Foreword
From Cllr Rebecca Harvey, H&F Cabinet Member for Social Inclusion & Community Safety
Building a safer borough with London's biggest community safety unit
While total crime has risen by 5% across London this year, here in Hammersmith & Fulham we've kept levels steady.
That's no accident - it's the result of having one of the biggest community safety operations in the country, with our Law Enforcement Team, Gangs Violence and Exploitation Unit, Violence Against Women and Girls team, alongside our CCTV operators working around the clock to protect residents.
Your safety and wellbeing is our absolute priority in everything we do.
Over the last year, we've cut violence with injury by 7% and possession of weapons by 16%. Through exceptional partnership working with the police, vehicle crime has dropped by 31%, with major reductions in busy areas like Hammersmith Broadway and Ravenscourt Park. Substantial resourcing from the Council – via our CCTV and community safety teams – working alongside the Police made driving down this crime type possible.
Our £4.5million investment in CCTV technology has created the most advanced surveillance network in Britain. With close to 2,500 cameras our control room operators have eyes across most areas in H&F
Fourteen out of 21 wards saw crime fall this year.
These results come directly through our teams' work on the ground. Our Law Enforcement Team has completed over 107,000 investigations and patrols, carried out 4,500 weapon sweeps and issued 2,270 fines. Our Gangs Unit supported 84 young people, backed by our £1million investment to run early intervention programmes that give young people positive alternatives and brighter futures. We're co-designing and delivering these activities with young people and community partners including the Minaret Community Centre in West Kensington, Harrow Club and West Youth Zone in White City.
Preventing and tackling violence means addressing it wherever it happens.
Our work to end violence against women and girls continues and this year, we have committed a further £250,000 of investment to maintain our vital services. This means the council now invests over £600k in tackling VAWG.
This year we celebrate 10 years of delivering vital domestic abuse support through our pioneering Angelou Partnership. Our Angelou partnership comprising of the following partners - IKWRO, Women and Girls Network, Woman's Trust, Solace, Al-Hasaniya, Advance,Richmond Fellowship, Hestia, Galop and Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse have supported 868 people experiencing violence in 2025 alone.
Meanwhile our H&F Impact project supports survivors through the criminal justice system, helping them feel safer and more supported and ultimately see their perpetrator face justice. It is a collaborative project with support from specially trained prosecutors, the police, probation, and charities including Advance and Standing Together Against Domestic Abuse.
We have launched our groundbreaking 'No More Sexual Harassment' campaign and Public Space Protection Order is encouraging more victims to come forward so we can help them and hold perpetrators accountable.
We're stepping up our fight against drugs
We are also listening to residents who tell us about their concerns around drug crime and drug use in their area. Working with experts across police, public health probation, substance misuse and employment support, we're ensuring that our response is not just about keeping our streets and public places clean and safe – it's about getting people the help and support they need to rebuild their lives.
As we ramp up our efforts across every area of community safety, we know we're strongest when we work together. In H&F, keeping you safe means working hand in hand with our partners, our community, and with you to make H&F a stronger, safer, and kinder borough for everyone.
2024 in Summary
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We launched our new Hate Crime strategy to challenge and prevent hatred and intolerance.
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Launched our 'No more sexual harassment' campaign including the introduction of the first borough wide Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) to prohibit street harassment .
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We undertook sustained partnership operations to tackle theft from motor vehicles, resulting in an over 30% reduction in the number of offences
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Hosted a Modern Slavery coffee morning to improve practice and learn what we can do better when supporting individuals affected by modern slavery.
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Our Law Enforcement Team have completed 107,000 investigation and patrols, 4,461 weapon sweeps and issued 2,270 fines
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We were successful in our bid to the My Ends Partnership Fund to support the work of our Gangs Violence and Exploitation Unit
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Enhanced our Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Service and became the only Borough Command Unit to host all CCTV camera across three boroughs in one control room, improving public safety.
Community Safety action plan 2024 – did we achieve the actions set out last year?
Violence
- Enhance the safety of our town centres and nighttime economy for women and girls, through environmental improvements and in challenging negative behaviours, such as sexual harassment through a new Public Space Protection Order (PSPO).
ACHIEVED PSPO launched in Summer 2024. Fines have been issued, and we continue our communication campaign to increase awareness of the PSPO including using street art and working in partnership with football clubs - Lobby Government for more funding to support the delivery of our Violence Against Women and Girls strategy and action plan - ensuring survivors can access the support they need and deserve.
