NEW CCTV cameras are being put up at four crime hotspots in Stratford.
The cameras have been purchased using Safer Streets funding and will be at locations identified as being used for county lines drug activity, anti-social behaviour, and violence against women and girls.
The Safer Streets funding was launched by the Home Office in July 2023, with a total of £820,000 being made available to the police and crime commissioner for Warwickshire for crime prevention projects across the county.
The cameras will soon be deployed by Stratfod District Council at the Waterside service area between Bridge Street, High Street and Sheep Street, Drayton Avenue near Holly Walk, Hodgson Road, and Clopton Road near Jolyffe Park Road.
The Safer Streets funding has also been used for other community safety intervention projects across the county and for a countywide educational and awareness campaign by Crimestoppers to combat violence against women and girls.
The six-week long campaign ran from the middle of January to the end of February this year and sought to improve the understanding and confidence of people living and working in Warwickshire in responding to VAWG and preventing it from it happening in public places.
The campaign’s aim was to encourage people in the wider community to feel empowered to report VAWG, rather than the responsibility for reporting it being only with the victim. It highlighted the impact of VAWG on the community as well as on the victims, bystanders and those directly impacted.
Philip Seccombe, police and crime commissioner, said: “The Safer Streets funding has enabled us to bolster our efforts in tackling a number of problems that communities have told us impact on their feelings of safety in Stratford town.
“I am pleased to hear that the cameras will soon be deployed in the town and am looking forward to seeing the positive outcomes they will make, that we have already seen in other parts of the county. I will continue to support this work to make sure our streets are safe for Warwickshire residents.”
