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Community Safety
Community safety is defined as preventing, reducing and containing the social, environmental and intimidatory factors, which affect people's right to live without fear of crime and which impact upon their quality of life. It includes preventative measures that contribute to crime reduction and tackle anti-social behaviour.
A partnership approach to community safety was initiated by Strabane District Council in June 2004. A wide variety of organisations, which had inherited a responsibility for community safety as part of their own work, were operating in isolation and there was a clear need for co-ordination.
The Strabane Community Safety Partnership held its first meeting in October 2004. This meeting was in recognition of the fact to reduce crime, the fear of crime and tackle anti-social behaviour, the active participation and representation of all major stakeholders within the local area was required.
Representatives from a range of statutory, voluntary and community organisations have met together on a regular basis to develop a local Community Safety Strategy and Action Plan. There has been three distinct stages in the development of the Community Safety Strategy for the Strabane District Council area:
- the establishment of the Strabane CSP as discussed above;
- a Community Safety Audit and consultation;
- the identification of local priorities to set the parameters of the community safety activity in the District of Strabane during the next 36 months.
For further information on Community Safety, please click on the links below or contact:
Catherine Collins
Community Safety Officer
Strabane District Council
47, Derry Rd
Strabane
BT82 8DY
Tel: 028 7138 2204 Ext: 291
- Recent Events/Press Releases
- Community Safety Strategy Summary
- Community Safety Audit and Background Information
- NIO Community Safety Website