ACHIEVED Lobbied for additional funding and change in legislation to the Mayors' Office for Policing and Crime. Received £250k in additional council funding. - Develop a "robbery profile" so that more could be understood about the victims and perpetrators of offences and where offences are occurring. ACHIEVED Completed in Winter 2024 and shared at the Community Safety Partnership meeting in January and the Serious Violence Duty Working group in April.
- Successfully implement the Violence Reduction Unit's Violence and Vulnerability Reduction Action Plan.
ACHIEVED Complete version submitted to the Mayors' Office for Policing and Crime in Spring 2024, we will continue to monitor how we can implement the suggested changes. - Establish a new Domestic Abuse Housing Policy which takes a victim centred approach to residents and homeless applicants who experience domestic abuse, with a view to achieving Domestic Abuse Housing Alliance (DAHA) accreditation.
ACHIEVED Launched in Autumn 2024, to support our aims to become a DAHA accredited housing provider. Our policy ensures that residents receive appropriate support when making disclosures that is led by their needs and risks, and that we do everything we can to enable residents to live in safe, secure homes. - Our Gangs Unit will continue to apply for further funding from the Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) to enhance our offer and delivery in key areas of concern.
ACHIEVED Successful bid to the My Ends fund, 2 critical incident grants and a pre-emptive grant. Total amount over £260k - Collaborate with the H&F Youth Council to tackle the priority set by young people of staying safe in the borough.
ACHIEVED collaborated on sexual harassment campaign including launching a podcast series developed by young people. Consulted on the hate crime and ASB, and drugs strategy.
Drugs and Alcohol
- Deliver year one of the Combating Drugs and Alcohol Partnership action plan, to ensure a high quality drug and alcohol treatment and recovery system, increase engagement in treatment, reduce drug related harm and disrupt supply chains.
ACHIEVED Re-launched our Combating Drugs and Alcohol Partnership, with refined membership.
Motor vehicle offences
- Work in partnership to tackle motor vehicles offences in the borough, particularly in hotspot areas.
ACHIEVED 31% reduction in motor vehicle offences seen across the borough, and higher reductions in hotspot areas.
Hate Crime
- Publish a new partnership Hate Crime strategy to challenge and prevent hatred and intolerance and support those affected.
ACHIEVED Launched in Summer 2024 and work has been started on implementing the action plan.
Areas of focus
- Ensuring crime prevention design is at the heart of our approach for major programmes and developments, including the new Civic Campus, Hammersmith Broadway and Shepherds Bush Green areas.
ACHIEVED Community Safety are a core member of the Place Shaping Forums for both Hammersmith Broadway and Shepherds Bush, providing valuable insight to ensure designing out crime is at the heart of the decision-making process.
All priority areas
- Recruit a dedicated social worker for the Anti-Social Behaviour Team to support with cases involving complex mental health and deliver proactive support to improve health and sustain tenancies.
ACHIEVED Following a transformation in the way that the ASB service will be delivered, the team has been expanded. Additional support will be provided by Turning Point to help in complex cases. - Develop and produce a new Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) policies and procedures to highlight our approaches with a focus on taking a victim centre approach and protecting vulnerable residents when tackling ASB in the borough.
ACHIEVED New policies are now live. - Launch an enhanced Video Surveillance Service for H&F, RBKC and WCC, which will be monitored and managed by H&F, improving public safety across the three boroughs – the first Borough Command Unit to have all three boroughs in one control room.
ACHIEVED Launched in Summer 2024. Continued to develop and grow our CCTV provision increasing the number of cameras within H&F.
Crime Profile for H&F 24-25
Key Headlines
How has crime decreased in 2024?
- Levels of Crime in H&F has not changed in 2024 compared to 2023. This is in comparison to a 5% increase across London.
- Some violent offences have fallen in the last year, including violence with injury (-7%) and Possession of Weapons (-16%).
- Following a focus on theft in the borough, vehicle offences have fallen by -31%, with the largest reductions in Hammersmith Broadway and Ravenscourt Park.
- A reduction of 3% of offences were flagged as hate crime, compared to a 16% increase in the rest of London. 70% of hate crimes reported are racial hate crime.
- 14 of 21 wards in the borough saw a decrease in offences in 2024.024?
How has crime increased in 2024?
- Crime has become more concentrated in Shepherd's Bush Green with a 19% increase on 2023, driven mainly by theft in Westfield Shopping Centre. The rate of offences by footfall remains in line with Westfield in Stratford.
