In October 2020, Gravesham took the decision to withdraw from a joint Community Safety Partnership (CSP) arrangement with Dartford Council and establish it's own dedicated Partnership for the Borough.
The purpose of this move was to allow us, with the help of our statutory partners, to focus on those crimes and anti-social behaviour issues that are of the greatest importance to local people and that have the biggest impact on our local neighbourhoods. Over the last few years the Partnership has gone from strength to strength and delivered a range of projects to improve safety across the Borough.
The Gravesham Community Safety Partnership consists of the following statutory partners:
- Gravesham Borough Council
- Kent Police
- Kent Fire and Rescue Service
- Kent County Council
- Kent Probation
- NHS Kent and Medway
- Office of the Kent Police and Crime Commissioner
Significant contributions are also made to Partnership activity by a host of voluntary and private sector groups, charitable organisations and local community groups. Our Partnership has continued to grow its membership and we now have a full range of expertise and knowledge to contribute to our work.
Each year, the Partnership carries out an audit of recorded levels of crime and disorder to help identify issues that need to be prioritised. This is followed by a Community Safety Public Consultation so that the views of local people can be taken into account. Following the last Assessment and Consultation, a new Gravesham Community Safety Strategy 2024-28 has been produced which sets out what the Partnership is going to be concentrating its efforts upon and this also includes the key findings of the Consultation exercise.