licensed premises.
- Introduced CCTV systems, along with mobile wardens to address environmental crime activities through education and enforcement.
- Reduced fly tipping.
- Continued partnership working with Department of Works and Pensions to tackle counterfeiting and fraudulent claims for benefits.
- Introduction of ‘No cold calling zone’ to tackle doorstep crime/destruction burglaries.
- Participated in a joint EH/Crime Reduction Team initiative to reduce commercial robberies.
- Developed a joint EH/Police initiative to tackle nuisance motorbikes.
- Worked with NPHL and Nuisance Link Team to tackle anti social behaviour.
- Addressed litter and dog fouling through the issue of fixed penalty notices and prosecution of offenders.
- Achieved conviction of a major fraudster who made profits from deception and false trading of an estimated £300k and over £28k in benefit fraud.
- Seized £1/2 million worth of unsafe motorbikes by Trading Standards.
- Confiscation of Hi-Fi equipment and prosecutions for causing nuisance.
Housing and Planning
- Target for operational street lights of over 99% achieved.
- Landlord licensing accreditation introduced.
- Reduction in number of void properties in the city.
Chief Executives
- Incidents of criminal behaviour reduced by 20%.
- Best practice advice was published on the website on behalf of Community Safety at Halloween, bonfire night and Christmas.
- An Alley Gating leaflet indicating residents’ responsibilities was produced.
- Salford construction partnership assisted 14 ex-offenders into employment.
- A MORI survey of local residents in 2006 showed that the percentage feeling unsafe after dark fell from 61% in 2002 to 49% in 2006.
- Achieved Home Office Respect Action Area status - to target anti-social behaviour through support, diversion, intervention and enforcement.
- 7 Dispersal Orders used across the city to tackle problems of people congregating and causing anti-social behaviour and a city wide street alcohol ban in place.
- Used crack house closure orders to close down nuisance premises and developed nationally recognised guidance and protocols.
- Launched a Licensees Forum to improve partnership working within licensed premises.
- Various initiatives such as Salford Firefly and Beatsweep operations delivered.
Customer and Support Services
- Successful prosecutions against breach of licence conditions and benefit fraud.
This page was last updated on 01 June 2007
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