Community Safety Partnership

Safer Together – Wakefield's Community Safety Partnership

Keeping Wakefield safe

The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 places statutory duties on agencies to come together to address crime and community safety with a community safety partnership.

Safer Together brings together agencies who are working to make the Wakefield district a safer place for local people and communities.

Our partner organisations include:

Wakefield Council

What we're doing to keep Wakefield safe

Safer Together is committed to: reducing and preventing crime, reducing the fear of crime, reducing anti-social behaviour, reducing re-offending, combating the misuse of drugs, alcohol and other substances, reducing domestic abuse and ensuring services are delivered effectively on a local level.

Our priorities

Here are the key areas we're currently working on to make Wakefield safer. We want you to feel safe in your local area and we're working together on these priorities every day in your community.

  • Violent crime
  • Domestic abuse
  • Burglary
  • Rape and other sexual offences
  • Hate crime
  • Anti-social behaviour including arson

Our plan for 2018-2020

Safer Together funding – case studies

Selecta DNA and Biker Lite

The lives of resident in parts of the south east area of the Wakefield district have been affected by people illegally driving motorcycles and scooters on roads and in public places.

The Safer Together partnership recognised the impact this was having and has funded initiatives to tackle the issues, including the use of SelectDNA, a spray used by police to tag a person who is riding a motorbike illegally. The spray cannot be washed off and remains on the person's clothing and skin. This evidence helped to convict four people for dangerous driving.

The Partnership this year also began funding West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service (WYFRS) to run courses including the Safer Motorcycling programme. The aim is to reduce dangerous driving, collisions between road users and illegal riders as well as stopping the anti-social use of motorbikes.

Another course, Biker Lite, is designed to change the behaviour of young adults around the use of motorcycles and the associated anti-social behaviour.

The courses are in the early stages but initial feedback suggest some people now better understand the risks of dangerous driving, why their use of motorbikes is anti-social, and for the first time they can see how their actions affect their neighbours.