Hampshire
Hampshire County Council has a duty to protect the health and safety of residents. This means planning, preparing and practising our response.
It means working to reduce the violence some people experience in their homes and communities and cooperating with the Criminal Justice System. To achieve this, we will focus on actions to protect the population from health harms and the impacts of violence.
Hampshire has a population of just over 1.8 million residents. Aside from Hampshire County Council, The County contains 11 second tier Local Government districts. Excluding Southampton and Portsmouth Unitary Authorities, Hampshire has a city as well as many towns and villages. The County has large rural areas which comprise of agricultural land, woodland and national parks which attract high levels of tourism. However, this is contrasted by areas of significant deprivation in both urban and rural communities.
The VRU currently funds the following intervention projects in the North and West of Hampshire until March 2025.
- A&E NAVIGATORS offered at North Hampshire Hospital, Basingstoke and The Royal County Hospital in Winchester. The service engages with young people presenting to custody with injuries associated with violence.
- RESET programme (custody navigators) This is a custody intervention service for 18-25 year olds. The service is voluntary for young people that have been arrested and require guidance and support in moving away from offending and into employment, training or education. RESET Navigators work out of Basingstoke Police Custody.
- CHOICES programme for years 6 and 7 This is a school workshops at years 6 & 7 addressing topics such as healthy relationships and the risks of child criminal exploitation. The service is available to all schools in Hampshire.
- Trauma Informed Practitioners work with front line police in the South East of Hampshire.
Community Safety Partnerships
Below is an overview of Community Safety Partnerships that work within each District to reduce violence, anti-social behaviour or criminality. This is largely achieved using partnership work with statutory bodies as well as important intervention activities from other organisations and charities.
The Basingstoke & Deane Community Safety Team directly contributes to helping local communities feel safer and helping to reduce levels of antisocial behaviour to improve residents’ quality of life. In North Hampshire, one strategic Community Safety Partner has been established to cover Basingstoke and Deane, Hart and Rushmoor with the aim of creating safer communities, reducing crime, and reducing the fear of crime in the area.
Current priorities:
- Improving feelings of safety and health outcomes within the CSP area
- Serious violence
- Domestic Abuse
- Anti-Social Behaviour
Website
Community Safety Team (basingstoke.gov.uk)
Document Links
Strategic Assessment 2022-23(PDF) [2 Mb]
Strategic Assessment Summary 2022-23(PDF) [342 kb]
Community Safety Partnership Plan(PDF) [199 kb]
Contact information
Community safety covers activities designed to reduce crime, disorder, anti-social behaviour, domestic abuse and behaviour that is harmful to the environment.
Community safety | East Hampshire District Council (easthants.gov.uk)
Working together to prevent and reduce crime and anti-social behaviour. The Community Safety Partnership is comprised of a number of statutory and voluntary agencies, working together to prevent and reduce crime and anti-social behaviour, from which it decides its strategic priorities. These priorities (from September 2022 – March 2024) are:
- Young people prevention from harm
- Reducing Anti-social behaviour and related low level criminality
- Tackling Drug related harm
Website
Community Safety | Eastleigh Borough Council
Document links
Contact information
Email: commsafe@eastleigh.gov.uk
Working in partnership for a safer Fareham
- Reduce anti-social behaviour
- Reduce crimes associated with drugs and alcohol
- Prevent and reducing reoffending
- Public reassurance and community engagement
Website
Fareham Community Safety Partnership
Contact information
communitysafety@fareham.gov.uk
01329 824496
Gosport Community Safety Partnership is a partnership comprising of a number of agencies, all working together towards making Gosport a safe place to live and work.
Current Priorities:
- Reduce anti-social behaviour
- Reduce crimes associated with drugs and alcohol
- Prevent and reducing reoffending
- Public reassurance and community engagement
Website
Safergosport – Gosport Community Safety Partnership
Document links
CSP Strategic Assessment 2023-2024
Contact information
communitysafety@gosport.gov.uk
02392 545241
Hart Community Safety is part of the Safer North Hampshire Community Safety Partnership.
As well as focusing on issues in Hart, we work with Rushmoor Borough Council and Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council on cross-border issues.
For more information, visit the Safer North Hampshire website.
Current priorities:
- Improving feelings of safety and health outcomes within the CSP area
- Serious violence
- Domestic Abuse
- Anti-Social Behaviour
Document links
Safer North Hampshire Hart District Strategic Assessment 2022/23
Safer North Hampshire Strategic Assessment Summary 2022/23
Website
Community Safety team | Hart District Council
Contact information
The Safer Havant Partnership is a multi-agency group working together to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour in Havant Borough.
Website
SaferHavant | Working together to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour in the borough
Contact Information
neighbourhood.quality@havant.gov.uk
023 9244 6019
The Safer New Forest is a partnership that consists of partner agencies such as New Forest District Council, Hampshire Constabulary, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue, Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and Probation. Together we work towards reducing crime and anti-social behaviour and to make the New Forest a safer place to live, work and visit.
Current priorities:
- Children at risk
- Drug and alcohol related harm
- Domestic abuse
- Prevention of risk and exploitation of vulnerable people.
Document links
Safer New Forest Strategic Assessment 2022 (PDF) [1MB]
Safer New Forest Partnership Plan 2023/2024 (PDF) [1MB]
Website
Contact information
023 8028 5438
Rushmoor Community Safety Partnership is part of the Safer North Hampshire Community Safety Partnership.
Current priorities:
- Improving feelings of safety and health outcomes within the CSP area
- Serious violence
- Domestic Abuse
- Anti-Social Behaviour
Document links
Rushmoor Borough Council Strategic Assessment
Safer North Hampshire Strategic Assessment
Website
Community safety - Rushmoor Borough Council
Contact information
The Test Valley Community Safety Partnership (CSP) now forms part of the 'Test Valley Partnership'. It enables organisations working locally to come together to respond to the needs within our communities in a more co-ordinated and organised way. Through sharing skills and combining resources where appropriate, partners focus on addressing the most important things in Test Valley which will continue to improve the quality of life for our communities. The partnership is working to:
- Reduce crime and disorder, including anti-social behaviour and other behaviour adversely affecting communities in Test Valley
- Combat the misuse of drugs and alcohol
- Reduce the fear of Crime
Document links
CSP Strategic Assessment Report
Contact Information
Community&Leisure@testvalley.gov.uk
01264 368000
Winchester Community Safety Partnership (CSP) aims to reduce some of the main causal factors that increase risks related to crime & disorder. We will strengthen our existing arrangements and develop opportunities for greater collaboration, support local crime reduction initiatives and take a proactive stance against those who pose a threat to the feelings of safety and sense of community in our rural and urban areas across the district.
Current priorities:
- Domestic Abuse – work with victims, signposting and encourage early intervention
- Quality of life – reduce the impact of ASB
- High Harm – tackling violent crime
Website
Community Safety and Neighbourhood Services - Winchester City Council
Document links
Winchester CSP Strategic Assessment 2022
Winchester Strategic Assessment Infographic 2022/2023
Contact information