Eastbourne Business Crime Group

Welcome to the Eastbourne Business Crime Group (EBCG) Website

The EBCG Business Crime Partnership  is a 'not for profit' organisation funded by members of the scheme.

Who we are

EBCG is a Crime Reduction Partnership operating Shopwatch and Nightwatch benefitting local retailers, licensed premises and the public of Eastbourne. Our goal is to achieve a safer environment for the whole community in which to live, work and socialise.

What we do

• Improve safety and security in public places and the retail environment.
• EBCG Shopwatch provides a townlink radio network connecting members to each other
• EBCG Shopwatch & Nightwatch collates and shares information, delivering a weekly 'Intelligence report' that identifies and warns members about active offenders and their criminality, which affects quality of life and damages local enterprise. 
• EBCG Shopwatch excludes target offenders from all member premises including shops and places of entertainment.

Partners 

• Sussex Police & Eastbourne Borough Council
• The Beacon & Langney Shopping Centre
• Your Eastbourne BID
• Sussex Business Crime Reduction Partnership
• Association of Business Crime Partnerships
• Individual members

Benefits

• Radio's connect members to each other and provide reassurance to vulnerable or lone workers. 
• We engage collectively with police, local authorities and other agencies
• Be alert to threats 
• Share information
• Develop and use intelligence
• Be part of a supportive community
• Improve safety and security for the whole of Eastbourne Town
• By sharing photographs and Intelligence traders and 'service providers' warn each other of pending trouble when shoplifters, persons linked to criminality impacting on businesses or persons known for anti-social behaviour are active.
• Information that includes photographs of suspects, current offenders and excluded individuals is available 24/7 via the members area of our website.

Membership Subscription 

Membership of EBCG is £416 for Shopwatch members and £220 for Nightwatch members.

To join the scheme call 01323 415337 or email adam.godden@eastbourne.gov.uk

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