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  • Safer communities

    Topics:
    • 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.
    • Rural Crime Partnership
    • Community Safety Framework
    • Business Crime Action Plans
    • Guidance for firearm dealers
    • Community safety strategy progress reports 2016
    • Assets recovery community scheme
    • Community safety strategy 2015 to 2017
    • Community safety strategy 2012 to 2017
    • The Justice Act 2011 (commencement no 3) Order NI 2012
    • Assets recovery allocation scheme
    • Definition of Child Criminal Exploitation
    • Tackling child exploitation in Northern Ireland
    • A guide to achieving best evidence
    • A guide to Northern Ireland's criminal justice system for bereaved families and friends following murder or manslaughter
    • Community safety action plan
    • Community safety strategy progress reports 2015
    • Registered intermediary schemes

    More in this topic

    • Domestic Homicide Reviews
    • Policing and Community Safety Partnerships
    • Domestic and Sexual Abuse
    • Making a Victim Personal Statement
    • Domestic Violence and Abuse Disclosure Scheme
    • Research with victims of sexual abuse and violence
    • Northern Ireland Search and Rescue
    • Register of community based restorative justice schemes
    • Research with victims of domestic abuse or violence
    • Modern Slavery Campaign
    • Department of Justice Interface Programme
    • Executive programme for tackling paramilitary activity and organised crime
    • Assets Recovery Community Scheme
    • Research with young victims of crime

    Related to Safer communities

    Most recent publications

    • Recruitment Probation Board Northern Ireland

      Published 14 November 2024
    • Review of Community Safety in Northern Ireland

      Published 12 June 2024
    See all publications in this topic

    Most recent consultations

    • Victim and Witness Strategy 2025-2030 Call for Views

      Published 18 October 2024 Consultation closed
    • Anti-Social Behaviour

      Published 28 November 2023 Consultation closed
    See all consultations in this topic

    Most recent news items

    • Level of fraud outlined by Justice Minister at scam conference

      Published 20 March 2025
    • Long extends Sexual Offences Legal Advisers (SOLA) scheme

      Published 28 November 2024
    See all news in this topic

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