Our work so far
All the ways that we’re safeguarding your community and making your streets safer.
We’ll never stop working to make your community and your streets safer for everyone. Here’s a quick roundup of everything we’re doing, everything we’ve delivered, on your streets, in your community.
Preventing anti-social behaviour and neighbourhood crime across six areas in Gwent
We’ve recently secured £746,702 of additional funding to use to address anti-social behaviour and related crimes in Alway in Newport, Blackwood, Brynmawr, Caldicot, Cwmbran and Tredegar.
Cracking down on neighbourhood crime in Rhymney and Pillgwenlly
In April 2021, the police and crime commissioner for Gwent received nearly £700,000 from the Home Office. We used this funding to prevent burglary, robbery and theft in Pillgwenlly in Newport, and Rhymney in Caerphilly.
Helping residents to secure their homes
We’ve supported residents to help make their homes more secure.
We’ve funded the installation of home security improvements at properties identified as being vulnerable to crimes like burglary.
We’ve held drop-in events where we've given out free crime prevention and property marking kits to help residents protect their valuable belongings.
Protecting people, protecting property
We’ve worked with businesses and second-hand retailers to deliver property marking equipment and training so that stolen property can be easily identified and returned to its owner. This also helps to prosecute those who commit these kinds of crime.
More CCTV and improved street lighting
We’ve worked with local councils to install additional CCTV cameras, street lighting and lighting bollards at key locations.
More Safe Spaces for women and girls
We’ve set up a Safe Space business scheme in Abergavenny and Newport for local businesses. This helps them to provide places of safety for women and girls who may feel unsafe.
We’ve supported local organisations such as the Tin-Shed Theatre Company in Newport, Ambika Social in Linda Vista Gardens, Abergavenny and the Friends of Bailey Park who are also based in Abergavenny. These organisations have a passion for creating safe and welcoming spaces for their communities and work locally to achieve this.
Educating our children and young people
An educational programme has been provided to schools, universities and youth groups to help change unacceptable attitudes and behaviours towards women and girls and provide safety advice and encourage the reporting of crime.
Building confidence
We’ve provided fitness and wellbeing classes to build confidence for women and girls.
Night-time ambassadors
We’ve worked with Newport City Council and Newport NOW to employ two night-time ambassadors in the city centre and Stow Hill. They’re helping to reassure people and working with police to help keep people safe at night.
Pride in our places
We’ve funded the creation of a colourful mural in Pillgwenlly to celebrate the diverse and vibrant community in the area. This mural will help create a sense of ownership and pride in the area.
We’ve worked with partners to remove graffiti and cut back overgrown foliage in areas where crime is more likely to occur. This improves the environment and also makes it more difficult for offenders to commit crime unseen.
For more information on our Safer Streets projects in Gwent, please email [email protected].