The Safer Sandwell Partnership brings together the council, police, fire service, health and probation services and many others to tackle crime and improve community safety.
We work very closely with the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner, West Midlands Community Safety Partnership, local community and voluntary organisations and councillors to set our priorities.
Our priorities for 2022-26 are:
- Prevent violence and exploitation
- Reduce offending, reoffending and serious organised crime
- Prevent and reduce crime and anti-social behaviour
Cross Cutting Priority 1: Protect and support vulnerable victims
Cross Cutting Priority 2: Tackling substance misuse - saving lives and reducing crime
Cross Cutting Priority 3: Serious violence duty
You can read our community safety strategy and delivery plan for 2022-26.
You can also read the West Midlands Police and Crime Plan 2021-2025.
Sandwell Council has dedicated community safety and resilience teams, working with a wide range of partner organisations tackling issues including:
- anti-social behaviour
- hate crime
- modern slavery and human trafficking
- extremism
- domestic abuse and sexual violence
- alcohol and drug misuse
The Safer Sandwell Partnership works closely with the Sandwell Safeguarding Adults Board, Sandwell Children's Safeguarding Partnership and Sandwell Health and Wellbeing Board – Information on how the four boards work together
Who are we?
Our partnership board has six statutory members:
- Sandwell Council
- West Midlands Police
- West Midlands Fire Service
- Black Country & West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group
- Staffordshire & West Midlands Community Rehabilitation Company
- National Probation Service
We also work very closely with the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner and Youth Police and Crime Commissioners on our board.
Our community and voluntary sector representatives include councillors, Sandwell Council for Voluntary Organisations, Rights & Equality Sandwell, Black Country Women's Aid and Victim Support.
We're supported by volunteers in our Independent Advisory Group (IAG), Neighbourhood Watch groups, Sandwell Crime Prevention Panel and tenants and residents associations.
West Midlands Police and Crime Panel
The West Midlands Police and Crime Panel (WMPCP) scrutinises and supports the work of the Police and Crime Commissioner.
Sandwell Community Safety Bulletin
Stay up to date with what we're doing to keep Sandwell safe by reading the latest edition of the Community Safety Bulletin.
Community Safety Bulletin - June 2025
Community Safety Bulletin - February 2025
Community Safety Bulletin - October 2024
Community Safety Bulletin - March 2024