Chester Against Business Crime

 

Chester against Business Crime ( CABC ), launched on the 1st April 2005, is a partnership between Local Businesses, Chester City Centre Management, Cheshire Police and Chester City Council. Our aim is to encourage communication and cooperation between Local Authorities and Local Business in our effort to reduce business crime and its detremental effect on local business and the City's economy.

In June 2005, Chester Against Business Crime was awarded the 'Safer Business Award' by the 'Action Against Business Crime Group' funded by the Home Office. This prestigious award was granted to Chester in recognition of the tremendous work that has been performed to tackle crimes against local business.

Shoplifting in Chester is estimated to cost the city up to an astonishing £20 million per year and is responsible for a large proportion of the overall crime levels in Chester.

Crimes against businesses tends to attract less attention than those against individuals or their property. As a result, many incidents go completely unreported. This is something that needs to change. Shoplifting is a 'Gateway' crime - An individual involved in shoplifting will, most likely, move onto more serious forms of Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour. CABC acts as a preventative to stop individuals before they start committing more serious crimes by identifying them early and deterring them from a life of Crime.

Aims of Chester Against Business Crime

CABC aims to combat all aspects of Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour and make Chester a safer place to visit, work and shop. Our primary ambitions are;

• To reduce financial loss and the improve Chester's Economy.
• To improve the security measures in the City of Chester.
• To make the public feel safer.
• To make local businesses and their staff feel safer.
• To help business with training and advice.

We will acheive these ambitions along with our partners by controlling and administering the City's business secure radio network operating throughout the Greater City area. We hold weekly intelligence sharing meetings with all local businesses along with a weekly information sheet containing intelligence and pictures of local offenders known to be active in Chester.

For more information about the benefits of joining Chester Against Business Crime, please click the following link - Benefits of CABC . Or if you would like to join, please fill out our CABC Application Form .

Chester Against Business Crime has over 150 members across the City, information is shared between all member business and the Police. This enables us to identify quickly, any active criminals in the area and alert all other member stores in the vicinity within minutes.

Member businesses and any other business can report incidents to us immediately by filling out an Incident Report Form, please click the link below. Or you might want to try the new CABC Incident Report Form .

For more information about Chester Against Business Crime, please call the Business Crime Manager; Bob Lelliott on 01244 403 615.