Tunbridge Wells Safe Town Partnership
Run by local businesses for local businesses the Tunbridge Wells Safe Town Partnership is a group with the stated aims of combating crime, anti-social behaviour and nuisance connected to member businesses.
The Partnership is run by a Board of Management, who are volunteers taken from the membership and who have the responsibility to make all the decisions concerning the partnership.
Each member pays an annual subscription starting at £449.76 for a small premises. The subscriptions go towards the running costs of the partnership, paying for the radios, financial contribution towards CCTV, the website and the other benefits associated with membership.
The partnership is split into two parts. Safe Town deals with the retail sector, with some associated members. Pubwatch has the night time economy premises, such as the pubs and clubs. There are a couple of premises who are members of both as they operate across both sectors.
The two schemes are run by the Business Crime Manager, whose responsibilities are to liaise closely with the members, relevant partner agencies, update the website and deal with the day to day running of the partnership.
You can view our Policy Pack here.
SafeTown
There are approximately 100 retail and daytime members, ranging from large department stores, to small independent shops, in the town, North Farm and Paddock Wood. In addition other organisations who are also members include Southeastern Rail, The Farmers Market and several departments of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council.
The Police Town Team officers are also members and carry TWSTP radios.
Pubwatch
There are approximately 50 Pubwatch members, which includes the majority of the pubs and clubs in the town centre, as well as premises at North Farm and several pubs in the Paddock Wood area.
Restaurants, off licenses and late night takeaways are also members of the Pubwatch scheme.
Police Town Team officers also carry the TWSTP radios.
