Did you know? About our Community Safety Team | Latest news

Comprised of Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) caseworkers, community wardens , and strategic leads, our Community Safety Team provides a dedicated service to deter and reduce ASB and crime across the district.

  ASB is a current hot topic, especially in our town centres, and so the team want to highlight some of the steps they are taking to try and reduce nuisance behaviour:

Enforcement - officers have increased active enforcement against people causing ASB in our communities. Use of Community Protection Notices, including exclusion zones, help to manage unacceptable behaviour and reduce the negative impact on others. Officers are providing highly visible patrols of hotspot areas and engaging with people reportedly engaging in ASB. This allows for much earlier targeted interventions and positive outcomes.

Public Spaces Protection Order - more commonly known as a PSPO, this sets behavioural requirements on all users of defined public spaces. In our case, it means that officers can direct people to stop drinking alcohol openly and, when appropriate, can remove alcohol. This tool is specifically aimed at reducing ASB. You can find out more about this PSPO here Public Space Protection Order | Arun District Council .

The Safer Arun Partnership - our team leads the local statutory Community Safety Partnership, bringing together agencies including Sussex Police, West Sussex County Council, Probation, West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service, Public Health, Crimestoppers, and the Police and Crime Commissioner's office to co-ordinate longer term responses to crime and ASB. The partnership's current 3 year plan can be found here:   Community Safety Partnership Plan 2023-2025 | Arun District Council .

For information on reporting crime, read more here: The Safer Arun Partnership - reporting crime campaign | Latest news | Arun District Council

Building Community Resilience - it is important that we listen to communities about how they feel and about their experiences. We do this by actively talking and listening to our residents, whether that is through community safety surveys or at community drop-in sessions. Initiatives such as Fraud Awareness Talks and our See it. Report it. campaign is aimed at protecting residents and improving their sense of feeling safe.

As Local Authority officers, it is also important that we submit reports ourselves when we witness criminal and anti-social acts. This easy guide makes it clear who and how to report to

Dial 999 (Emergency Services) if

• a crime is happening now
• someone is in immediate danger or at risk of harm
• property is in danger of being seriously damaged
• a serious disruption to the public is likely

Dial 101 (Sussex Police)
www.sussex.police.uk

For all non-emergency incidents where the crime has already happened or there is no immediate risk of harm, these may include reporting a stolen car, a theft that has already taken place or to report criminal activity that is not currently in progress.
You can also call 101 to give information to Police or make an enquiry.

Dial 0800 555 111 (Crimestoppers)  
www.crimestoppers-uk.org

Use to report crime 100% anonymously always.
Crimestoppers is not the police - they are an independent charity working to help communities.

Dial 0808 141 2800 (reporting anti-social behaviour (ASB) via Arun District Council

Use to report general ASB and repeated public nuisance to the dedicated ASB team at Arun District Council.

The cornerstone of our approach is to ensure that we work collaboratively with other organisations, such as schools, community and voluntary sector groups, and statutory agencies, as we recognise that no single body can tackle crime and ASB alone. In doing so, our aim is to provide short, medium, and long term solutions and to make Arun a safer place to live, work, and play.

If you would like to discuss any of your concerns face to face, our wardens have regular drop in hubs in our community. See full details here: Did you know? About our community hubs | Latest news | Arun District Council