What is a Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership?

The 1998 Crime and Disorder Act established partnerships between the police, local authorities, probation service, health authorities, the voluntary sector and local residents and businesses. These statutory partnerships are known as Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (CDRPs) or Community Safety Partnerships. These Partnerships are working to develop and implement strategies to tackle crime and disorder and misuse of drugs in their area.

These partnerships are working to reduce crime and disorder in their area by:

• Establishing the levels of crime, disorder and substance misuse in their area, and consulting with the population of that area to make sure that the partnership's perception matches that of local people, especially minority groups. These are called Crime and Disorder Audits and can be found within each of the district mini-sites.

• Devising a strategy outlining what is being done to tackle those priority problems. The strategy will last for three years, but must be kept under review by the partnership. These are called Community Safety Strategies and can be found within each of the district mini-sites.

CDRPs are expected to work closely with Drug and Alcohol Action Teams in two tier local authority areas like Cambridgeshire.