 The town wants to cut crime even further |
Community leaders in a Nottinghamshire town are aiming to cut crime by a quarter in the next three years. The target was set at the first Crime Summit, which was held by the Mansfield Partnership Against Crime on Thursday.
Crime figures indicate violent crime has risen in the district, but the overall number of recorded offences in has fallen.
Partnership chairman John Tunney said: "All the signs are that we are moving in the right direction already."
Name and shame
He said the group has missed an earlier target of reducing car crime by 30% over the past two years, but insisted it is working effectively together with the police.
There were about 15,000 crimes in the past year in the Mansfield district - a decrease of about 1,000 from the previous year.
"We need to have a clear focus on offenders - but we also have to get parents, schools and youth offending agencies involved," Mr Tunney said.
"Children should not be allowed to get away with abusing teachers and fellow students in school.
"We have to be prepared to identify the families that are responsible for the bulk of the trouble in our communities."
The group was established under the Crime & Disorder Act 1998 along with 375 other partnerships across England and Wales.
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