Alderstead Council works with policing, wellbeing and other public services to reduce local harm, support prevention and make community-safety responsibilities easier for residents to understand.

The council's community-safety role

The council can use local information and service evidence to identify recurring concerns, support preventative activity, coordinate with partner organisations and consider how local places or council services affect community safety. It can also help residents identify the correct service when a concern crosses organisational boundaries.

Police matters

Alderstead Council is not a police force. It does not investigate crimes, direct police operations or exercise police powers. Crimes in progress, incidents requiring police attendance and other operational policing matters must use the appropriate police route.

Partnership working

Community safety often involves organisations with different legal and operational responsibilities. Partnership working allows those organisations to coordinate without transferring their powers to one another. Alderstead Council remains accountable for its own decisions and expenditure, while policing and specialist services remain accountable for their operational functions.

Raise a concern

For a non-emergency issue connected with council responsibilities, local prevention or partnership coordination, see Report a community-safety concern. For information about joint working, see Community safety partnership.

Community safety partnership

Community safety depends on cooperation between organisations with different responsibilities. Alderstead Council contributes the local-government and community perspective while operational and specialist services retain their own powers.

Partnership working

Partnership activity can consider patterns of local concern, preventative work, public information, community confidence and the coordination needed between services. The council does not acquire the legal powers of a partner simply because it is participating in joint work.

Report a community-safety concern

You can raise a non-emergency community-safety concern with the council where the issue relates to council responsibilities, local prevention or partnership coordination.

What to include

Describe what is happening, where it is happening, how often it occurs and why you think council or partnership action may be needed. Do not include unnecessary personal information about other people.