Almost £1m of Government grants will fund measures to reduce crime and antisocial behaviour in some of Cleveland’s most vulnerable communities.
Cleveland Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) has been allocated £999,999.84, as part of the Home Office’s £43m Safer Streets 5 Fund.
The project aims to reduce levels of neighbourhood crime, violence against women and girls (VAWG) and antisocial behaviour.
Safer Streets 5 runs from October 2023 until March 2025. It will target five areas identified as crime and antisocial behaviour “hotspots.”
Hotspots are neighbourhoods disproportionately and persistently affected by the types of crime covered by the fund.
OPCC partners in Safer Streets 5 include Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees Borough and Hartlepool Councils. Also involved are Cleveland Police, Thirteen Housing, the Power of Women and A Way Out.
This is the fifth time additional funding has been successfully secured by Cleveland OPCC and partners from Government Safer Streets funding.
This brings the total Safer Streets investment in Cleveland to £3.44m since 2020.
Middlesbrough

Up to £330,720 is being spent to combat neighbourhood crime and antisocial behaviour.
Work in the Central and Longlands and Beechwood wards includes home security measures for residents.
Also included is additional CCTV coverage and focused work to combat antisocial motorbike riding and aggressive begging.
Stockton
Up to £329,720 is being spent in the Town Centre ward to tackle neighbourhood crime, antisocial behaviour and VAWG.
Initiatives include better street lighting, more CCTV, security measures for homeowners and additional support for sex workers.
Hartlepool

Up to £333,333 is being spent in the Victoria ward of Hartlepool to combat neighbourhood crime and antisocial behaviour.
Projects include improvements to alley gates and a two-man Safer Streets team, whose aim is to make sure residents are engaged in what’s happening in their area.
Currently, the team is administering the Developing Neighbourhoods’ Fund. If you live in the Victoria ward and want to apply, simply fill out an application form!
For more details, contact Martin Jones, Community Cohesion Officer, at:
TEL: 01429 523100
Email: [email protected]