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About us

Business Crime Reduction Partnerships (BCRPs) perform a valuable function as part of local community efforts to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour which effects businesses, their staff, customers and the community. Their work is now recognised by police, community safety and CDRPs as providing a valuable source of information and demonstrating practical steps to identify offenders and anti-social elements and to work together to manage their behaviour more effectively.

AABC was formed over five years ago with help from the Home Office to provide a national supporting organisation for business crime reduction partnerships, to support and develop local BCRPs and ensure that there are firm links between business, CDRPs, police and other relevant local and regional agencies.

To achieve this AABC encourages sharing of best practice in reducing crime, provides advice and information to ensure partnerships are sustainable and financially sound, develops services and products for partnerships and ensures that the problems of business are better understood through campaigning, publicity and education. 

AABC has developed the Safer Business Award, which is designed to help BCRPs operate to a high standard and in a manner which has been agreed with the Information Commissioner' office.  This ensures that partnerships operate legally and in accordance with the Data Protection Act and data protection principles. AABC has also developed the Safer Socialising Award to provide partnerships with a system for rewarding licensed premises who can demonstrate good standards of management. 

MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of Action Against Business Crime is to reduce acquisitive and violent crime, disorder and anti-social behaviour against businesses, their premises, staff and customers. Acquisitive crime means theft, burglary, car crime and robbery. Violence means assault, threats, intimidation and abuse. Disorder and anti-social behaviour means, drunkenness, abusive and threatening behaviour, obscene language and criminal damage.

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Latest news

17 March 2010
Swale Safe Newsletter February 2010
The latest Swale Safe newsletter contains a number of items including radio use to resolve harassment of an ethnic minority take-away retailer, leading to an arrest. Action to support minority businesses is an important community reassurance objective. More...
13 March 2010
Partnership insurance renewals due soon
Partnership insurances policies arranged through Todd & Cue are due for renewal on 1st May and AABC has succeeded in holding the increases to 2% - below the annual rate of inflation - while most commercial insurance policies have increased by much more. More...
12 March 2010
AABC annual conference and PEX Awards
A reminder to those who may not have registered for the AABC conference in Manchester on 29th April that places are still available and we have a full conference programme with important presentations on some of the latest topics from key speakers. More...
12 March 2010
MARSHALS ARE A SUCCESSFUL INITIATIVE FOR BATH CITY CENTRE
Bath & District BCRP has agreed to continue with the provision of marshals for Bath city centre, since the successful pilot in mid 2008. Originally established to deter crime from the new shopping centre, they proved a success and their regular presence helps to deter anti-social behaviour and provide reassurance and service to partnership members. More...
12 March 2010
Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and Industry joins AABC
We are pleased to announce that the Birmingham chamber, the oldest in the country, has joined AABC as a corporate supporter. They will work with us to promote our security and insurance service to their members and other midlands businesses through the Business Crime Reduction Unit (BCRU). More...
4 March 2010
Guidance and advice on databases and handling of personal and sensitive data
With the emergence of new databases with the ability to disseminate personal and sensitive data, AABC has sought advice and guidance from the Information Commissioner's Office to ensure that BCRPs are able to make reasoned and informed decisions concerning the purchase, operation and management of databases, including access by third party users. As new systems, which may not have sought the benefit of guidance from the ICO, present themselves to BCRPs as solutions to data sharing, it is important that they ascertain their suitability before committing themselves financially or facing difficulties of data compliance in the future. More...
4 March 2010
Fraud reporting line goes live
The National Fraud Authority fraud reporting system, called Action Fraud, is now operational and members of the public and businesses can report all types of frauds direct. More...
3 March 2010
A new partnership joins AABC
We are pleased to announce that a new partnership in Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire, has joined AABC. More...