- Offences flagged as knife enabled have risen, although remain below pre-pandemic levels and ranks below the London average rate. The main increase has been where a knife is intimated, rather than used.
- Drugs Offences have increased but linked to an increase in proactive policing, offences remain below pre-pandemic levels.
- There were more sexual offences reported in 2024. Victims are reporting offences earlier, with increases in reporting in the first 14 days of the offence taking place.
Community Impact
- Decrease in under-25-year-olds as either victims or perpetrators of serious violence in the borough
- Increase in victims of sexual offences reporting crimes to the police within two weeks of an offence taking place
Where is crime taking place?
- 14 out of the 21 wards saw a decrease in the number of offences.
- Hammersmith Broadway and Shepherd's Bush Green continue to be the wards with the highest volume of crime, and the highest rate of crime per 1,000 population, with both having higher levels of crime than the other wards in the borough.
- Hammersmith Broadway did see an 8% decrease in the volume of offences taking place in the ward in comparison to 2023 with offences in line with the pre-pandemic levels.
- Shepherd's Bush Green has seen an increase in offences on last year with offences up 19%, higher than any other ward in the borough. However, Shepherd's Bush Green contains Westfield shopping centre which itself saw over 1,000 offences located in and around the shopping centre in 2024
- College Park and Old Oak ranked as the ward with the third highest volume of offences but did see a 1% decrease in offences in comparison to the 33% increase seen in 2023.
Reflecting on our 2024-2025 priorities and achievements
Violence: serious violence (including robbery) gangs and exploitation
The definition of serious violence for the purpose of the serious violence duty is any violence and exploitation affecting young people under the age of 25, domestic abuse and sexual violence.
In 2024, there was a 23% decrease for London Ambulance Service callouts relating to assault, sexual assault, stabbing and gunshots. Ambulance callouts for serious violence are now 41% lower than they were pre-pandemic.
In 2024, there were 3,844 offences that involved at least one victim or suspect that was under the age 25, a 5% decrease in comparison to 2023. Of these, 39% of the offences fell into the category of serious violence.
There was a decrease in all offences in 2024 when compared with previous years where the victim was under 25. The largest decrease was seen in the number of Robbery offences involving at least one person aged under-25.
Robbery offences remained the same in 2024 compared to 2023 and the level of robbery remains below pre-pandemic levels. The borough currently ranks 15th out of the 32 London Boroughs. Of the Robbery offences there has been a steady decline in the number that were knife enabled since 2018.
Achievements in 2024
- Our Gangs Violence and Exploitation Unit have successfully bid for an increase of £300,000 from the London Crime Prevention Fund.
- My Ends' 2024/25: the Gangs Violence and Exploitation Unit have delivered various projects for young people in and around the wider West Kensington area. Including: collaborating with Minaret Community Centre to deliver weekly parents & carers sessions as well as weekly sessions for young people, working with Harrow Youth Club to deliver motor vehicle training programmes and funding of a residential trip engaging in 'Debate Boxing', encouraging young people to express themselves through reasoned debate.
- Critical Incident Grant- following the tragic murder of a young person in West Kensington in early 2024, the Gangs Violence and Exploitation Unit successfully applied for a Critical Incident Grant to support the local community. As part of this grant, we are delivering physical activities for young people in the community to contribute to their physical and emotional wellbeing while promoting community cohesion and raising awareness around serious youth violence.
- Glow & Grow - an empowerment and education programme for young women - following feedback from young women and girls we delivered a 5 week make up course in collaboration with West Youth Zone and The Harrow Club.
- Our Law Enforcement Team have completed 107,000 investigation and patrols and completed 4,461 weapon sweeps
- The Modern Slavery and Exploitation Group (MSEOG) have worked with Health Partners to improve their ability to recognise modern slavery and exploitation. A task and finish group has been established with support from the Integrated Care Board (ICE) to bring key health partners together to discuss areas for development.
- Ten MSEOG partners have signed an information sharing agreement to contribute to the anonymous data-sharing project. To date, four quarters worth of data has been collected, totally 195 instances of modern slavery.
Key figures
- Violence against the person – 4,990
- Violence with injury – 1,251
- Violence with injury (under 25 years olds) – 325
- Weapons sweeps completed by Law Enforcement Team – 4,461
- Number of young people supported by the Gangs, Violence and Exploitation Unit – 84
- Robbery offences – 616
Violence: violence against women and girls
Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) is a key priority for both Hammersmith & Fulham Council and the Metropolitan Police Service.
