Issue - meetings

To consider the report of the Director of Environment & Neighbourhoods providing an update on the Leeds Burglary Reduction Programme and the implications of the changes to the Community Safety Fund which supports the initiative, which will come into effect in April 2013

Further to Minute No. 218, (7^th March 2012) the Director of Environment and Neighbourhoods submitted a report providing a position statement on the delivery of the city’s multi-agency Burglary Reduction Programme, which commenced in September 2011. Specifically, the report sought approval to extend the current programme of activity for a further 12 months using funding allocated to the city by the West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner.

Having noted the positive results which had been achieved overall since the commencement of the Burglary Reduction Programme, Members highlighted the important role of the Police and the effective multi-agency approach which had been taken as part of the programme. 

The Board then considered those parts of the programme which had been most effective, and discussed the priorities of the Police Crime Commissioner which included burglary reduction. In addition, Members noted the evolving trends in Leeds with respect to drug and alcohol dependency, the evolving trends with regard to certain elements of criminal activity, and how such trends were reflected within the burglary figures. 

RESOLVED – That expenditure of up to £484,000 to 31st  March 2014 be approved, in order to enable the existing programme of activity, aimed at reducing domestic burglary, to continue for a further year, and thereby support further work to embed good practice and a lasting legacy in relation to burglary reduction for the future.