About Us

Reducing crime, disorder and anti-social behaviour is something we all want to see in our community. Everyone wants to feel safe in their homes, in their neighbourhoods, and on the streets.

Achieving these aims is no longer the responsibility of just one agency, such as the police, but now the Government requires local organisations to work together to improve the quality of life for local residents. The Hastings Community Safety Partnerships (CSP) was set up in 1998 to tackle crime and the fear of crime in our town. In April 2004, the Hastings CDRP was relaunched with a new, more user-friendly title, the Safer Hastings Partnership, or SHP.

The SHP is led by seven statutory partners: East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service; Sussex Police; Sussex Police Authority (current chair); Hastings Borough Council; East Sussex County Council; Hastings & Rother NHS; and Sussex Probation. In addition, the SHP Board includes AmicusHorizon (Housing Association) and Hastings Community Network as non-statutory members.

Bringing these partners, plus many others, together, our aim is to reduce crime and the fear of crime in Hastings & St Leonards and, in doing so, to make a significant impact on the quality of life for residents and visitors to the town.

Meet the SHP

Hastings Borough Council Chair Cllr Jay Kramer	Sussex Police District Commander Chief Inspector Mark Ling	Sussex Police Authority (SPA) Vice Chair Carole Shaves MBE JP
Amicus Horizon Mike Thompson (photo coming soon)	Hastings & Rother NHS Barbara Pratt	Sussex Probation Nicola Maxwell (photo coming soon)
East Sussex County Council Cllr Peter Pragnell	Hastings Community Forum (photo coming soon)	East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service  Borough Commander Peter Higgins

To find out more about our partners, please click here.