The Angelou Partnership has been commissioned by Hammersmith & Fulham Council to deliver the borough's VAWG services. The Angelou Partnership brings together the specialism of ten organisations to deliver a streamlined and holistic approach to tackling issues that disproportionally affect women and girls. Support is provided for sexual violence or abuse, rape and child exploitation, domestic abuse, stalking and harassment, female genital mutilation and honour-based violence, and faith-based violence.
There was a 9% decrease in the number of domestic abuse offences reported to the police in 2024 compared to 2023. 74% of domestic abuse victims with a recorded gender were female, 26% male. 74% of domestic abuse suspects with a recorded gender were male.
Of the sexual offences reported to the police in 2024, 82% of victims were women (of offences where there was an identified victim). We have seen an increase in the number of sexual offences reported to the police within 14 days of them being committed.
Achievements in 2024
- After investing £1m in domestic abuse refuge provision by purchasing additional accommodation in 2023, we have further enhanced our supported accommodation offer for victims and survivors by renovating these buildings. This has been achieved by working with contractors in the borough to deliver on their social value commitments, volunteers, and grant funding. We have also delivered counselling and wellbeing sessions for survivors of domestic abuse living in our supported accommodation.
- The H&F Youth council have launched a series of podcasts on healthy relationships, positive masculinity, sexual health & consent and street harassment. The podcasts made by young people for young people with a range of partners including VAWG specialists, the police and QPR football club are available to stream now and are widely advertised across the borough.
- We launched the first borough-wide street harassment Public Spaces Protection Order in the UK, targeting perpetrators of street-based harassment predominantly experienced by women and girls. This order allows our Law Enforcement Officers to issue fines and is complimented by an education and communications campaign.
- H&F council have committed a further £250,000 per annum to maintain vital VAWG services in the borough to support victims and survivors experiencing abuse.
Key figures
- Sexual offences – 479
- Rape offences – 133
- Domestic abuse offences – 1,595
- Harassment Offences – 426
- MARAC referrals – 426
- Angelou referrals – 868
Hate Crime
Hammersmith & Fulham has one of the most diverse communities in the UK - something we are immensely proud of. We want to ensure our communities are unified and connected and diversity is valued.
A hate crime is defined as 'Any criminal offence which is perceived by the victim or any other person, to be motivated by hostility or prejudice based on a person's race or perceived race; religion or perceived religion; sexual orientation or perceived sexual orientation; disability or perceived disability and any crime motivated by hostility or prejudice against a person who is transgender or perceived to be transgender'.
H&F are committed to standing united against all forms of discrimination, including misogyny. Although not recognised as a hate crime by central government, following consultation with residents in 2024, our hate crime strategy includes misogyny as a form of hate crime and support will be offered to residents in the same way.
Hate crime related offences have fallen by 4% in 2024 after an increase in 2023 which was attributed to the conflict in Israel and Gaza. 70% of Hate Crime were related to race, 17% to religion, 12% to LGBTQ+ and 2% to disability. Racist hate crimes account for a larger proportion of offences flagged as Hate Crime in 2024 (up from 66% in 2023). The proportion of Hate Crime cases flagged as faith related, LGBTQ+, or disability have fallen slightly.
There were hotspots around Hammersmith Broadway and Chelsea Football Club.
Achievements in 2024
- Launched the hate crime strategy and associated action plan.
- Delivered a programme of events for Hate Crime Awareness Week, including crime prevention and awareness raising stalls across our town centre run in partnership with the Police, Law Enforcement Team and Anti-Social Behaviour Unit.
- During Interfaith week 2024 our Faith Leaders produced videos of support to one another and shared the message that hatred of any sort is not tolerated in the borough.
Key figures
- Hate crimes – 638 (decrease of 3% compared to last year)
- Rate of Hate crimes – 3.45 per 1,000
- Racist crime – 511
- Antisemitic – 21
- Islamophobic – 33
- Homophobic – 84
- Disability – 11
- Transgender – 8
Drugs and alcohol
The H&F Combating Drugs and Alcohol Partnership (CDAP) was formed in early 2023 to provide local leadership and ensure effective partnership working to deliver on the 2021 National Drug Strategy 'From Harm to Hope: a Ten-Year Drugs Plan to Cut Crime and Save Lives'.
