Better health, lower crime: a briefing for the NHS

Crime is a health issue. It affects the health of our communities and individuals within them directly and indirectly. Crime against health service staff, patients and property diverts resources away from service provision. Reducing crime benefits health services. The current approach to crime reduction emphasises partnership working at a local level. Crime and disorder reduction partnerships are keen to work with health agencies. This briefing outlines:

• Why? The reasons for health services to take crime seriously and become involved in crime reduction.
• Who? The crime reduction context and the agencies that work in it.
• How? Plans to help you get started on partnership working to reduce crime.

• Offender Health
• Crime and Violence

• Crime
• Crime Prevention
• Domestic Violence
• Domestic Violence (gcl)
• Offenders
• Sexual Violence
• Violence