Have your say by filling out Reading Community
Safety Survey launched today by Reading Borough Council’s Neighbourhood Initiative Team.
The survey asks for views on issues such as crime, parking,
litter and anti-social behaviour. The
consultation will be running until Friday 15 December 2017.
Responses will be analysed over the New Year, broken down into
area-by-area data and then considered in conjunction with the Community Safety
Partnership (CSP) priorities for Reading, along with locally reported crime
across the borough, the British Crime Survey and priorities identified by
Thames Valley Police.
Priorities will then be fed back to the local Safer
Neighbourhood Forums (formerly Neighbourhood Action Groups) and other local
community groups, and priorities will then be set accordingly. Local
residents will then be able to attend meetings to discuss their top three
priorities and talk about possible solutions or feed in to online discussions.
Anyone without access to a computer can drop in to a session at
Reading Libraries during the ‘Get online’ sessions: http://go-reading.org/
Neighbourhood Initiatives Officers will be available at Central
Library (no sessions are offered at Caversham Library) on the following dates
and times to help residents complete the survey:
- Thursday 23rd November, 2pm-3pm
- Tuesday 28th November, 2pm–3pm
The 2015 survey received 1,250 responses across Reading, and
showed speeding and traffic issues as the biggest priorities in most areas with
drugs and anti-social behaviour also featuring high.
The Safer Neighbourhood Forums consist of representatives from
Thames Valley Police and Reading Borough Council and members of the community
who work together to tackle specific issues.
More information about the SNFs and how to get involved is
available by contacting the Neighbourhood Initiatives Team, e-mail: neighbourhoodinitiatives@reading.gov.uk
or by registering interest at www.uknags.org.uk
