The Assistant Director of Neighbourhood Safety and Transport presented the report of the Director of Neighbourhood Services which provided performance information in relation to Community Safety, encompassing Community Safety delivered by the Council and partner organisations in Wirral. It was noted that the overall performance was good and indicator arrows had been used to show progress. There had been a spike in acquisitive crimes and the Police had put a team in place to tackle that, such as encouraging locking vehicles as 40% of thefts from vehicles was from unlocked vehicles, and working with pawn brokers over stolen goods.

Members debated the format and scope of the statistics and the responses to identified issues such as the lack of identification of locations in reports. Officers noted the suggestions and queries.

Resolved – That the content of the report be noted.