The partnership has a strategic remit to reduce the following risks in H&F: drug use, drug-related crime, and drug related deaths and harm. This is supported by intermediate outcomes to reduce drug supply, increase engagement in treatment, and improve recovery outcomes.
Delivering on these includes ensuring that alcohol and drug related needs and priorities are identified across Hammersmith & Fulham; and promoting integration and partnership working to deliver service changes and priorities.
Achievements in 2024
- Numbers in treatment continue to increase, with this upward trajectory mirroring regional patterns. For Adults in treatment, there has been a rise of 13.6% (across all substances), while the number of Young People in treatment has also increased over the past year.
- Our Continuity of Care rate remains higher than the London average, we were able to achieve 51% in this area within the past year, and continue to monitor for progress.
- Establishment of a Harm Reduction Forum to support with the reduction of drug and alcohol-related harms in the borough, with this running parallel to the Drug and Alcohol Related Deaths panel for targeted learning from substance misuse related fatalities and a wider understanding of substance-related risks in H&F.
- Continued development of the Combating Drugs and Alcohol Partnership to improve partnerships and outcomes for people affected by substance use.
- Development of a Parental Substance Misuse Protocol, a multi-agency approach to reducing harm to families affected by substance misuse.
- Continued development of mapping systems for drug crime and hotspots, using local intelligence sources including enforcement and treatment activities.
Key figures
- Continuity of care (prison leavers engaged in treatment within weeks) – 51% (London 33%)
- Lifesaving Naloxone distribution to opiate clients – 74%
- Retention: clients who stayed in treatment longer than 12 weeks – 92%
- Number of adults in treatment (Jan -Dec 2024) – 1,429
- Percentage of Young People referred to Substance Misuse Treatment from the Youth Justice Service (2022-23) – 30%
Burglary
Burglary is the theft, or attempted theft, from a premises where access is not authorised. Damage to a premise that appears to have been caused by a person attempting to enter to commit a burglary is also counted. Residential and commercial burglaries are distinguished by the function of the building.
Business Burglary offences fell by 8% in 2024 in comparison to 2023.
Residential Burglary has increased 6% on 2023, but the volume of offences remains 33% below pre-pandemic levels.
Achievements in 2024
- Continued partnership working between the council and police to share information relating to hotspot areas.
- The council's CCTV and Law Enforcement Teams routinely enhance monitoring and taskings for emerging hotspot locations.
Key figures
- Business burglaries – 463
- Residential burglaries- 895
- Areas which saw an increase in residential burglaries – Coningham, Ravenscourt, Shepherds Bush Green
- Areas which saw a decrease in residential burglaries – Avonmore, Hammersmith Broadway
Motor vehicle offences
Motor vehicle offences include theft from a vehicle, theft of a vehicle, and offences relating to interference with vehicles such as damage or attempted theft.
The main hotspots were Hammersmith Broadway and Ravenscourt Park, mainly streets north and south of King Street.
Achievements in 2024
Since 2023, there has been a partnership focus to tackle these offences, with particular focus on active intervention and proactive measures. Analysis was undertaken to identify hotspots areas and influencing factors.
Activities across the partnership to address motor vehicle crime have included –
- Deployment of CCTV to known hotspots
- Arrest of individual perpetrators
- Signs placed in hotspot areas discouraging the public from leaving valuables in their vehicles
As a result of this action, there has been a 31% reduction in motor vehicle crime in 2024 compared to 2023 and is lower than pre pandemic levels.
The largest reduction were in theft from a motor vehicle offences which fell 38% in the last year, with substantial reductions in Hammersmith Broadway and Ravenscourt Park, as well as reductions in College Park & Old Oak and Fulham Reach.
Priority area: Shepherd's Bush Green
Shepherd's Bush Green has 5,570 residents (as reported in the Census 2021), accounting for 3% of Hammersmith & Fulham's resident population. Although the area has a smaller resident population, it is a busy multicultural neighbourhood with a mix of houses, retail and offices. Shepherd's Bush Green is exceptionally busy with the highest level of night-time visitors in the borough visiting Westfield Shopping Centre, W12 Centre, Bush Theatre, Goldhawk Road and Uxbridge Road, making it a lively and crowded area.
Shepherd's Bush Green has seen an increase in offences in 2024. The 19% increase on offence levels is greater than seen in 2023.
