Decision Maker: Director for Police, Crime, Criminal Justice and Fire, GM Deputy Mayor, Treasurer GMCA
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
The Home Office require all Safer Street Fund
bids and financial matters to be processed through the Deputy
Mayor’s office.
The three Greater Manchester Home Office Safer Streets Fund Round 5
have a total combined budget of £847,969.
2023/24 = £463,181
2024/25 = £384,788
A grant agreement is in place between the GMCA and the Home Office
for the 2023/24 funding and we are awaiting the signed 2024/25
grant agreement to be provided.
The GMCA led programme has three primary interventions that will
target the following crimes:
- Neighbourhood crimes of Robbery, Theft from a Person, Vehicle
Crime,
- Anti-social Behaviour including drunk and disorderly behaviour,
public transport vandalism, drug and substance misuse, intimidating
behaviour,
- Violence Against Women and Girls including sexual assault,
indecent assault, street harassment, drink spiking.
The proposed interventions are:
- Delivery of Op Safer Streets by Greater Manchester Police in
Manchester City Centre.
- TfGM Drone to support operations to reduce ASB and VAWG incidents
on the nighttime transport network.
- TfGM and Foundation 92 led hub to be deployed across the
Transport network to address incidents of ASB.
Oversight of the programme is provided by the Police, Crime,
Criminal Justice and Fire Team at the GMCA.
The Deputy Mayor receives the Home Office Safer Streets Fund for
the programme being led and delivered by the GMCA across 2023/24
and 2024/25 financial years.
The total budget for this programme is £175,000
2023/24 = £175,000
2024/25 = £0
Greater Manchester Police are to be provided with £138,000 of
this funding for the provision of Op Safer Streets.
Publication date: 09/05/2024
Date of decision: 04/04/2024