The Royal Borough of Greenwich have launched their new Integrated Enforcement (IE) Plan 2025 to 2029 which sets out the council’s approach to creating a safer borough through collaborative enforcement work.
Integrated enforcement refers to work the council does with the various departments, services, and external partners to make our borough safer. This includes the Met Police, London Fire Brigade and various departments across the council. By having an agreed approach to how we work with key stakeholders, we can deal more effectively with any enforcement challenges and in turn reduce anti-social behaviour and crime across the borough.
This new plan builds on the achievements of the previous plan and adapts it to current challenges the borough is facing, such as retail crime, anti-social behaviour, environmental crime, and risks associated with unsafe or poorly managed private rented accommodation.
We aim to increase safety measures in the borough, including increasing high-visibility patrols, continuing to enforce our Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs), enhancing CCTV monitoring, and strengthening private housing enforcement to provide more support to victims.
Councillor Rachel Taggart-Ryan, Cabinet Member for Community Safety and Enforcement said: “Our Integrated Enforcement Plan prioritises public safety, community wellbeing and environmental standards through a coordinated approach across enforcement teams, community partners, and the public.
“We’ve taken into consideration what matters most to our residents, partners, and frontline teams, and this plan ensures our enforcement work is intelligence-led, trauma-informed, and rooted in prevention, working alongside communities to achieve safer, cleaner spaces.”
The plan outlines who our Integrated Enforcement partners are, has a look back over the past three years, the current challenges we’re facing and focuses on the following key areas:
- women and girls' safety in public spaces
- anti-social behaviour and crime in public spaces
- safety and security at home
- keeping town centres safe
- keeping neighbourhoods cleaner and safer
- our Integrated Enforcement Police Team.
This has been produced in collaboration with all members of the Safer Greenwich Partnership which includes the Metropolitan Police and London Fire Brigade to housing, health, and community partners.