28% of all offences in the ward in 2024 occurred in a concentrated area in Westfield Shopping Centre. The 794 theft offences that occurred in this area accounted for 42% of all theft offences in the ward and 11% of all theft in the borough. Outside of Westfield, offences are clustered around Shepherd's Bush Station and the main road between Westfield and W12 Shopping Centre.
In the last 12 months the LET have completed nearly 10,000 patrols in Shepherd's Bush Green.
We are working with residents and partners to tackle the reports of ASB and crime taking place along Uxbridge Road. Actions so far have included additional patrols by the Police and the LET, and working with Highways to improve the environment.
Achievements in 2024
- Closure of high risk ASB property that was a significant generator of crime and ASB in the area, where sustained partnership working was required to achieve this.
- Joint patrols on Shepherd's Bush Green between the LET, the police and Turning Point so that support can be offered to those struggling with substance misuse.
- Shepherd's Bush Green Forum continuing to successfully implement crime prevention activities to address emerging crime/ASB related concerns.
- Through additional and upgraded cameras our CCTV team have supported the police in making numerous arrests including for knife crime, sexual assault, domestic abuse, and drug dealing on Shepherds Bush Green
Priority area: Hammersmith Broadway
Hammersmith Broadway has 7,850 residents (as calculated in Census 2021) accounting for 4.3% of Hammersmith & Fulham's resident population. Hammersmith is a heavy traffic area, filled with businesses, organisations and young professionals. Hammersmith includes a busy town centre high street and shopping centre, several underground stations, pubs and restaurants making it a busy, high footfall area. The new Civic Campus will open in Hammersmith Broadway in late 2025.
Hammersmith Broadway ward has the second highest crime rate in the borough, accounting for 11% of all offences. However, there was a decrease in the number of offences of 8% compared to 2023.
Offences have become more concentrated around the transport hubs and Broadway area compared to last year with an increase in theft, public order offences and violence without injury.
There has been a substantial reduction in burglary, possession of weapons and vehicle offence (300 fewer offences since last year and a 38% reduction since the start of the pandemic).
Achievements in 2024
- Working with Hammersmith BID and Safer Business Network to tackle street based ASB in Hammersmith town centre.
- Launch of Shop Watch and Building Watch which has enhanced our partnership approach to tackling retail crime in town centres.
- Consultation took place to renew the amplification Public Space Protection Order in the town centre.
- Partnership approach to tackle the street population and associated ASB along King Street.
- Community safety and crime prevention events held in Lyric Square to provide information and advice to residents on VAWG, Modern Slavery, Hate Crime, acquisitive crime and bike marking.
Our priorities for 2025
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Our plan for 2025 -2026
Violence robbery, youth crime and exploitation
- Take a multi agency approach to tackling enforcement – ensuring all partners are working together and engaged to ensure every opportunity is taken to tackle dangerous perpetrators in the borough - CSU partnership throughout 25-26
- Delivery of the 'My Ends' programme for hyper local early intervention and diversionary projects in the Clem Attlee area – GVEU H&F Council throughout 25-26
- Delivery of "Cross the Line" theatre production (GVEU funded) in schools that explores themes of county lines and awareness of this and where to seek help to Year 6 pupils – GVEU H&F Council Summer 2025
- Delivery of Year 4 of the CCTV upgrade project, adding the finishing touches to our CCTV network, bringing all identified locations online and onto our single Genetec platform - CCTV H&F Council throughout 25-26
- Deliver the 25/26 Modern Slavery and Exploitation Operational Group (MSEOG) action plan including strengthening partnership working to disrupt exploitation and develop a greater understanding amongst professionals on how to identify exploiters and who they are, and to increase their confidence in reporting concerns - MSEOG – all partners throughout 25-26
- Raise awareness of modern slavery through Anti-Slavery Day activities - H&F Council/ MSEOG partners – Autumn 2025
- Establish a Brazilian Outreach Worker post to support sex workers in the borough who are at a high risk of exploitation - H&F Council/ MSEOG partners - Autumn 2025
- Achieve a reduction in acquisitive crime following completion of actions in the Integrated Offender Management neighbourhood crime strategy -National Probation Service - Throughout 25-26
- Strengthen the Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) in the effective oversight of offenders causing or most likely to cause harm through strong partner collaboration – National Probation Service - Throughout 25-26
- To continue to expand and review our approach to tackle cuckooing in the borough to protect vulnerable victims and take action against those responsible - H&F Council and Met Police – Autumn 2025
