The Deputy Mayor and Executive Member for Culture and Communities and the Director of Environment and Community Services submitted a report for the Executive’s consideration. The purpose of the report was to provide a summary of the priorities within Middlesbrough’s Community Safety Plan 2020-22 (see Appendix 1 of the submitted report) and set out its delivery plan (see Appendix 2).

The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 placed statutory obligations on local authorities and the police to work in partnership with health authorities and other relevant agencies to prevent crime and disorder.

Legislation required the partnership to produce a plan detailing how it intended to tackle crime and disorder and develop strategies to tackle short, medium and long-term priorities.

During 2019/2020 the Community Safety Partnership held a series of multi-agency workshops and three overarching priorities had been identified - Perceptions and Feeling Safe, Tackling the Root Causes and Locality Working (including the town centre).

The objectives in respect of each priority were outlined in the submitted report.

ORDERED

That the annually revised delivery plan aiming to deliver on the priorities within the Community Safety Plan 2020-2022, as agreed by the Community Safety Partnership, be approved.

REASON

It was a statutory requirement for the Local Authority’s Community Safety Partnership to develop and produce a Community Safety Plan under the 1998 Crime and Disorder Act.

The key objectives set out in the plan were based upon assessment of crime and disorder issues across the town and reflected the views of the community and partners.