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What we do

The Birmingham Community Safety Partnership works to reduce the level and impact of crime and anti social behaviour to keep our neighbourhoods safe so that people can lead healthy and productive lives. We want to make Birmingham a safer city for our communities to live in whilst also making it undesirablefor offenders and perpetrators who’s only interest is to have a negative impact within communities.

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Our priorities

Building Safer Neighbourhoods

The Building Safer Neighbourhoods board develops and delivers projects against 6 priorities. These include but are not limited to the ASB Hotspot Pilot Project, redeployable CCTV cameras and the ASB Case Review

Violence Reduction

The Violence Reduction Board (VRB) commissions, develops and delivers projects against 4 priorities to assist the Birmingham Community Safety Partnership in fulfilling its statutory duties. Some of the projects include the Youth Inspector Programme and the STEP Together Programme.

Protecting People from Harm

The Protecting People From Harm board commissions, develops and delivers projects against 6 priorities. Key topics for the Board include but are not limited to Domestic Abuse, Modern Slavery and Hate Crime.

Reducing Offending

This newly formed thematic group has developed an early intervention and prevention approach to reduce offending and this will form the basis of the new Reducing Offending Strategy. The board will also work with partners regarding the Victims and Prisoners Bill as this will have implications for all thematic groups.

Operation Eternity

Operation Eternity

Operation Eternity is an example of partnership working taking place as part of the ASB hotspot funding secured by West Midlands Police Crime Commissioner to tackle and reduce the impacts of anti-social behaviour across Birmingham.

Our Statutory Duties

Work within the statutory duties from the Crime and Disorder Act 1998

Relevant legislation that has since followed and built on this Act include the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003, Police and Justice Act 2006, Police & Social Responsibility Act 2011, Anti-Social Behaviour Bill 2012 and the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. No arrow needed.

Manage the Anti-social Behaviour Case Review.

New powers to tackle anti-social behaviour were introduced through the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. The ASB Case Review, formerly known as the Community Trigger, gives victims of persistent ASB the ability to demand a formal case review where the threshold is met, in order to determine whether there is further action that can be taken.
Crime and Anti-social behaviour

Commission Domestic Homicide Reviews

Under the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act, Domestic Homicide Reviews are completed following a death under certain circumstances. These reviews explore whether there are any learnings that can be taken on board by relevant partner agencies.
Domestic Homicide Reviews (DHRs)

Reduce serious violence

The Serious Violence Duty ensures that serious violence is an explicit priority for Community Safety Partnerships. The Birmingham Community Safety Team are also taking part in the Offensive Weapon Homicide Review pilot which focuses on partner agencies learning from deaths where an offensive weapon has been used.
Offensive Weapons Homicide Review

Preventing and reducing crime, ASB and the harm of drug and alcohol misuse

Work together to form and implement strategies to prevent and reduce crime and anti-social behaviour, and the harm caused by drug and alcohol misuse. This work will include producing an annual plan.

Consult and engage with the community

To identify and understand the problems facing people and places in Birmingham, we consult and engage with a wide range of partners, organisations and communities. This approach allows us to effectively provide solutions to various problems.

Reduce re-offending by adults and young people

With effective partnership working, the Birmingham Community Safety Partnership will produce plans to reduce reoffending by adults and young people.

Current projects

January 2024 Current Project

ASB Hotspot Pilot Project

  • Crime and anti-social behaviour
January 2024 Current Project

Operation Eternity is the name given in the West Midlands to a Home Office-funded pilot project. The West Midlands is one of 10 force areas piloting extra patrols and other partnership activities.
  • Crime and anti-social behaviour
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January 2024 Current Project

Offensive Weapons Homicide Review

January 2024 Current Project

The Birmingham Community Safety Team is currently 1 of 3 pilot areas involved in the Offensive Weapons Homicide Review (OWHR) process and is coordinating all the reviews for homicides that meet the criteria in Birmingham and Coventry.
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January 2024 Current Project

Supported Exempt Accommodation

January 2024 Current Project

Exempt Accommodation is currently a non-commissioned and un-regulated type of supported housing. Registered Providers oversee the accommodation and although they can own the properties, they are largely leased from other owners.
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