Community safety UK
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| Location | United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 54° 42' 8.48" N, 3° 16' 35.67" W |
The aim of this page is to recognise, celebrate and encourage the self-empowerment of community agency networks (CANs) and community groups' activism across the UK aimed at sustaining and deepening the bedrock of peace and community safety both within and between communities.
News
‘Brummies united against racism’: poster campaign takes on the far right, theguardian.com (Oct 12, 2025) - National security threatened by climate crisis, UK intelligence chiefs due to warn, theguardian.com (Oct 08, 2025)
- App launched to improve night-time safety, BBC News (Sep 13, 2025)
- Why the Arthur’s Seat burn is a cautionary tale for the UK’s wildfire management strategy, theconversation.com (Aug 19, 2025)
Events
Jun 1 - 7, 2025 (Sun - Sat) — Neighbourhood Watch Week
Networks and support
Community action projects
Neighbourhood Watch
Neighbourhood Watch in the United Kingdom is the largest voluntary crime prevention movement covering England and Wales with upwards of 2.3 million household members. The charity brings neighbours together to create strong, friendly and active communities in which crime can be tackled. Neighbourhood Watch Network is the umbrella organisation supported by the Home Office to support Neighbourhood Watch groups and individuals across England and Wales.
Neighbourhood Watch groups work in partnership with the police, corporate companies with aligned values, voluntary organisations and individuals who want to improve their communities. Neighbourhood Watch aims to help people protect themselves and their properties and to reduce the fear of crime by means of improved home security, greater vigilance, accurate reporting of suspicious incidents and fostering a community spirit as well as tackling new forms of crime such as cybercrime.
Resources
- Policing 2.0, Policing in the 21 st Century. Are you ready to harness the potential of the social web? Policing 2.0 Conference 18th October 2010 Catherine Howe (on slideshare)
- Respect Standard for Housing Management, 2006
News archive
- Most crime has fallen by 90% in 30 years – so why does the public think it’s increased?, theconversation.com (May 13, 2024)
2021-2023
- Crime figures are in. The verdict? The world is getting safer, Positive News (Jun 21, 2023)
- Belfast's Wildflower Alley was transformed from a dumping ground to a communal zone of biodiversity, The Daily Alternative (Sep 26, 2022)
- Demagogues thrive by whipping up our fury. Here's how to thwart them, George Monbiot...The Guardian, Oct 3, 2019
local information can be found, or shared, via our many UK location pages
| Authors | Phil Green |
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| License | CC-BY-SA-3.0 |
| Cite as | Phil Green (2017–2025). "Community safety UK". Appropedia. Retrieved November 28, 2025. |