- Increase diversion intervention offers for ENGAGE cohort, where Engage practitioners offer support at Hammersmith and Charing Cross custody suites during key 'reachable moments' to young people in custody - Youth Crime prevention Partnership - Throughout 25-26
- Implement learning from Stop & Search Pilot including strengthening links with MASH to divert children at the earliest opportunity - Youth Crime prevention Partnership - Throughout 25-26
- Develop new initiatives designed to tackle knife crime in the borough, including delivering a virtual reality project to high risk young people in the borough - Youth Crime prevention Partnership - Throughout 25-26
- Work with police colleagues to implement recommendations from the Racial Disproportionality Youth Endowment Fund around intelligence led stop and search, hotspots, and problem orientated policing - Youth Crime prevention Partnership/police - Throughout 25-26
- Strengthen professional confidence and curiosity in identifying child sexual abuse through improved multi-agency coordination and information sharing. Embed trauma-informed practice to ensure a consistent and compassionate response - Local safeguarding children partnership – Throughout 25-26
- Enhance the safeguarding role of schools by supporting pupils at risk of exclusion, tackling persistent absence, and addressing links to serious youth violence and exploitation through coordinated partnership action and robust policy oversight. - Local safeguarding children partnership – Throughout 25-26
- Ensure a coordinated approach is taken to remove perpetrators from properties that continuously cause crime and ASB, ensuring perpetrators rather than victims are targeted – H&F Housing, ASBU and Police - Throughout 25-26
Hate Crime
- We will work to create bespoke videos on the different hate crime strands to help increase understanding of hate crime in all its forms and to increase the confidence in reporting hate crimes. – Hate Crime Steering group – Autumn 2025
- Continue to develop the hate crime steering group to ensure it reflects all communities in the borough – Community Safety Unit H&F Council -throughout 25-26
- Develop and deliver a programme of events during Interfaith week 2025 – this will including a faith walk lead by our Faith Leaders to promote community cohesion and understanding – Faith Forum Autumn 2025
Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG)
- Fulham FC will host a 10-year anniversary event for the innovative Angelou partnership, to look back on the successes and challenges of the last decade, looking forward to the future, and how we can meet new and emerging needs of survivors – Angelou Partnership – Summer 2025
- Begin the recommissioning of our VAWG services comprising of a thorough needs assessment including sessions with survivors. This work will be undertaken to ensure that the new service due to launch in October 2027 meets the intersecting needs of every H&F resident experiencing abuse. - VAWG team H&F Council – Start Summer 2025
- Building on the successes of the VAWG based Youth council podcast, we will be developing complimentary lesson plans to be delivered across pilot schools and youth spaces. - VAWG team H&F Council- Autumn 2025
- Embed the Safe & Together model across the partnership to deliver a consistent, coordinated, and child-centred responses to domestic abuse. - Local safeguarding children partnership - Throughout 25-26
- Identify high risk perpetrators of VAWG and ensure that they are referred to the most appropriate panel including the Domestic Abuse Perpetrators Panel for discussion and action planning – Police – Throughout 25-26
Geographical areas of concern
- Ensuring that we continue to develop our enforcement plans to tackle crime and ASB in our areas of focus, with a focus on long term multi agency problem solving – Police, H&F Council – Throughout 25-26
- Continue to work in Partnership with the Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) in Hammersmith and Fulham Town Centers, with a particular focus on tackling business robbery, as well as working towards introducing a new BID in Shepherds Bush – Business Improvement District – Throughout 25-26
- Working with partners to improve the environment along Uxbridge Road and reduce Crime and ASB in the area – Police, H&F Council – Throughout 25-26
- Development of a plan focused on how as a partnership we will drive down retail crime, street crime, and ASB in our Town Centre – Police, H&F Council – Summer 2025
- Delivery of Operation Martello by police teams across three specific areas of Shepherds Bush, with the aim of achieving a 5% reduction in crime within those locations – Police – Summer 2025
Drugs and alcohol
- Develop and deliver a new Drugs Strategy and action plan, to ensure provision of quality support, better treatment outcomes, and strengthened focus on addressing harm in the community- Public Health H&F Council – Summer 2025
- Deliver on the Combating Drugs and Alcohol Partnership action plan, to ensure a high quality drug and alcohol treatment and recovery system, increase engagement in treatment, reduce drug related harm and disrupt supply chains – Combating drugs and alcohol partnership - Throughout 25-26
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