Community Safety Wardens
Community Safety Wardens help tackle anti-social behaviour,
monitor the local environment and provide a friendly, reassuring
face in the community.
The wardens work closely with our environmental protection and
CCTV teams, as well as Police, Fire Service and other organisations
to help combat 'crime and grime' problems.
Areas of Operation
Community Safety Wardens currently operate in the neighbourhood
areas of Chester City, Northwich and Winsford. The Community
Safety Warden service is under review and it is planned to launch a
Chester West & Chester wide service towards the end of this
year.
Aim
The overall aim of the Community Safety Wardens is to build
community confidence by:
- Reducing crime and the fear of crime
- Deterring anti-social behaviour
- Caring for the physical appearance and management of the
neighbourhood
- Encouraging a sense of belonging within the community
Functions
The current Community Safety Wardens have a variety of functions
dependent upon the areas in which they operate. Such functions
are:
- Enforcement powers – fixed penalty notices (Chester city
Wardens only)
- Complaint and Incident handling
- Patrolling the neighbourhood
- Neighbourhood engagement through local initiatives
- Reporting suspicious behaviour to the Police
- Reporting environmental or maintenance problems to the
appropriate agency
- Responding to minor incidents of anti-social behaviour, however
this is not an immediate response function.
- Providing early intervention and prevention of ant-social
behaviour
- Dealing with school referrals relating to nuisance
pupils
- Checking empty properties
- Visiting vulnerable people
- Acting as a link between the communities, the police and other
authorities and agencies
- Creating and developing multi-agency working for the benefit of
local communities
Contacts
The Community Safety Wardens can be contacted via the following
neighbourhood numbers:
Northwich & Winsford Neighbourhood – (01606) 47642
You can also use the new council’s call centre warden number 0300
123 7033.
Emergencies
In an emergency you should phone 999.
If you would like to pass on anonymous information about a crime
please contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111