Community safety help
Tel: 0300 456 0100
For:
- Littering, fly tipping and dog fouling
- Noise nuisance
- Neighbour disputes in council managed properties
- Abandoned vehicles
Tel: 0845 408 7000
(In an emergency contact 999)
For:
- Harassment, verbal abuse, racial abuse
- Assault
- Criminal damage, including graffiti and vandalism
- Dealing drugs
- Alcohol related disorder
- Threatening behaviour by individuals or in groups
- Speeding vehicles
Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service
Tel: 01722 434300
For:
- Fire related incidents of anti social behaviour
Tel: 0800 555 111
Call the charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 to pass on information about crime or fill out the secure, encrypted Giving Information Form.
Crimestoppers guarantees anonymity - no one will know you contacted them.
ShadowCS.co.uk is a resource for young people to discuss crime, seek advice and pass on information about crime anonymously via the secure, encrypted Giving Information Form for young people.
The Crown Prosecution Service is the Government Department responsible for prosecuting criminal cases investigated by the police in England and Wales.
CPS Wiltshire
Fox Talbot
House,
Bellinger Close,
Malmesbury Road,
Chippenham,
Wiltshire
SN15 1BN
01249 766100
Useful documents
Directory of Drugs and Alcohol Services for 2009 Useful websites
- The Safer Schools website has information for school students, their parents and carers and school staff on issues to do with personal safety and community safety.
- Wiltshire Local Safeguarding Children Board - gives gives the public and professionals working in services related to children useful information about how organisations work together to protect children from abuse and neglect.
- Know your limits interactive website providing alcohol information, advice and guidance, with unit calculators for you to check out how much you are drinking.
- Alcohol Concern is the national agency on alcohol misuse
- Drinkline – 0800 917 8282 – offers confidential information and advice on sensible drinking to anyone concerned about alcohol misuse. Seven days a week, 24 hours a day.
- Al Anon - self help groups offering support to families/friends of drinkers. Alateen is for aged 12 – 17 who have been affected by another’s drinking. Help line 0207 403 0888 open 1000 – 2200 seven days a week.
- Adfam is the leading national organisation working with and for families affected by drugs and alcohol
- Down your drink - online programme for people who are worried about their drinking
- Talk to Frank - offers advice and information to people concerned
about drugs, including drug users, their families, friends and people who work with them.
- Frank 0800 776 600 – as above available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year in 120 languages.
- Frank 0800 917 8765 – as above but for those people with hearing impairments.
- Home Office Tackling Drugs Changing lives website provides drug professionals with the latest news and guidance from government about the drug strategy.
- NHS Drugs page contains information on where to get support and help if you, friends or family members have a substance misuse problem.
- The National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA) is a special health authority within the NHS, established by government in 2001 to improve the availability, capacity and effectiveness of treatment for drug misuse in England.
- The Pathways website helps children and young people in Wiltshire get the services they need.
- Crime Reduction website provides information and resources for people working to reduce crime in their local area.
- Secure your home website is aimed at helping and encouraging people to look again at their home security.
Contact Details
Postal Address:
Safer Communities
Court
Mills
Polebarn Road
Trowbridge
Wiltshire
BA14
7EG
Last updated: 6 November 2009