Reducing crime is a high priority for us and our partner agencies. Particularly reducing violent crime, domestic violence and hate crime. We also want to reduce anti-social behaviour, reassure the public and tackle the harm caused by illegal drugs and alcohol misuse. We will play our part in delivering priorities identified in local Crime and Disorder Reduction Strategies. We also recognise that providing alternative facilities such as leisure, sports and transport for young people as well as diversionary activities through our multi-agency Youth Crime Prevention Strategy plays a part in preventing and reducing crime and anti-social behaviour.

We will:

work with the Police Authority to put extra community support officers on the beat in Leicestershire and to review and develop their effectiveness in tackling low-level crime and anti-social behaviour in communities;
campaign at national level for the rights of those subject to criminal behaviour;
support the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Community Safety Programme Board in implementing a strategy to target the relatively small number of prolific offenders responsible for the highest proportion of crimes;
identify those children and young people most at risk of offending and ensure that individual plans are put in place to prevent it;
intervene through our Youth Offending Service at an early point in the lives of children and young people who become involved in crime and provide rigorous supervision to reduce their offending;
work to stamp out underage sales of alcohol, knives, fireworks, solvents, cigarettes and aerosol paint spray cans to help reduce anti-social behaviour.

HIGH PRIORITIES	WE WILL ACHIEVE
Reduce overall crime – particularly violent crime and hate crime	A reduction in British Crime Survey comparator crime by 17.1% by 31 March 2008 (LAA target)
Reduce domestic violence	Reduce domestic violence Increase the number of domestic violence incidents reported to the police by March 2009 by 5%. A reduction in detected domestic violence offences committed by repeat offenders by 33%. (LAA target)
Reduce offending by prolific offenders	A reduction in the number of offences committed by prolific and other priority offenders by 18.7% (LAA target)
Build respect in communities and reduce anti-social behaviour	Establish common recording system for anti-social behaviour and set reduction targets in 2006/07 (LAA target)
Reduce harm caused by illegal drugs and alcohol misuse	An increase of drug users in treatment to 65% in 2007/08 and increase in the seizures of Class A drugs (LAA target)
Prevent offending and re-offending by young people	A reduction of first time entrants to the youth justice system by 6% by 2009. An increase in the proportion of young people with a reprimand prevented from further offending by 6% by March 2009. (LAA target)
Reduce the fear of crime and anti-social behaviour and improve confidence in the criminal justice system	A reduction in the fear of crime and anti-social behaviour to 20% or less; An increase in public confidence in the criminal justice system to 54% in 2006/07 – further targets to be set for subsequent years (LAA target)
Reduce vulnerability and assist people to feel safe within priority neighbourhoods	Targets to be set for priority neighbourhoods by September 2006 (LAA target)