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Safer & Sustainable Communities Partnership

Officers from one of the Safer Neighbourhood Teams
Sheffield Safer and Sustainable Communities Partnership is responsible for reducing crime, anti-social behaviour, substance misuse and concerns about those issues in Sheffield
 
Sheffield benefits from a very strong partnership and a genuine commitment from local organisations to keep streets and neighbourhoods safe, to make sure victims feel cared for, to keep our young people safe and out of trouble and to appropriately punish and rehabilitate offenders.
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News

Community Justice Panels

Victims of crime are to take the driving seat in Sheffield with a new scheme aimed at putting them face-to-face with offenders.

Smartwater

 An innovative and smart new tactic has been used to help further reduce crime in Sheffield.
 

The Great Drink Debate Results

The Great Drink Debate was launched in December to give the public a chance to share their views on alcohol. The results are now in.
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Campaigns

Best Bar None

Link to the Best Bar None website
Best Bar None awards Sheffield's licenced premises who strive to make the City Centre a safe place to enjoy a night out.

Alcohol Campaign

Night Drinking on the streets can end in the cell poster
Raise awareness of the risks of binge drinking this Christmas with a dramatic advertising campaign in the city centre...


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Winter Safety Advice

Winter Safety Advice
With days getting shorter and evenings darker, the Safer and Sustainable Communities Partnership bring you some winter safety advice. An advice leaflet is available to download.
 
  • Bogus Callers
  • Alcohol Safety
  • Home Safety
  • Personal Safety
  • Vehicle Safety
  • Accidents around the home
 
 
We know that risk differs across the year – ‘sneak-in’ burglaries are common when windows and doors are left ajar during warmer summer months and the Christmas period.
There has been much work done to alert local people and visitors to the risk of leaving any property visible in parked cars and to ensure that out car parks have increased security. 
The definition of violent crime includes not only those offences, which involve violence to the person, but also sexual offences and robbery – both of personal property and that associated with businesses.
Whilst much substance abuse is, in itself, a criminal offence, most people who use controlled drugs commit no other criminal offences.  However, amongst offenders with a drugs habit, finding money can escalate offending behaviour.
Prolific and Priority Offenders (PPOs) are estimated to be responsible for a disproportionate amount of offences in the city, including burglary, theft and vehicle crime. There are clear links between re-offending behaviour and substance misuse.
The city’s approach to dealing with anti-social behaviour is to prevent and deter it wherever possible, using sanctions where necessary.
 
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