Contents

  1. Foreword to the Bexley Community Safety Partnership Strategy
  2. What is the Community Safety Partnership?
  3. Achievements from the 2022 to 2025 strategy
  4. Key legislation
  5. Joint strategic assessment 2025
  6. What does the JSA tell us?
  7. Our community
  8. Community safety survey results 2024
  9. BCSP priorities 2025 to 2028
  10. Principals and cross-cutting themes
  11. Priority 1: serious violence
  12. Priority 2: domestic abuse
  13. Priority 3: anti-social behaviour
  14. Priority 4: community reassurance
  15. Working in partnership
  16. Delivery plan and measuring success
  17. Further information

4. Key legislation

  • Crime and Disorder Act 1998. This Act gave BCSP partners the statutory responsibility to reduce crime and disorder in the Bexley local authority area
  • The Police and Justice Act 2006 extended this duty to cover ASB and substance misuse
  • The Policing and Crime Act 2009 to cover reduced reoffending
  • Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. This Act increased the tools and powers that BCSP partners can use to enforce against ASB; and ASB Case Reviews (formerly Community Triggers)
  • Counter Terrorism and Security Act 2015. This places the duty on public authorities to have due regard to prevention of terrorism in it’s functions; and to have a Board coordinating Prevent activity and a Channel Panel
  • Police Crime Sentencing Courts Act 2022. This established the Serious Violence Duty to include Serious Violence and Domestic Abuse within our Strategy and Action Plans; and carry out homicide reviews where an offensive weapon is used
  • Serious Crime Act 2015. Expanded obligations around combatting serious organised crime
  • Children’s Act 1989; and Care Act 2014. Key safeguarding legislations requiring certain reporting, referral and decision making mechanisms for the purpose of child and adult safeguarding by partnerships be in place
  • Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004; Domestic Abuse Act 2021. This Act gave the BCSP the requirement to conduct Domestic Homicide Reviews, now Domestic Abuse Related Death Reviews
  • Modern Slavery Act 2015. Requires BCSP partners to respond to and safeguard our residents from trafficking and exploitation