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Daxa Pancholi, Head of Community Safety and Safer Leicester Partnership will provide a presentation on the Safer Leicester Partnership and Community Safety issues in the city and in the Fosse ward. .

Daxa Pancholi, Head of Community Safety & Safer Leicester Partnership provided a presentation on community safety.

Daxa explained the five areas of activity for the Safer Leicester Partnership. These were:

·        Overall Crime – tackling crimes such as vehicle crime, burglary and robbery.

·        Offender Management – working with repeat offenders.

·        Neighbourhood Working – helping people work together to live in a safe environment.

·        Safeguarding – looking into issues such as domestic violence and hate crime.

·        Alcohol - this had been defined as a big objective for the Partnership.

Daxa explained some of the statistics of crime in the Fosse Ward. The following information was provided.

·        There had been a 15.5% reduction in overall crime compared to the same period last year,

·        There had been a 2.9% increase in burglary and a 30% increase in robbery compared to the same period last year.

·        The average number of vehicle crimes in the area had decreased from 28.3 to 11 compared to the same period last year.

·        The level of violent crime in the area was above average and had not changed compared to the same period last year.

·        The level of anti social behaviour in the area was currently above average however had decreased by 17.2% compared to the same period last year.

Daxa commented that one of the targets was to improve public confidence that the Police and City Council were dealing with crime and anti social behaviour issues.

The Community Meeting was informed of some of the measures being taken to prevent acquisitive crime and anti social behaviour in the area. These included:

·        Installation of Alley Gates to reduce burglary in terraced properties.

·        Using smart water which could help identify the property where items were stolen from.

·        Improving street lighting in robbery locations.

·        Additional covert Police patrols.

·        A programme of vehicle crime awareness campaign planned at high vehicle crime locations through out the year.

·        Vehicle crime leaflets delivered in high car crime areas.

·        Street based teams operating in Fosse since September 2009 engaging with young people.

·        Operation Stay Safe – Police Officers and youth workers patrolling areas where anti social behaviour occured to speak with young people.

A resident raised concern that their house backed onto an alleyway and that Tudor Road backed onto the park which made the property a target for crime.

It was suggested that possible solutions for tackling burglary in the area could be:

·        Having a big gate installed for properties backing onto the park.

·        Mobile cameras installed.

·        Placing anti climbing paint on the properties. The Chair commented that funding for this may be able to be found through the Community Meeting budget.

·        Motion Activated Lights