Every household in Oxford can set policing priorities for their doorsteps, streets and local communities now that a new neighbourhood scheme is being extended citywide.

Twelve new Neighbourhood Action Groups (NAGs) will be set up in Oxford following a successful pilot scheme in Blackbird Leys over the past six months.

The NAGs are a joint partnership including police, council officers, youth workers, neighbourhood watch members, housing associations and local residents.

They will ask every resident and tenant about the issues affecting their neighbourhoods, ranging from antisocial behaviour to litter or parking.

The top three issues will become the NAG's priorities and results and feedback will be given to residents every three months.

Residents in Barton, Risinghurst and Sandhills will set policing priorities for their areas later this month, followed by the city centre in May and Rose Hill, Littlemore and Iffley in June.

Every household will have a NAG within 12 months.

The first Neighbourhood Action Group, which has changed its name to Neighbourhood Action Team, was set up as a pilot in The Leys in October, and has seen a string of drugs raids after residents twice made dealing the number one priority.

Partnership Inspector Andy Talbot said: "The pilot has been successful. Although there are always problems getting started, the feedback we are currently getting is positive.

"It's only the collective response of the partner agencies and local people that will find long-term solutions for quality of life issues.

"The public can have their say in how to improve their neighbourhoods, have the opportunity to identify problems in their area and judge how effective we have been."

In the pilot scheme, residents used text messages and email to list their fears.

About 250 NAG staff will be fully trained by June. Every three months, residents will vote for their fears and concerns which become policing priorities.

The NAGs expect new issues to top the list every three months, once they solve each priority, although in the Leys, residents twice named drugs as their key concern.

City councillor Susan Brown, of the Crime Disorder Reduction Partnership, which drew up the NAG boundaries, said: "We will not be able to solve the issue of drugs overnight, but there have been successes.

"The lesson is we must do everything possible to engage local communities. In the Leys, we have learned it is very powerful to let local people set the priorities and help police their communities."