Corby Community Safety Partnership

Criminal Damage

Criminal damage is most prevalent on the Kingswood and Exeter and most common recordings of criminal damage in Corby is damage to vehicles and dwellings. Alcohol is a contributing factor to criminal damage as there are definite links with the night-time economy.

Criminal damage includes arson and graffiti

Criminal damage has been a priority for more than 1 of our neighbourhood areas

The partnership has implemented the following activities in attempt to tackle criminal damage:

• Increased patrols in key areas by PCSO's and Neighbourhood Wardens
• Ran specific criminal damage weeks of action - which have involved environmental improvement activities such as removing graffiti, fixin fences, securing garages and gates, painting tired areas, removing rubbish and cutting foliage and trees back.
• Pushed our garage scheme to those that have been a victim of criminal damage to their car
• Wrote to all victims and offenders of criminal damage of the past 12 months
• Increased activities for young people
• Deployed CCTV
• Issued personal CCTV cameras
• Graffiti project - engaging young people living in the area to work on a project - working with a professional graffiti artist

The effects of anti-social behaviour are most visible when the results of that behaviour ruin the places that we visit once we walk out of our front doors.

Vandalism and other criminal damage are crimes where any person without lawful excuse intentionally or recklessly destroys or damages any property belonging to another.

More importantly, whilst criminal damage may often appear to be a minor crime, it is a crime that the public are concerned about - consistently appearing as a priority for the local community.

The way we perceive our surroundings has a massive impact on both communities and individual behaviour. A neglected physical environment is unsafe. It undermines pride in the local community that can lead to further degradation. It can also act as a catalyst to other forms of anti-social behaviour and crime.