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The Strategy
The Strategy
- Minister's foreword
  Minister's foreword
  
  The best way to keep Victorian communities safe is preventing crime from occurring in the first place.
- Intervening early to prevent crime
  Intervening early to prevent crime
  
  The Victorian Government’s goal is to prevent crime and keep communities safe by addressing the root causes of offending.
- A joined-up approach to support people and communities in need
  A joined-up approach to support people and communities in need
  
  Collaboration across government, key organisations and with communities is the best way to provide individuals with the right supports to address the risk factors for offending and strengthen social recovery outcomes.
- Working with the community across three action areas
  Working with the community across three action areas
  
  The Strategy will support effective, collaborative efforts to improve outcomes for individuals and communities in Victoria across three interconnected action areas.
- Measuring the impact of our efforts to prevent crime
  Measuring the impact of our efforts to prevent crime
  
  We will monitor and evaluate our progress in addressing risk factors for offending across the Victorian Government.
- Action Area 1: Empower and invest in communities to implement local solutions
  Action Area 1: Empower and invest in communities to implement local solutions
  
  Empower and invest in communities to implement local solutions.
- Action Area 2: Enhance and connect support for people in need
  Action Area 2: Enhance and connect support for people in need
  
  Enhance and connect support for people and communities in need.
- Action Area 3: Evidence and impact for effective and innovative approaches
  Action Area 3: Evidence and impact for effective and innovative approaches
  
  Evidence and impact for effective and innovative approaches.
- How the Strategy was developed
  How the Strategy was developed
  
  The Crime Prevention Strategy has been developed through a whole-of-community and government effort.
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- Go to the Building Safer Communities Program
- Download the Crime Prevention Strategy
Grants
Grants
- Creating Safer Places
  Creating Safer Places
  
  Creating Safer Places supports urban design projects that apply an inclusive environmental design approach to deter crime, increase safety and activate public places.
- Building Safer Communities Program
  Building Safer Communities Program
  
  Grants and community forums to support Victorian local councils, not-for-profit organisations and other stakeholders to deliver innovative projects to address the causes of crime and improve community safety.
- Crime Prevention Innovation Fund
  Crime Prevention Innovation Fund
  
  Grants of between $25,000 and $300,000 for councils, not for profit community organisations and other specialist organisations for partnership projects that deliver and evaluate innovative community safety and crime prevention initiatives.
- Empowering Communities
  Empowering Communities
  
  Funding to support innovative, evidence-based approaches to address crime and improve community safety in selected community areas.
- Youth Engagement Grants
  Youth Engagement Grants
  
  Small multicultural and Aboriginal clubs and organisations are eligible to apply for grants to support projects that use cultural connection, sport, arts, music or other creative activities to engage young people.
- Community Safety Infrastructure Grants
  Community Safety Infrastructure Grants
  
  Funding of up to $500,000 to improve community safety, security and confidence in public places.
- Youth Crime Prevention Grants
  Youth Crime Prevention Grants
  
  Funding for community-led initiatives that address offending behaviour and recidivism by young people.
- Past grants
  Past grants
  
  Information about our past grants: Public Safety Infrastructure Fund, Community Safety Fund, Graffiti Prevention Grants and Place-Based Targeted Grants.
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Resources
Resources
- Urban design and crime
  Urban design and crime
  
  Good urban design can help make public places safer.
- CCTV
  CCTV
  
  Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) in public places can be an effective crime prevention tool.
- Graffiti
  Graffiti
  
  Information about addressing illegal graffiti, prevention and removal initiatives in Victoria
- Theft and burglary
  Theft and burglary
  
  Protect your home, your car and your stuff.
- All Resources
  All Resources
  
  Search useful information, tips and documents on crime prevention.
- Working with young people
  Working with young people
  
  Useful resources to assist in designing and delivering a project with young people.
- Our research projects
  Our research projects
  
  We are doing research to build knowledge about crime prevention across government and community.
- Building partnerships
  Building partnerships
  
  Resources to consider when establishing and managing your partnership project.
In your community
In your community
- Featured projects
  Featured projects
  
  Get ideas about activities that you could implement in your local area by reading about our featured projects.
- Find projects we've funded
  Find projects we've funded
  
  Search for all the crime prevention projects across Victoria funded under the Community Crime Prevention Program.
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Search for all the crime prevention projects across Victoria funded under the Community Crime Prevention Program.

