Promotion of urban security
Safety issues unaddressed can create a climate giving rise
and increasing the general fear of crime. These issues can
have an effect on business and future investment in an area.
The SecurCity set out to address some of the issues around
the theme of crime prevention. This network undertook a
series of 10 working groups and carried out field visits,
developed case studies and experience data sheets. The
network operated around 5 sub themes: 1. Youth Crime
>Multi-agency approach on youth crime
>Empowerment of Young People
>Involvement of local community in programmes for young
offenders
>The safe(r) school
2. Commercial Investment in a Public setting
>Improve safety situation in areas of high crime to make it
more attractive for the retail and business to stay
>To encourage retail and business communities to locate
and stay in areas of high crime and lack of security
3. Drugs and Insecurity
>To identify and to reduce the number of criminal and antisocial
offences committed by drugs and alcohol misusers
>To understand the linkages between drugs misuse,
homelessness and crime
>To review and share good practice of partner cities
>To develop a common framework from the experiences
gained
4. Citizen Participation
>Promoting the fact that recorded crime levels are falling
>To encourage citizen participation to ensure improvement
in the safety and security
>To foster community engagement
>Establish mechanisms to ensure policy and programmes
respond to identified need
5. Fear of Crime
>Reduce the perception of crime – cleaning the streets,
removing litter and graffiti
>Build up civic pride and start to get people involved
>To find factors influencing Fear of Crime, because only
focusing on Environmental issues does not significantly
improve feelings of unsafety
>Try to counteract the negative impact of media. And
communicate in direct with the residents