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Grants
Grants
- Building Safer Communities Program
  Building Safer Communities Program
  
  New grants and community forums to support Victorian councils and community organisations to deliver innovative projects to address the causes of crime and improve community safety.
- 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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Download a toolkit to evaluate your crime prevention project

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Find information about addressing illegal graffiti in Victoria

Find projects we've funded

Access key resources and templates to manage my project

Find information, tips and resources on crime prevention

Initiatives and resources

Building Safer Communities Program

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Building Safer Communities Program

New grants and community forums to support Victorian councils and community organisations to deliver innovative projects to address the causes of crime and improve community safety.

Survey tool: Measuring perceptions of crime and safety

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Survey tool: Measuring perceptions of crime and safety

This survey tool has been developed for local councils and others to use to measure perceptions of crime and safety in their local communities.

Guide to developing CCTV for public safety in Victoria

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Guide to developing CCTV for public safety in Victoria

A useful resource for organisations considering implementing CCTV (closed circuit television) systems.

Latest news

Grant applications now open - Building Safer Communities Program

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Grant applications now open - Building Safer Communities Program

Applications are now open for grants under the Building Safer Communities Program to support innovative approaches to address the causes of offending, crime and community safety.

Launch of the Victorian Graffiti Register

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Launch of the Victorian Graffiti Register

Victorians can now easily report graffiti after the launch of a new database and easy-to-use app.

Updated findings on the impact of CCTV for crime prevention

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Updated findings on the impact of CCTV for crime prevention

CCTV experts have released an updated systematic review of the effects of CCTV on crime.