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Community safety retention schedule

Taken from ASCH retention schedule v9.00, adopted May 2026, expires end May 2028.


A PDF version of this retention schedule, including full version history, is held in the EDRM Retention Schedules folder.

See an explanation of the 6+ Rule and all other standard disposition codes.

Community safety

CS 01.01: Managing, administering and undertaking projects and activities to support community safety functions

Disposition: Destroy 6+

Example(s): serious violence prevention

Rationale: Business requirement

Storage location: Shared drive

CS 01.02: running research initiatives to support community safety functions

Disposition: 6+

Example(s):

  • Alcohol minimisation

Rationale: Business requirement

Storage location: Shared drive

CS 01.03: Number not used

CS 01.04: Data obtained by external sources to support community safety research and planning

Disposition: 6+

Example(s):

  • Safer Derbyshire research and information team data

Rationale: Business requirement

Storage location: Shared drive

CS 01.05: Supporting the safeguarding of adults and children if actions are taken by the community safety team

Disposition: 6+

Example(s):

  • Calls for service

Rationale: Business requirement

Storage location: Shared drive

CS 01.06: Managing and administering projects aimed at preventing violent extremism

Disposition: 6+

Example(s):

  • Radicalisation information
  • The Channel Project

Rationale: Business requirement

CS 01.07: Managing investigations relating to domestic homicide

Disposition: 6+

Example(s):

  • Domestic Homicide Review documents

Rationale: Business requirement.

Storage location: Shared drive

For retention of final review report, see Legal Services retention schedule LS 09.04.

CS 01.08: Transferring a community safety enquiry to the appropriate person to action

Disposition: D<1: Destroy after 6 months

Example(s):

  • Emails to the community safety inbox which need to be redirected to other departments or contact forms from the website which also need redirecting

Rationale: Business requirement

Storage location: Shared drive

CS 01.09: Managing and administering the resettlement of refugees or people seeking asylum

Disposition: 6+

Example(s):

  • UK Resettlement scheme

Rationale: Business requirement

Storage location: Shared drive