Community safety
What is it?
"Partnership action to make your community a safer place to live, work and visit."
We are putting community safety at the heart of everything we do.
Community safety includes:
- Street lighting
- Safer public areas
- Well designed buildings
- Safety at home
- Facilities for young people
- Safer transport.
Plus other issues more directly related to crime including:
What are we doing?
- Key member of the district based Crime & Disorder Reduction Partnerships, which tackle the key crime and disorder priorities in your areas
- Initiate innovative street lighting schemes, making it safer after dark
- Design and build safer public areas and buildings, reducing the opportunities for crime
- Reduce youth disaffection, reconnecting young people to their communities
- Work to reduce the number of victims of domestic and racial violence, supporting those who work with the victims of crime
- Train our staff and partners to be aware of community safety, so that they know their responsibilities and what to do if you have a problem
- Inform the public of what is available, so you can play your part in community safety.
Want more information on what we are doing about community safety? Or is there a community safety issue in Nottinghamshire affecting you? If so then please contact the Safer Communities Team:
Tel: 0115 977 4879
Fax: 0115 977 3859
E-mail: safercommunities.cc@nottscc.gov.uk
Safer Communities Team
Nottinghamshire County Council
Communities Department
3rd Floor, County Hall
West Bridgford
Nottingham NG2 7QP
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