Segregated Schemes, Shared Goals: Running Multiple BCRP Networks with One System
As Business Crime Reduction Partnerships (BCRPs) grow across broader geographies covering town centres, market towns, rural communities, and high streets, many now manage multiple local schemes under a single umbrella.
For these larger partnerships, a core challenge arises: how can you keep schemes tailored and relevant to local businesses while also sharing intelligence, aligning strategies, and delivering county-wide results?
This is where segregated schemes, all managed through one shared platform, come into their own.
Why Segmentation Matters
Not all businesses face the same challenges. The needs of a high-street retailer differ from those of a late-night bar, a hotel, or a rural farm. That’s why segmentation is essential, and why Disc SC (Segregated Content) is built to support it.
With Disc SC, partnerships can run multiple distinct schemes within a single system, such as:
- Shopwatch schemes for town-centre retail and high street stores
- Pubwatch for licensed venues and night-time economy operators
- Hotelwatch to help accommodation providers tackle nuisance guests and suspicious activity
- ASB focused Schemes, that all businesses can join, not just DTE and NTE
- Betwatch focused on bookmakers and gambling venues
- Travelwatch to support transport hubs like bus stations or taxi networks
- Rural schemes for tackling theft, trespass, and fuel crime in more isolated areas
Each of these schemes can operate with its own members, relevant content, and targeted offender lists – keeping everything focused, actionable, and GDPR-compliant.
“Local schemes should reflect local challenges. Segmentation keeps your members focused and compliant.” says Steve Lang, MD of Disc.
Shared Goals, Shared Infrastructure
Even though each scheme has different day-to-day priorities, many of the broader challenges are the same:
- Cross-border offenders operating across towns or sectors
- Consistent engagement with police, council or BID teams
- Coordinated exclusion policies or enforcement strategies
Disc SC allows partnerships to keep these schemes distinct while managing them under one secure, shared infrastructure:
- Tailored content and data for each scheme
- Admin control across all schemes from one login
- Secure data sharing between schemes when appropriate
This means your schemes stay relevant at the local level—but work together at a strategic one.
Real-World Application: Disc SC in Action
PABCIS – Staffordshire
In Staffordshire, Pubwatch, Shopwatch, and ASB schemes operate independently, ensuring focus and compliance. Yet they all feed into one secure system—giving partnership leads and police a unified view of crime trends across the region.
North Notts BID
Serving an entire district, not just a single town, North Notts BID uses Disc SC to tailor support for varied areas within its boundary. They have now got separate Pubwatches for Worksop and Retford, and separate Shopwatches for both towns. They have also set up IndustrialWatch to help improve security on industrial estates across the area
Gloucestershire Safe
Initially had Gloucester City Safe and Cheltenham Safe, separate Disc Systems, but also these systems were covering additional Areas. Gloucestershire Safe, utilising Disc SC, now covers the whole county, incorporating Gloucester City Safe, Cheltenham Safe, Stroud Safem Cirencester Safe, Tewkesbury Safe and Forest Safe.
Benefits of One System, Multiple Schemes
Running all your schemes through Disc SC doesn’t just streamline processes, it brings measurable improvements in security, efficiency and outcomes.
- Operational simplicity
One admin login. One system. No juggling platforms. - Local relevance with strategic control
Each scheme stays focused; managers see the bigger picture. - Smarter sharing
Cross-scheme alerts and shared intelligence, when appropriate and at your control. - Built-in compliance
Segregation supports GDPR best practice and member trust. - Scalable and cost-effective
Easily add new towns or sectors without increasing complexity or overheads.
Why juggle five systems when one can do the job – better, faster, and more securely?
One Platform. Many Communities. Shared Success.
Managing multiple BCRPs doesn’t need to mean juggling multiple platforms or losing sight of local needs.
With Disc SC, you can run segmented schemes for Shopwatch, Pubwatch, Hotelwatch, Travelwatch, Betwatch, rural partnerships and more—all from one trusted platform. Each scheme stays local, relevant, and secure. And you stay in control.
One system. Multiple schemes. Shared results.