Synopsis: Doncaster crime reduction

The Local Area Agreement in Doncaster is focused on improving service delivery and ensuring agencies are responsive to neighbourhood needs. The Safer Doncaster Partnership, aware of the importance of reducing crime and reassuring the public, introduced a Communications Project. Safer Doncaster partnership has developed a shared communications strategy and a shared working group to target the seasonal variations in the crime statistics with tailored messages. It has saved money and avoided duplication It has been shown to contribute to reduced crime figures. It is intended to impact on the fear of crime, perceptions of crime, engagement with crime. These are key measures for SCS and quality of life (QoL). This Project is focused on using communications effectively to ensure that neighbourhoods know about the work that is going on to reduce crime and disorder. It also seeks to co-ordinate communications throughout the partnership.