FAQs

The SSP is a statutory partnership of organisations which, since 1998, has been jointly responsible for addressing crime, antisocial behaviour (ASB) and wider community safety issues in Solihull. 

The SSP locally is made up of Solihull Council, West Midlands Police, West Midlands Fire Service, the Solihull Integrated Care Board, Probation Services and Solihull Community Housing. The SSP also works in close collaboration with other organisations, including the private and voluntary sector and community groups, to coordinate action and work in partnership to deliver the SSP’s remit.  

The SSP is currently preparing the next three-year community safety strategy for 2026 - 2029 which will set out the partnership’s objectives to tackling crime and disorder in Solihull and outline its commitments to delivering these, including how resources will be allocated and skills deployed. 

The SSP relies on recorded crime and incident data in developing its strategic priorities, in addition to public surveys such as the Solihull Place Survey and wider consultation feedback. This ensures local issues affecting individuals and communities are heard and reflected. 

Your response to this consultation will help the SSP to set its priorities for the new strategy. Any details you provide will be confidential and used only for analysis purposes.  

The strategy balances what the SSP is required to do by law with what local people say matters most, therefore reflecting real experiences and concerns. The law states however that several priority areas must be covered in the strategy, including:

• reducing crime and antisocial behaviour
• reducing reoffending
• preventing serious violence
• tackling domestic abuse and
• protecting people from terrorism and extremism.

Other important factors may not be set out in law but have been identified locally as contributing to crime and reoffending such as drug and alcohol misuse for example. Where this is the case, the SSP may choose to include this as a key priority for the SSP to address. Deciding the priorities will also be influenced by:

• residents through surveys, consultations and events
• community groups, voluntary organisations and local businesses
• local data and intelligence.

The strategy will be delivered by organisations working together because no single agency can improve community safety on its own. Progress will be reviewed regularly by senior officers within the SSP to check what is working well, what needs attention, and whether priorities still reflect local concerns. The SSP commits to:

• share information between organisations so problems are better understood
• develop a supporting action plan (reviewed annually) with clear targets and responsibilities.
• coordinate partnership activity on a neighbourhood through to strategic level
• ensure a balanced approach around early intervention, prevention and enforcement
• focus resources where they can make the biggest difference.