Business Crime Reduction Partnership Awareness Week

16-22 March

 National Business Crime Reduction Partnership (BCRP) Awareness Week 2026 runs from 16 to 22 March and aims to raise awareness of the role BCRPs play in tackling retail crime and anti-social behaviour.

Against a national backdrop of growing financial and operational burden caused by business crime and anti-social behaviour in town centres and high streets, BCRPs exist to help local businesses work together alongside police, local councils and BIDs in a structured partnership with information sharing and a co-ordinated approach, rather than trying to tackle these issues in isolation.

Throughout the week, the Town Centre BID will be hosting a number of activities alongside partners. All activities are for Bournemouth Town Centre BID levy payers only.

• Monday 16 March and throughout the week – Business Visits. Business Crime Liaison Officer Jackie and Business Liaison Officer Tom will be visiting businesses to support them on the BCRP SentrySIS reporting system.

• Tuesday 17 March – Lunchtime Learning: 5 Ways to Enhance Cybersecurity.00-2.30pm. Light lunch included. Booking essential – please email info@towncentrebid.co.uk

• Wednesday 18 March – Coffee, Cake and a Councillor. Drop in – no booking required. An opportunity for businesses to talk to the local authority about anti-social behaviour issues. 11.30am-1.00pm, Flirt Café, 21 The Triangle

• Thursday 19 March – Coffee, Cake and a Copper. Drop in – no booking required. An opportunity for businesses to talk to the police about town centre presence, retail crime and reporting. 12noon – 1.30pm, upstairs at House of Focaccia, 100 Old Christchurch Road

• Joint patrols with the BID’s Town Rangers and BCP Council CSAS Officers, focussing on hotspots and business engagement. The police will also be active in the town centre during the week.

• Exclusion notices – the newly launched exclusion notice scheme will be a focus for all the agencies in town.

National BCRP Awareness Week acts as a reminder that safer town centres are built through cooperation, consistent reporting, and shared standards, and that when businesses, police, councils, and local organisations work together, it is far easier to reduce repeat issues and protect our town centre.