Funded projects

Number of grants: 1631

Total funding: $82,451,506

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A list of all projects funded by Community Crime Prevention grants filtered by your selection criteria.
Program	Round	Organisation name	Project title	Location	Council area	Region	Funding
Community Safety Fund	2017-18	Cobram Roar FC	Fencing Project Apex Reserve	Cobram	Moira Shire Council	Hume	$8,250
Community Safety Fund	2011-12	Uniting Aged Care - Valkstone Independent Living Units	Improving lighting at Valkstone Independent Living Units	Bentleigh	Glen Eira City Council	South East Metropolitan	$8,000
Community Safety Fund	2013-14	Dandenong Neighbourhood House Inc.	Cooking up Harmony - community engagement program for recent arrivals	Dandenong	Greater Dandenong City Council	South East Metropolitan	$8,675
Community Safety Fund	2014-15	CoDesign Studio	Activating Brunswick's laneways	Collingwood	Moreland City Council	North West Metropolitan	$9,600
Community Safety Fund	2014-15	Keilor Tennis Club Incorporated	Safe and secure - security upgrades for Tennis Club	Keilor	Brimbank City Council	North West Metropolitan	$10,000
Community Safety Fund	2018-19	Glengarry Recreation Reserve Committee of Management	Security Screens at the Glengarry Reserve Social Rooms	Glengarry	Latrobe City Council	Gippsland	$9,091
Community Safety Fund	2017-18	Wonthaggi Life Saving Club	Upgrade Security Measures at Wonthaggi Life Saving Club	Cape Paterson	Bass Coast Shire Council	Gippsland	$7,000
Community Safety Fund	2011-12	Swan Hill Rural City Council	Alan Garden Netball Pavilion security upgrades	Swan Hill	Swan Hill Rural City Council	Loddon Mallee	$6,957
Community Safety Fund	2013-14	Cardinia Shire Council	Security fencing around the Garfield Netball Club	Garfield	Cardinia Shire Council	South East Metropolitan	$9,050
Community Safety Fund	2013-14	Wangaratta West Primary School	Improving bike shed security	Wangaratta	Wangaratta Rural City Council	Hume	$2,500
Community Safety Fund	2013-14	Footscray Football Club Limited	Tackling crime through sport - sporting activities for local youth in Melbourne's western suburbs	Footscray	Maribyrnong City Council	North West Metropolitan	$10,000
Community Safety Fund	2018-19	Girl Guides Association of Victoria (on behalf of Vermont Girl Guides)	Lighting at the Vermont Guide Hall	Vermont	Whitehorse City Council	South East Metropolitan	$2,005
Community Safety Fund	2017-18	St Albans Dinamo Soccer Club	Churchill Reserve Security Upgrade	St Albans	Brimbank City Council	North West Metropolitan	$8,722
Community Safety Fund	2013-14	Lakes Entrance Youth & Recreation Centre	Security lighting	Lakes Entrance	East Gippsland Shire Council	Gippsland	$1,100
Community Safety Fund	2014-15	Whittlesea City Council	Remove it or lose it - City of Whittlesea theft from motor vehicle reduction strategy	Bundoora	Whittlesea City Council	North West Metropolitan	$9,590
Community Safety Fund	2017-18	Monash Soccer Club	Monash Soccer Club Pitch Fencing	Newborough	Latrobe City Council	Gippsland	$5,000
Community Safety Fund	2013-14	Yarram Community Learning Centre Inc.	Security alarm system	Yarram	Wellington Shire Council	Gippsland	$5,200
Community Safety Fund	2018-19	Sunshine Business Association	Sunshine Lighting Program: Southern Sunshine	Sunshine	Brimbank City Council	North West Metropolitan	$10,000
Community Safety Fund	2013-14	Peninsula Access Support and Training Inc.	Sensor lighting and alarms at multiple sites	Frankston	Frankston City Council	South East Metropolitan	$6,401
Community Safety Fund	2017-18	Nhill Lawn Tennis Club	Club Rooms Security System	Nhill	Hindmarsh Shire Council	Grampians	$4,263
Community Safety Fund	2017-18	Max Pawsey Reserve Committee of Management	Carpark Security Lighting	Narre Warren	Casey City Council	South East Metropolitan	$10,000
Community Safety Fund	2011-12	Gladesville Primary School	Eligible security improvements	Kilsyth	Yarra Ranges Shire Council	South East Metropolitan	$1,000
Community Safety Fund	2013-14	The Dandenong Ranges Music Council Inc.	Safe with Sound - music workshops for young people	Belgrave	Yarra Ranges Shire Council	South East Metropolitan	$10,000
Community Safety Fund	2018-19	Brimbank City Council	Sunshine Lighting Program	Sunshine	Brimbank City Council	North West Metropolitan	$10,000
Community Safety Fund	2013-14	Nyora Public Hall Committee of Management Inc.	Security cages for air conditioning units and gas bottles	Nyora	South Gippsland Shire Council	Gippsland	$4,841

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