£4.4million to make Greenwich safer day and night

The Royal Borough of Greenwich is investing £4.4million to make our borough safer for everyone, day and night.

We know safety is a huge priority for residents and that’s why we’re using cash we’ve secured from developers along with grants to

• Double the number of Community Safety Enforcement Officers
• Fund two extra local police officers on the streets
• Upgrade the Council's CCTV network alongside eight new mobile units that can be stationed wherever residents feel unsafe
• Improve street lighting
• Work with businesses to stamp down on shoplifters
• Increase fines for anyone caught making misogynistic comments to women and girls

Cllr Anthony Okereke, Leader of the Royal Borough of Greenwich, said: “Keeping our borough safe is our main priority. Residents have told us that crime and anti-social behaviour was the biggest issue facing Royal Greenwich today, and we hear you. That’s why we’re using money we’ve negotiated from developers to get things done in Greenwich and make our borough safer, day and night. From more community safety officers, to extra police on our streets and better cameras, we’re rolling out a huge package to keep our borough safe.” 

Cllr Rachel Taggart-Ryan, Cabinet Member for Community Safety and Enforcement, said: "We’re one of the few boroughs in London actively investing in public safety for women and girls, now we’re going to fund more work to tackle misogyny. Women and girls should never feel unsafe in the towns they call home, but the sad reality is that they do. That’s why we’re getting things done to fix this – more officers, more education, more cameras – we’ll do whatever we can end male violence against women and girls.” 

The funding will be used to continue the Council's work to identify locations and find solutions where women and girls feel unsafe and develop a set of interventions and education programmes to target men and boys to address toxic masculinity and misogynistic attitudes. 

This investment comes from ringfenced grants and the Council's negotiations with developers to secure £60million that it can use to focus on the things that it knows really matter to residents – because they matter to the Council too. The money is part of the Council's Getting Things Done drive which can’t be used to offset any future deficits.

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