Northampton Town Centre BID
Funding boost for anti-social behaviour app aiming to cut town centre crime
Ongoing work to make Northampton town centre a ‘no-go zone’ for criminals has been boosted by new funding to extend an app that allows retailers to share intelligence around crime and anti-social behaviour. The Northampton Town Anti-Social Behaviour Reporting
Scheme (NTARS) is a bespoke programme designed to enable Northampton town centre businesses to collate and share intelli- gence on anti-social behaviour and ‘low level crime’. It was launched by Northampton Town Centre Business
Improvement District (BID) in partnership with Northampton Business Crime Partnership (NBCP) and has now received funding from the Offi ce of the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner that will see its work extended for a further 12 months. Mark Mullen, operations manager at Northampton Town Centre
BID, said: “We are delighted to receive this funding, which eff ectively covers 85% of the cost of the programme for the next year. “T e NTARS system has been extremely well-received by our
levy-paying businesses who use the platform to record any issues or actions concerning anti-social behaviour. “T e system is designed to support a robust and collaborative
approach to dealing with low level crime and we are working with multiple partners to ensure criminals are given a clear message that they are not welcome in our town centre. It signifi cantly increases our resilience to anti-social behaviour and is a prime example of the independent spirit our businesses show in ensuring Northampton is a safe and welcoming place to visit.”
The system feeds directly into West Northamptonshire
Council’s ASB Case management team and into NBCP, based with- in Campbell Square Police Station. T e information is used by the ASB Case Offi cer and Police and has a cross-fl ow of information and intelligence with Northamptonshire Police. Danielle Stone, Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for
Northamptonshire, said: “I’m pleased to support this initiative which is all about bringing people and organisations together to collaborate and tackle crime and I’m looking forward to hearing how it is making a diff erence to crime, anti-social behaviour and people’s feelings of safety in Northampton. “I have made a clear commitment to taking a stronger approach
to retail crime, so that our retailers and other businesses are protected from harm, and this initiative is looking more broadly at starting to create a safer, more comfortable environment for everyone who visits or lives in Northampton town centre.” NTARS runs both on a computer and via a mobile phone app,
meaning that if a business is a member of the scheme, all appro- priate staff can have access to the platform. Businesses can directly report instances of anti-social behav-
iour, including begging and street drinking, as well as ‘low level’ off ences such as environmental criminal damage, graffi ti and fl y-tipping. T e system also allows businesses to report areas of rough
sleeping with a view to encouraging earlier interventions from appropriate agencies. NTARS features viewable ‘galleries’ of ASB offenders and
members can report actionable intelligence into the system. T is includes static images or CCTV stills.
For more details visit
www.discovernorthampton.co.uk
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