Community Safety Working Group – Congleton Town Council

The following members sit on this Working Group

Councillor Robert Brittain (Mayor)
Councillor Susan Mead
Councillor Sally Ann Holland
Councillor Shaun Radcliffe
Councillor Kay Wesley (CHAIR)
Councillor Glen Williams
Councillor Richard Walton
Congleton Neighbourhood Policing Unit Beat Sergeant
Member of Cheshire East Council Anti-Social Behaviour Team
Standing item for CEC CCTV team
Co-ordinator of Congleton Street Pastors

Purpose

To monitor, address and reduce crime and antisocial behaviour and its underlying causes in Congleton. This Working Group reports to the Community Committee, where any significant policy or funding decisions are made.

Objectives

Monitor crime and ASB incidence in Congleton over time with a goal of year-on-year reduction. This includes:

Identify ASB and drug/alcohol ‘hotspots’ and recommend solutions for them – e.g. policing, Public Space Protection Orders (PSPOs), community work.
Track domestic violence and sexual offences and support cross-agency solutions and prevention work
Understand the incidence of hate crimes and consider prevention tactics
Monitor speeding/traffic offences and prevention work
Monitor the success of the Congleton CCTV service and recommend additional such services where relevant.

Monitor rough sleeping in Congleton and ensure that people have access to the right services and support.

Work to identify opportunities to engage people, especially young people, such that criminal behaviour does not develop in the first place.

Promote the Community Safety Charter and use its resources to help prevent crime in our community.

Here are this Group’s Terms of Reference.

Partners

This group collaborates with the following

Congleton Youth Forum
Cheshire Police
Cheshire East Council
White Ribbon Working Group
myCWA Domestic Abuse Service
Cheshire Fire Service
Congleton Pub Watch
Congleton Shop Watch

How you can help

Do you work with a community group, charity or youth group that might have some contribution to make? Do you have knowledge or ideas about making Congleton safer and reducing or removing crime and antisocial behaviour?

Please get in touch and send us your ideas, or even volunteer to help, email us at info@congleton-tc.gov.uk