Anti-social behaviour has been identified as the number one priority for Havant residents irrespective of age or gender.  It can be defined as behaviour that causes harassment, alarm and distress to others and includes

• rowdy and inconsiderate behaviour
• alcohol related disorder
• motor vehicle nuisance
• vandalism
• Litter and fly tipping.

• NI 17 Public perceptions of anti-social behaviour
• NI 41 Public perceptions of drunk or rowdy behaviour as a problem
• NI 21 Dealing with local concerns about anti-social behaviour and crime by the local council and police
• NI 22  Public perception of parents taking responsibility for the behaviour of their children in the area
• NI 27 Understanding of local concerns about anti-social behaviour and crime by the local council and police
• NI 41 Public perceptions of drunk or rowdy behaviour as a problem
• Reduction in number of rowdy and inconsiderate occurrences recorded by police (target -5%)
• Reduction in number of anti-social incidents where a motor vehicle is involved (target -5%)

Crime statistics for the Havant area for the year 2007/08 reveal that recorded crime figures totalled 11867 of which 3193 were criminal damage (including arson)

• Criminal damage reported crime figures
• Reduction in deliberate fires

• To reduce the level of alcohol/drug related crime
• To reduce the level of alcohol related hospital admissions
• To reduce the level of alcohol related anti-social behaviour
• To promote a sensible drinking culture

• N I40 Numbers of problem drug users in effective treatment  
• NI 39 Number of alcohol related hospital admissions
• NI 41 Public perceptions of drunk or rowdy behaviour as a problem
• NI 42 Public perceptions of drug use or drug dealing as a problem

• To reduce the number of assaults with injury
• To reduce the number of repeat victims of Domestic Violence
• To reduce the demand on A&E services
• To reduce the demand on Ambulance services

• NI 32 Repeat incidents of domestic violence
• NI 15 Serious violent crime
• NI 20 Assault with injury crime rate
• NI 32 Repeat incidents of domestic violence
• NI 34 Domestic violence – murder
• NI 30 Re-offending rate of prolific and priority offenders

To ensure that all agencies are effectively engaged in the sharing of information and expertise in working with young people.

• NI 19 Proven rate of re-offending
• NI 111 Number of 10-17 year olds entering the criminal justice system for the first time
• NI 115  Substance misuse by young people

• To reduce the impact of crime and disorder, alcohol and drugs
• To improve the quality of life of Havant residents
• To ensure value for money by reducing the demand on partner agencies by:

Strengthening and broadening the executive and strategic leadership of the partnership.

Developing clears terms of reference for the

• Safer Havant Strategic Group
• Safer Havant Performance Group
• Safer Havant Delivery Group
• Prolific Priority Offenders Group ensuring links with related groups.

We will

• Conduct an annual Section 17 review
• Constantly monitor our performance against the Hallmarks of Effective Practice
• Develop Service level agreements for Partnership working with Portsmouth, Fareham and Gosport

Supporting the development of:

• Neighbourhood Policing,
• Neighbourhood Watch and the
• Community Tasking and Co-ordinating Group (CTCG)

We will

• Monitor our effectiveness in dealing with local concerns about anti social behaviour and crime by the local council and police
• Utilise the 101 tasking system to gain an overview of community concerns
• Consider Safer Neighbourhood priorities at the monthly Community Tasking and Co-ordinating Group (CTCG)
• Produce regular reports to the Safer Havant Partnership meetings from the CTCG .
• Monitor the percentage of successful neighbourhood priorities resolved to the satisfaction of the neighbourhood (target 33%)

3. Improving communications with an updated, targeted Communications Strategy to ensure residents are informed and reassurance messages communicated

We will

• Develop and publish a partnership Communications Strategy
• Launch the Safer Havant website and provide monthly updates.

Maintenance and further development of early interventions.  The reducing re-offending programme of planned activity seeks to break individuals out of a cycle of repeat offending.  This includes providing treatment and support where it is considered to offer positive outcomes.

We will

• Clearly identify repeat offenders, including Prolific and Priority Offenders (PPOs) and others responsible for committing acts of crime and ASB .
• Seek to effectively share between Havant Council, Havant Police, the Prison Service, Youth Offending Institutes, Probation Service and Youth Offending Service to identify repeat offenders.
• Clearly identify the drivers towards offending, including consultation with offenders.
• Clearly identify  the roles that partner agencies can play in reducing re-offending, such as housing providers, training/learning and employment agencies and social care.

The Safer Havant Partnership operates an intelligence generation process to help tackle crime and disorder, and improve community safety.  This process assimilates data that is exchanged across the Partnership, performs analyses, engages and consults with communities, and draws upon the resources from multiple agencies to solve the problems that have been identified.  The Safer Havant intelligence development process operates around a 12-month cycle.  The Safer Havant Strategic Assessment identifies the key issues and helps us to set our strategic priorities.

We will identify the Information Requirements and Scanning (analysis required and areas that we need to scan to identify emerging issues)

We will ensure that:

• Annual Strategic Assessment completed
•  Six monthly review of assessment
• Performance group reports completed
• Problem profiles completed for Safer Neighbourhoods
• Problem profiles completed for priority issues
• Problem profiles completed for priority areas