News and events

The Strategy
The Strategy
- 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.
Top tasks
- Go to the Building Safer Communities Program
- Download the Crime Prevention Strategy
Grants
Grants
- Youth Engagement Grants
  Youth Engagement Grants
  
  Grants for small multicultural and Aboriginal clubs and organisations to support projects that use cultural connection, sport, arts, music or other creative activities to engage young people.
- 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.
- 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.
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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.
- 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.
- Crime Prevention Evaluation Toolkit
  Crime Prevention Evaluation Toolkit
  
  The toolkit contains a guide and resources to assist you to evaluate your community safety project.
Top tasks
- View all resources
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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Find out about our recent news and events, including updates on grants, local crime prevention activities and crime prevention information, tips and tools.

Improving safety in the City of Casey

May 3rd, 2023

Read how the Victorian Government is continuing their support for improved public safety in the City of Casey.

Ballarat community working together to improve safety

May 2nd, 2023

The City of Ballarat Council received $700,000 through the government’s Empowering Communities Partnerships.

Your input needed. New Community Crime Prevention Capability Building Program

April 18th, 2023

Read about how to take part in our stakeholder consultation.

Giving young people a voice for their future

April 3rd, 2023

The Youth Client Voice Project is an initiative funded as part of Barwon Child, Youth and Family’s Reignite Geelong Program.

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Crime prevention scholarships awarded

February 24th, 2023

A new qualification to upskill communities in key crime prevention practice and knowledge.

New projects to engage multicultural communities

October 5th, 2022

Children, young people and families will have access to vital early intervention supports under a suite of new multicultural and youth-focused projects.