About the community safety partnership

Since 2006 Gravesham and Dartford have operated a joint Safety Community Partnership.  However in October 2020 the joint partnership was dissolved to be replaced by two separate ones.  Therefore there is now a new partnership which will focus solely on Dartford with the aim of providing community safety activities which better reflect its characteristics and challenges.

The role of a Community Safety Partnership (CSP) is to bring key local agencies together to deliver multi-agency solutions to local problems by pooling resources and experience.

The focus of the legislation requires members of the Partnership to do all they "reasonably can to prevent, (a) crime and disorder in its area (including anti-social behaviour and other behaviour adversely affecting the local environment) and (b) the misuse of drugs, alcohol and other substances in its area and (C) to reduce re-offending in the local area and (D(i)) preventing people from becoming involved in serious violence in the area, and (D(ii)) reducing instances of serious violence in the area”.