Resources
The cost of crime reduction measures can be reduced by building these into mainstream
service delivery, eg into advice and support already provided to business.
Where measures require resources, the case for investment can be strengthened by:
Demonstrating links with other local, regional or national strategies and
policy objectives, eg:
neighbourhood renewal
economic development / job creation
health improvement
race equality
small business support
school attainment
school attendance
town centre improvement schemes
youth inclusion
promotion of basic skills training and community learning
promotion of voluntary and community activity
reductions in violence at work
(Link to Regional Development Agencies (RDAs)
Link to Health & Safety Executive: www.hse.gov.uk
- Demonstrating
the impact the issue has on staff, or on the wider public.
Link to Budd, T (1999) Violence at work: Findings from the British Crime
Survey,
Home Office Occasional Paper www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs/occ-violencework.pdf
Highlighting the costs of business and retail crime for businesses and the
wider community.
Link to: S Brand & R Price, (2000) The economic and social costs of crime,
Home Office Research Series Paper 217, London, Home Office www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs/hors217.pdf
Relevant strands of the Crime Reduction Programme include:
Other potential funding sources include:
Children’s Fund
Community chests
Innovative Actions: European Regional Development Fund
Neighbourhood Renewal Fund
A ‘joined up’ approach
A hallmark of Coventry’s approach to reducing town centre crime is the ‘joined
up’ approach at strategic level. The city’s overall approach has, as its two main
strands:
These twin objectives are reflected in the Crime and Disorder Reduction Strategy,
the Community Plan, the work of the City Centre Company and the City Centre Strategy.
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