£1m for safer streets in West Yorkshire
One million pounds in additional funding is heading to West Yorkshire to reduce crime and increase safety.
Monday 30th October
One million pounds in additional funding is heading to West Yorkshire to reduce crime and increase safety.
It will be used on a range of projects over the next year and a half to tackle anti-social behaviour, violence against women and girls (VAWG) and neighbourhood crime.
The money has been secured from the Safer Streets Fund, run by the Home Office, following a successful proposal by the Mayor of West Yorkshire, West Yorkshire Police, Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield Councils.
Projects include bystander training to improve the safety of women and girls, days of action and new technology targeting anti-social behaviour, such as the inappropriate use of off-road bikes as well as increased CCTV and target hardening.
Tracy Brabin, the Mayor of West Yorkshire, said: “We’re working together to create a safer, fairer region.
“This investment supports a range of projects that will make a real difference in our communities.
“This includes public priorities such as the safety of women and girls, tackling anti-social behaviour and neighbourhood crime.”
T/Assistant Chief Constable Ed Chesters of West Yorkshire Police, said: “This significant injection of funding will benefit a wide range of projects intended to make our streets and communities safer.
“Reducing violence against women and girls in particular, continues to be one of our joint key commitments with the West Yorkshire Combined Authority, so it is welcome to see funding targeted at a number of initiatives intended to continue this very important work.
“It is also welcome that investment is being provided for neighbourhood crime prevention, including a targeted forensic and property marking campaign across the Force, as well as in delivering outreach programmes for young people.
“At a time when financing for such groups remains tight, we wholeheartedly support initiatives which deliver diversionary activities for young people and provide them with new opportunities and challenges.”