About the strategy

Making our community safer

Community safety is a key concern for residents and businesses, and it's a priority area for the City of Belmont.

We recognise that we have an important role to play in helping people feel safer in their local community.

Our first Community Safety Plan was developed in 2012, and since that time we have invested substantially in community safety initiatives.

Our draft Community Safety Strategy 2025-2030 outlines our efforts towards creating a community in which everyone feels safe. It describes how we will focus our resources to best support, facilitate and address community safety concerns.

Your community safety priorities, our actions

We've organised the actions from the draft Strategy into four action pillars: Deliver, Empower, Partner, and Advocate. Each pillar and action considers feedback and priorities our community provided during public consultation in 2024.

  • Deliver

    Actions relating to community safety services we deliver, such as our CCTV network, 24/7 security patrols, and graffiti removal program.

  • Empower

    Actions relating to how we can empower our residents and businesses to make themselves and their homes safer, such as home and business security appraisals, bike and eRideable registrations with free locks, and safety eduction.

  • Partner

    Many aspects of community safety and crime prevention are best dealt with in partnership with other organisations. These actions are about the relationships and programs we have with organisations like WA Police, Belmont City College and Neighbourhood Watch.

  • Advocate

    Where we aren't able to deliver services, we can advocate for policies and reforms that improve community safety. These actions relate to our advocacy efforts.

Community feedback

We invited the community to prioritise initiatives and provide suggestions under four pillars - Deliver, Empower, Partner, and Advocate. The consultation period went over six weeks from Monday 20 May to Saturday 29 June 2024. The initial consultation was followed by a community workshop.

In the initial consultation, community members could participate by:

  • Adding sticky dots to priority boards
  • Suggesting ideas or comments
  • Completing a survey
  • The above could be done in-person or online.

The initial public consultation was followed by a community workshop facilitated by the Collab Effect, an engagement consultancy who drew together the experiences of community, stakeholders, and staff.

During the initial consultation period, we received:

Insights, themes and observations

Below are selected insights, themes and observations from the engagement report, including our community's priorities and suggestions.