Staying Safe in Bexley: A Look at Community Safety Services

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Spotted this sign recently and thought it was worth sharing for anyone living in or visiting the London Borough of Bexley. It's a handy reminder of key contact information for community safety services.

The sign is clearly divided, making it easy to find the information you need quickly. At the top, it reads "Community Safety Services" and includes the logo for the Bexley Community Safety Partnership (BCSP) with the tagline "Keeping Bexley Safe". This immediately sets the tone and purpose of the sign.

Here's a breakdown of the key information provided:

• Emergency - 999: This is the standard UK emergency number for situations requiring immediate police, fire, or ambulance response. It's prominently displayed, as it should be.
• Non-emergency - 101: This is the number to call for non-emergency situations that still require police attention, such as reporting a crime that has already happened or providing information about a crime.
• London Borough of Bexley - 020 8303 7777: This is the general contact number for the local council. It's useful for reporting issues like fly-tipping, noise complaints, or other community concerns that might not require immediate police intervention.
• QR Code: The sign also features a QR code. Scanning this with a smartphone likely takes you to a website with further information about community safety services in Bexley, online reporting tools, and other resources. This is a great way to provide access to more detailed information without cluttering the sign itself.
• "Report and Support": This text is at the bottom, further reinforcing the message that help and resources are available.

Why this sign is important:

Signs like this play a vital role in keeping communities safe. They provide quick and easy access to crucial contact information, empowering residents to report incidents and seek support. The inclusion of the QR code is a particularly smart touch, acknowledging that many people now rely on their smartphones for information.

Key takeaways for other areas:

This sign serves as a good example for other local councils and community safety partnerships. Clear, concise information, prominent display of emergency and non-emergency numbers, and the inclusion of a QR code are all best practices.

If you're in Bexley, keep an eye out for these signs. They're a valuable resource for staying safe and contributing to a safer community. If you’re in another area, consider if similar signage is available and if not, perhaps it’s something to raise with your local council.

QR Code Source: https://linktr.ee/bexleycommunitysafety

Bexleyheath Broadway BCSP and Neighbourhood Watch stand

BBNWA & BCSP stand

BCSP & BBNWA stand

On Saturday 8th of October Laura and Maria from Bexley Community Safety Partnership and Steve, Amrik and Saby from Bexley Borough Neighbourhood Watch manned a stand in Bexleyheath Broadway to Hate Awareness, it being Hate Awareness Week, The Bexley Community Safety Survey and Neighbourhood Watch.

For more information on the various issues please visit:
Stop Hate UK (0800 138 1625 24-hour helpline)
National Hate Crime Awareness
Bexley Community Safety Survey

Have your say! Community Safety Survey 2022

Highlighting crime and disorder concerns  

 

We want to hear about people’s feelings of safety in the borough of Bexley. The Community Safety survey is a chance to highlight local crime and disorder issues which concern you the most – and help the Bexley Community Safety Partnership set its priorities for 2023/24.  

 

Finding out what concerns you is important to us and helps us improve the safety in the borough with partnership working and continuing to keep Bexley one of the safest boroughs in London.    

 

It’s easy to complete online at www.bexley.gov.uk/communitysafetysurvey. The survey is open from Monday 5^th September till Sunday 23^rd October 2022.  

 

Free internet access is available from all our Council run libraries. Paper copies can be requested from the Community Safety Team on 020 8303 7777 or by writing to the Community Safety Team, Civic Offices, 2 Watling Street, Bexleyheath. DA6 7AT.  

 

Please complete and share this with your networks – attached is a flyer and below is a link for your signatures which you can just copy and paste: 

 

You can also follow us on our new social media accounts:

Facebook – Bexley Community Safety Partnership 

Twitter - @BexleyCSP

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The Bexley Community Safety Partnership (BCSP) on Twitter & Facebook

 

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The Bexley Community Safety Partnership (BCSP) have launched dedicated social media pages on Twitter & Facebook.  These will be used to share community safety information with everyone who lives, works, or visits the borough.

 

People following the pages will find up to date information & advice and awareness raising of various community safety issues. They will include content from partnership members including the Local Authority, Police, London Fire Brigade as well as commissioned services who help us tackle our three main priority areas of Violent Crime, Victims & Anti-Social Behaviour.

Their twitter feed link is also on this blog.

BCSP VAWG Strategy Survey

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Bexley Community Safety Partnership are developing a local strategy and action plan to tackle VAWG (Violence Against Women and Girls). So we want to hear from you; your views, concerns, experiences and priorities for making women and girls safe in Bexley.

The Survey runs from June 27^th – July 10^th and takes around 5 minutes to complete. All responses will be analysed anonymously.

 

Keeping Bexley Safe

The Bexley Community Safety team works with partners to tackle anti-social behaviour that presents a high level of threat, risk, or harm to individuals and/or the community.

Community Safety is not responsible for noise nuisance, civil neighbour disputes, parking, waste and recycling, CCTV or graffiti. You can report these issues and more at www.bexley.gov.uk/directory.

You can report any anti-social behaviour or incidents at www.bexley.gov.uk/communitysafety.

You should always call 999 in emergency situations when you need immediate help, for example, if a crime is in progress or if someone is in immediate danger. You should also report to the police immediately for assaults, criminal damage, hate crime, vandalism, drug use, drug cultivation or drug dealing. The police will lead on these issues.

If you don’t need immediate help, you can call 101 or report online at www.met.police.uk/report.

You can also report to Crimestoppers anonymously by calling 0800 555111.

Advice on domestic abuse is available at www.bexleydomesticabuseservices.org.uk.

Please sign up to our e-newsletter to get regular community safety news at www.bexley.gov.uk/newsupdates OR by scanning the QR code below:-

It is a partnership newsletter so will be including messages from statutory BCSP members at key times throughout the year on a whole range of topics such as DA, Modern Slavery, Bexley Crime Survey, Hate Crime, Prevent, Serious Violence, ASB etc..