Last updated: 07 February 2008

Oxford Safer Communities Partnership (OSCP) is a partnership of agencies working together within Oxford city to reduce crime and disorder. Established in 1998 OSCP was originally called ATMOSPhere (Alliance To Make Oxford a Safer Place).  The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 placed a legal obligation on local authorities and police to jointly develop and implement a strategy for tackling crime and disorder.  OSCP's current partners are:

The work of OSCP goes much further than the Steering Group partners. Other organisations maybe represented on the OSCP sub-groups: groups set-up to work solely on a particular priority within the strategy, or may be the organisation running a project supported by OSCP. In addition to this, there are representatives from different departments within the same organisation involved in OSCP.