Community Safety
Our work is designed to make Ipswich safer and to ensure the safety of all people who live, work and visit Ipswich from all perspectives.

The team covers the diverse areas of Crime and Disorder, Substance Misuse, anti-social Behaviour, the Council's 24/7 Emergency Services Centre (where the Town Centre CCTV Scheme is monitored, Ipswich HEARS Community Alarm Service is run, where the out of hours stand-by service is run and where severe weather warnings are received), Corporate Health and Safety and Emergency Planning.

The Crime and Disorder staff work to develop and co-ordinate effective crime reduction programmes within the Borough. This is done by co-ordinating implementation of the statutory requirements for partnership under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998, supporting and working in partnership with Council departments and external agencies and planning and developing proactive initiatives to reduce crime and disorder.

The Ipswich Community Safety Partnership is comprised of several key statutory agencies in Ipswich who are working together to tackle crime and disorder across the city. The Crime and Disorder Act (1998) requires the local councils and police to work together to address matters of crime and disorder. The Act outlines the position that by working with all of the agencies that are affected by, or deal with crime and disorder, we can produce better and more effective solutions to the problems we face.

This partnership, therefore, includes the Borough's key agencies and is managed by a Responsible Authorities Group that oversees the work undertaken.