Nusrat Ghani, MP for Wealden, has welcomed the announcement that Wealden District Council has been awarded more than £300,000 as part of the Government’s Safer Streets initiative.
Wealden is the only district council to have made a successful bid for this funding. The £309,453 will be invested into preventing crime in Hailsham, where there are currently higher than average recorded incidences of neighbourhood crime, including robbery and burglary and theft from vehicles. The funding will secure further crime-preventative measures such as CCTV cameras as well as education and information projects and a neighbourhood watch scheme.
Last year, the Safer Streets Fund provided nearly £900,000 to the Sussex Police and Crime Commissioner to help tackle anti-social behaviour, theft and burglary parts of East Sussex. This year, forty areas across England and Wales have been awarded a total of £18.4 million to crack down on neighbourhood crimes as part of round two, and the third round of the Safer Streets Fund will be providing a further fund of £25 million for 2021/22.
Nusrat Ghani said: “This is fantastic news and I am delighted that Wealden District Council secured this key bid. We are extremely lucky that Wealden continues to remain a safe place to live with consistently low levels of crime. However, rare incidents of crime and burglaries do occur and I am pleased that this funding will provide Hailsham with the resources they need to tackle crime and ensure that people continue to feel safe in their homes and in their communities. I meet regularly with constituents who have fallen victims to crime, particularly burglaries, and I am pleased that I can now give them further assurances that Wealden continues to be well equipped to tackle crime.”
