About us

Introduction
Wandsworth is the safest borough in Inner London and has a consistently lower crime rate than the average for Greater London. The amount of crime committed in the borough has in recent years fallen more than similar higher crime areas. All this has been achieved against the backdrop of short-term and complex government funding arrangements for crime and disorder and a long term reduction in the number of Police officers with powers of arrest in Wandsworth, which  has been offset in recent years by the introduction of Police Community Support Officers. 

This crime-cutting performance can be credited in part to the Wandsworth Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership (CDRP), which has achieved real reductions in crime over the life of the Crime, Disorder and Drugs Reduction Strategy (2005-08). In 2004/05, the cost of crime to taxpayers in Wandsworth was estimated to be £299,000,000. In 2007/08, this figure had fallen to £247,494,110. The CDRP published its Partnership Plan for 2008-2011 on 31st March 2008, and this will take the CDRP forward for the next three years.

Community Safety, led by the Head of Community Safety Robert Greaves, is one of the chief members of the Wandsworth CDRP, leading and assisting the delivery of community safety and crime prevention services across the borough. Community Safety works in partnership with many organisations and community representatives and is an integral part of the Environmental Services and Community Safety Division of the Technical Services Department. 

Community Safety comprises two main groups: Community Safety and Crime Prevention Services.

Community Safety
Manager: Sue Yoxall
Community Safety manage and administrate Wandsworth's Neighbourhood Watch scheme, the Junior and Safer Citizen Schemes, external funding for crime prevention programmes, alley gate and crime prevention projects, victim and witness services and various long-term and seasonal community safety initiatives.

Crime Prevention Services
Manager: John Whittington
Crime Prevention Services comprises the Anti-Social Behaviour Unit (ASBU) and the Wandsafe Burglary Aftercare Service, manage the borough's CCTV and Retail Radio network and are involved with various aspects of crime prevention, including the borough's Safer Stations initiative and the administration and application of security grants. 

Please follow the links above to read more about the various services, duties and initiatives that Community Safety provide, perform and manage. If you have an enquiry for the team please navigate to our contacting the team page. Community Safety is a busy yet friendly team. Our officers will be happy to assist with your enquiry. 

Our webpages
At Community Safety we appreciate the importance of the Internet as a valuable information tool. We regularly update our webpages with relevant news and changes to services and are careful and conscious to keep current with any new legislation, publications and advice. This not only allows our pages to remain relevant and useful but also ensures they rank high on web search engines which in turn makes it easier for users to find the information they need.

As we strive to make our webpages amongst the best community safety and crime prevention resources available on the web we are always looking for new ideas. If you have surfed our pages and have any suggestions of how we could improve or add to them please visit our suggestions and feedback section or alternatively email us at communitysafety@wandsworth.gov.uk, putting * FAO: Community Safety web editor * in the subject line. Thank you.