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Community safety partnership

Wakefield's Community Safety Partnership

Keeping communities safe in the Wakefield District

We have a legal responsibility to work together with partners to tackle crime.

We work together with partners through a Community Safety Partnership (CSP). Our CSP unites organisations to enhance safety and wellbeing for residents and local communities.

Our partner organisations include:

Our priorities

We're focused on initiatives to enhance safety across Wakefield. Our aim is for everyone to feel secure and supported in their local neighbourhood. Our priorities are shaped by your community, and we're committed to taking action to make a real difference where you live.

  • domestic abuse
  • contest Strategy 
  • hate crime
  • gender based crime
  • modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
  • anti-social behaviour including Public Order Offences 

Read the West Yorkshire Violence Reduction Partnership (VRP) Needs Assessment and Response Strategy. This is for preventing and reducing serious violence across West Yorkshire.

We’re working every day to protect communities and create a safer Wakefield.

The partnership 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 substances
  • reducing domestic abuse
  • ensuring services are delivered effectively on a local level

Our vision: To create a safer more resilient and inclusive Wakefield, where every resident can live without fear of crime or anti-social behaviour. 

Our mission: To work collaboratively across agencies to address the root causes of crime and anti-social behaviour improve outcomes for victims and build stronger safer, inclusive communities. 

Safer Wakefield

Wakefield BID is supporting businesses in this area through Safer Wakefield.

Safer Wakefield is partly funded by the Wakefield Community Safety Partnership. The project supports our shared goal of creating a safer city centre for all.

Community Safety Partnership Fund - Case Studies

Step in, Speak Up - Performance in Education - July 2025 

Priority: Serious Violent Crime including a focus on Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG)

Performance in Education (PIE) was awarded £18,000 by the CSP to host free workshops to empower Wakefield students. Step In, Speak Up challenges abuse between peers. It aims to help students to have confidence to speak up when needed. Students also gain communication skills to address other forms of violence or discrimination. And report incidents. The workshops help students approach friends who are displaying problematic behaviour, as well as friends who may be victims. 

Life-saving trauma kits - June 2025

Priority: Serious Violent Crime

The Community Safety team secured £7,000 in CSP funding to roll out life-saving trauma kits across night-time economy venues.

The funding also covered training for security and door staff to help save a stab victim's life. Staff are now prepared to deal with incidents should they occur. 

Our night-time economy staff now have the skills to provide immediate first aid in the event of a sharp weapon incident. This helps to stabilise victims until emergency services arrive. Find out more about the launch in this BBC Look North coverage.

EmpowerU & Thrive - Blossom Training and Development CIC - November 2024

Priority: Serious Violent Crime including a focus on violence against women and girls

Blossom Training and Development CIC was awarded £9,473 to host full day self-defence course in Normanton. The courses are designed for individuals aged 13 and above.

Experienced instructors taught residents practical self-defence techniques. The initiative empowers residents with the confidence and skills needed to stay safe.

Domestic Abuse IDVA Car - July 2024

Priority: Domestic abuse

The Independent Domestic Violence Advisor (IDVA) car is a specialist response vehicle used for domestic abuse. The initiative is a partnership with the police and received £70,414 of funding from the CSP.

It pairs a police officer with an advisor to attend domestic abuse incidents in real time. This offers immediate safeguarding, emotional support, and practical help to victims. Enabling victims to receive expert guidance and reassurance at the earliest opportunity. This has led to victims making informed decisions and being able to access further support.

Nothing to do - IAspire2 - July 2024

IAspire2 projects equips young people with knowledge of the justice and policing systems. The initiatives embed important skills such as teamwork, networking, problem-solving, critical thinking, self-discipline and respect.

This helps our young people to feel more motivated, capable and in control of their own decision-making process. The CSP awarded £9,050 for workshops which target the moral aspect of crimes and hearing from victims.

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