ORGANISATIONS working to cut crime and anti-social behaviour across Kirklees held a major conference.
The event in Huddersfield analysed what works in community safety and how to improve things by creating stronger partnerships.
The meeting at the Deighton Centre was organised by Kirklees Safer Stronger Communities Service, part of Kirklees Council.
Other organisations attending included the police, Kirklees Primary Care Trust, West Yorkshire Probation Service, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust and Kirklees Neighbourhood Housing, along with voluntary and community groups.
Their staff deal with crime and disorder, anti-social behaviour and environmental crime, substance misuse, sex workers and other vulnerable adults, domestic violence and issues affecting children and young people.
Kirklees Safer Stronger Communities Partnership chairman Clr Khizar Iqbal said: “The conference looked at what we are doing well, gaps in provision and how to improve on those as well as improving working together. It will lead to more initiatives to make Kirklees a safer place to live and work.”
Kirklees police chief Chief Supt John Robins said: "Coming together in this way enables us to plan and formulate improvements within the district that will tie in with our three-year action plan to further cut crime.’’
The Partnership’s 2008 to 2011 plan sets out proposals to reduce crime and disorder, make people feel safer and encourage them to be more involved in their communities.
Crime in Kirklees fell 25% between 2003 and 2007, from 53,094 recorded incidents to 39,795. Burglaries fell 36%, from 4,661 in 2003 to 2,960 in 2007.
Vehicle crime tumbled 44%, from 8,926 incidents to 5,028, and violent crime dropped by 13%, from 9,228 incidents to 8,062.
