Nearly £400,000 has been issued to the Safer Streets project for Newark in a bid to tackle anti-social behaviour and crime. Following a successful bid to the Home Office by Nottinghamshire's Police and Crime Commissioner, a total of £374,500 will be awarded to the town across the next two years.
This funding will go towards lighting in the town to help deter crime, and will also be used to install three door entry systems on nearby apartments, additional CCTV around the town, make safer spaces and environmental improvements for visitors, and gate St Marks precinct to stop unauthorised individuals entering the car park and delivery area. Additionally, £20,000 of the funding will be used to tackle neighbourhood crime, specifically vehicle crime.
This will include faraday bags for car keys, also known as signal blocking pouches, to help prevent criminals from stealing cars through using the car key signal. As part of tackling vehicle crime, there are plans to buy specific screws for number plates which make them harder to be removed and placed on other vehicles and then used to commit crimes.
