Policing and community safety

The Department's priority is to promote and contribute to the Safer Communities through partnership working with statutory organisations, communities, the third sector and businesses. See here our progress.

Organised crime can be defined as planned and coordinated criminal behaviour, conducted by people, groups or networks working together on a continuing basis. Their motivation is usually financial gain. Organised crime operates within and across jurisdictions and causes harm to individuals, communities and businesses. Organised crime may involve violence or the threat of violence and, in Northern Ireland, some organised crime groups also have paramilitary connections.