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Community Safety Partnerships

This report is part of the Audit Commission Knowledge - Learning from Audit, Inspection and Research Series and is intended primarily for local authority chief executives and police commanders. The purpose of the report is to review the performance of local agencies engaged in delivering community safety since 1999. It explores the key issues facing community safety partnerships as they develop and implement strategies for the period 2002 - 2005.

Title: Community Safety Partnerships (Learning from Audit, Inspection and Research)
Author: The Audit Commission
Date published: July 2002
Number of pages: 8 (summary) & 64 (full report)

Between November 2001 and May 2002, the Commission reviewed the implementation of community safety by local partnerships, using evidence from audits, inspections and research. This report is based upon data from:

• community safety value-for-money audits in 1999 and 2000 covering most councils in England and Wales

• Audit Commission inspections of community safety in 23 English and Welsh councils

• HM Inspectorate of Constabulary inspections of 16 police basic command units

• ten community safety beacon council applications to the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (now covered by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister)

• Audit Commission fieldwork in 19 local partnership areas, selected on the basis of Audit Commission Inspection score, crime rates between 2000 - 2001 and entry to the beacon council scheme.

The research also identified a number of challenges for Government including:

• supporting performance and encouraging learning about 'what works'

• providing incentives that develop community safety both nationally and locally

• providing leadership and a corporate approach across central government.

The report is available on a variety of formats, both online and as hard copy

• Go to Community Safety Partnerships HTML home page

• Download Community Safety Partnerships summary PDF 135Kb

• Download Community Safety Partnerships full version PDF 807Kb

Hard copies (priced £18) are also available from Audit Commission Publications, PO Box 99 Wetherby, LS23 7JA Tel: 0800 502030. Quote stock code reference: LL12785.

Last update: Tuesday, August 19, 2008