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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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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: 1639

Total funding: $89,051,506

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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	2018-19	Monash City Council	Meet Your Street Postcards	Various	Monash City Council	South East Metropolitan	$9,440
Community Safety Fund	2017-18	Greater Geelong City Council	Pakington Street Traders Crime Prevention Project	Geelong	Greater Geelong City Council	Barwon South West	$10,000
Community Safety Fund	2011-12	Gippsland Lakes Community Health	Lighting and security alarm	Lakes Entrance	East Gippsland Shire Council	Gippsland	$6,474
Community Safety Fund	2013-14	Yarram Community Learning Centre Inc.	Security alarm system	Yarram	Wellington Shire Council	Gippsland	$5,200
Community Safety Fund	2017-18	Brimbank City Council	Southern Sunshine Lighting Program	Sunshine	Brimbank City Council	North West Metropolitan	$9,000
Community Safety Fund	2018-19	Whitelion Youth Agency	Whitelion Security and Safety Project	West Melbourne	Melbourne City Council	North West Metropolitan	$2,581
Community Safety Fund	2017-18	Horsham Agricultural Society	Horsham Showgrounds Office Hub Security Project	Horsham	Horsham Rural City Council	Grampians	$5,631
Community Safety Fund	2011-12	Bellbridge Primary School	Eligible security improvements	Hoppers Crossing	Wyndham City Council	North West Metropolitan	$10,000
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	2016-17	Sunshine Business Association	Sunshine Lighting Program: Hampshire Road	Sunshine	Brimbank City Council	North West Metropolitan	$10,000
Community Safety Fund	2013-14	Zena Women's Services Inc.	Security upgrade for the Morgana Women's Refuge	Geelong	Greater Geelong City Council	Barwon South West	$10,000
Community Safety Fund	2018-19	Colac Golf Club Inc	Securing the Colac Golf Club Rooms and Proshop	Elliminyt	Colac Otway Shire Council	Barwon South West	$7,200
Community Safety Fund	2017-18	Bass Coast Landcare Network	Protecting the Bass Community Nursery and Works Depot	Bass	Bass Coast Shire Council	Gippsland	$2,345
Community Safety Fund	2011-12	Seymour Youth and Fitness Centre	Window locks	Seymour	Mitchell Shire Council	Hume	$1,150
Community Safety Fund	2013-14	The Scout Association Of Australia Victorian Branch	Security fencing for the Wodonga Scout Hall	Wodonga	Wodonga City Council	Hume	$5,909
Community Safety Fund	2018-19	Shepparton Cycling Club	Shepparton Cycling Club Security	Shepparton	Greater Shepparton City Council	Hume	$9,900
Community Safety Fund	2017-18	St Albans Business Association	Main Road West Lighting Program	St Albans	Brimbank City Council	North West Metropolitan	$8,970
Community Safety Fund	2011-12	Highton Bowls Club Inc	Improved lighting	Highton	Greater Geelong City Council	Barwon South West	$4,800
Community Safety Fund	2013-14	Churches of Christ Community Care	FRESH Youth Engagement Project - community activities for youth from a Sudanese background	Fairfield	Yarra City Council	North West Metropolitan	$8,752
Community Safety Fund	2016-17	Brimbank City Council	Southern Sunshine Lighting Program	Sunshine	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	Traralgon Tyers United Football and Netball Club	Solar security lighting at Tyers Recreation Reserve	Traralgon	Latrobe City Council	Gippsland	$9,800
Community Safety Fund	2013-14	The Sunnyside Horsham Sporting Club	Security doors and locks at the bowling club	Horsham	Horsham Rural City Council	Grampians	$6,700
Community Safety Fund	2015-16	Brimbank City Council	Sunshine Lighting Program: Hampshire Road	Sunshine	Brimbank City Council	North West Metropolitan	$10,000

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