Safer Streets

On 31 March 2025 the funding for Safer Streets Round 5 finished. The Home Office have no plans at this stage for a Round 6 of the funding.

We submitted our final return to the Home Office at the end of April 2025 and are pleased to report that we completed all the interventions that we set out to achieve. In the final 12 months new CCTV cameras were installed in Warwick District and Stratford District. Street Wardens were deployed in Warwick District. Over 40 empowerment events were linked to Safer Streets and this intervention continues beyond the end of the funding. We completed a number of community interventions and members of Warwick District were trained for Community safety Accreditation.

We are now preparing an evaluation report that needs to be with the Home Office by the end of September 2025.

Next Steps

The WCC Community Safety Team have secured part of the WCC allocated UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) allowing for capital projects to take place in the 5 Districts and Boroughs over this financial year 100K. Following discussions with Districts and Boroughs these interventions have been identified

• N. Warks BC - the purchase of static Town Centre CCTV cameras to replace current mobile CCTV cameras being used as an extension of the Town Centre Scheme. Mobile cameras can then be deployed elsewhere in the Borough.
• Nuneaton and Bedworth BC - the purchase of a CCTV cameras for Nuneaton Town Centre
• Rugby BC - Work around the Guildhall and Library. Lighting improvements and CCTV
• Warwick DC - improved lighting in railway tunnel in Priory Park Warwick and new CCTV camera in St Nicolas Park Warwick
• Stratford DC – New Lighting column and CCTV in Summerton Way.