Please note: This consultation is now closed.
The Safer Hastings Partnership is committed to reducing crime and the fear of crime in Hastings and St Leonards. The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 places a responsibility on the police and local authorities to work together with local people to identify crime and disorder problems and develop a strategy to tackle these issues. Every year a survey is carried out to carefully monitor progress against the targets in this strategy.
In September 2005 the survey was printed in the Council's 'About' magazine, which is delivered to almost every household in Hastings and St Leonards. Questionnaires were also conducted at the Council's Street fair in Priory Meadow Shopping Centre in October 2005.
The 2004 survey revealed that people in Hastings and St Leonards were feeling safer than they felt in 2001, and the latest survey for 2005, found that feelings of safety have increased once again.
The biggest increases were in people feeling safe walking alone at night - both in the area in which they live and in the town centre. The 2004 survey showed that 42% of our residents felt safe walking alone at night in the area in which they live; this has now risen to 52%. Feelings of safety in the cente at night have also increased by more than 10%, with 41% now feeling safe, compared to 30% last year.
Residents also feel safer walking alone where they live and in the town centre during the day, with increases of two % taking the totals to 91% and 94% respectively.
Hastings Borough Council's Warden Service and Sussex Police's Community Support Officers are a reassuring presence in town, with 61% of those who completed the survey stating that both uniformed services make them feel safer.
For more information please contact the Safer Hastings Partnership: 01424 451843
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