Prevention > SNAs/NAGs

Safer Neighbourhood Areas (SNAs) are one of Sheffield’s responses to tackling neighbourhood priorities, such as anti-social behaviour, in partnership with the local community.

There are 10 Safer Neighbourhood Areas (SNAs) across Sheffield each managed by a Police Inspector and supported by smaller localised Safer Neighbourhood Teams (SNTs) made up of Sergeants, PCs and Community Support Officers. The SNTs, split into a North Team and South Team, have been established by the Council and the Police to tackle anti-social behaviour and low-level crime at a local level.  The Council's contribution to this approach is to provide Safer Neighbourhoods Officers for each of the 10 Safer Neighbourhood Areas. The teams also support Sheffield's Local Area Agreement (LAA), which intends to prevent and deter anti-social behaviour and address quality of life issues, particularly neighbourhood nuisance.  A key aim is to provide a focal point for local problems within communities.

In addition, the SNAs are strengthened by professionals from partner agencies, such as the Council’s Safer Neighbourhoods Officers, who are responsible for tasking local authority resources to tackle neighbourhood priorities. The Safer Neighbourhoods Area Inspectors, the Police teams and the Safer Neighbourhoods Officers work closely with colleagues from Council Service Areas, such as Sheffield Youth Offending Service, Sheffield Homes, Sheffield Futures, Neighbourhood Watch and other agencies, to gather evidence to solve issues and prevent area problems re-occurring. The relationship between the SNAs and YOS is crucial as it is essential that youth focused services link to, and are supported by, SNAs on a local level to provide the widest possible range of interventions in order to effectively tackle community issues.

This concentration of resources within the heart of neighbourhoods seeks to empower communities and ensure that people have confidence in raising and tackling issues which affect their quality of life. The aim is to find long-term solutions with the help of the local community. 

Each SNA hosts at least one Neighbourhood Action Group (NAG) that is made up of representatives from South Yorkshire Police, Council Service Areas (including the Youth Offending Service), Sheffield Homes, representatives from the voluntary sector, local people, Councillors and many others. These NAGs provide a forum for discussion and decision on action on issues of concern to the local community.

To contact the safer Neighbourhood Team call them on 0114 273 4076 or email safer.neighbourhoods@sheffield.gov.uk