CitySafe Campaign

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The CitySafe Campaign builds the power of local communities to tackle crime and the fear of crime.

Over the past few years 10 young people from our member communities have been murdered in our neighbourhoods.

The CitySafe campaign has been developed through conversation and research involving hundreds of young people, youth workers, teachers and community leaders. At the heart of this process has been the voice of young people saying we are not the problem, we are the solution.

We are building CitySafe Zones across our neighbourhoods. Local clusters of schools, faith communities and charities are reclaiming the streets from crime, addressing local problems of crime with innovative action. While CitySafe Champions are working closely with the Police, the Council and business, they are not afraid to make a powerful challenge.

CitySafe has got the support of 100s of business leaders (more than 400 local shops have signed up to become CitySafe Havens), Political leaders (e.g.Vernon Coaker MP, former Minister for Crime Reduction; Boris Johnson, Mayor of London; Lewisham Mayor Steve Bullock, Tower Hamlets Mayor Lutfur Rahman, and others) and Police officials (e.g. Borough Commanders in Newham, Greenwich, Hackney, Lewisham, and other places). Most importantly it is supported by the member schools, churches, mosques, trade unions, universities and charities that make up the Citizens UK alliance.