MAKING DEVON’S COMMUNITIES EVEN SAFER
Safer Devon is a partnership of public, voluntary and community organisations that work together to make Devon’s communities safer. It provides leadership for community safety work carried out across the county.
Partners include Devon’s four local Community Safety Partnerships (CSPs) which conduct work in the following areas:
- East and Mid Devon
- Exeter
- North Devon and Torridge
- South Devon and Dartmoor (Teignbridge, South Hams and West Devon)
Safer Devon and its partners are committed to supporting Devon’s communities through preventing and tackling community safety issues which negatively affect local people and communities, such as crime, hidden and visible harm and exploitation.
This website provides information about what we are doing to make Devon’s communities even safer as well as how to access support and advice if you are affected by a community safety issue.
LATEST UPDATES
16 Days of Action 2025
Running annually from 25 November until 10 December, the 16 Days of Action campaign is a global call from individuals, organisations and communities for an end to gender-based violence and for the prevention and elimination of violence against women and girls.
To mark the campaign, organisations across Devon are hosting a range of events and activities to help bring communities together, raise awareness and shine a light on the support available.
Alongside the events and activities, we are running a social media campaign that focusses on a different theme each day, highligting resources and support available across Devon. Follow us on 16 Days of Action Devon | Facebook or search #16DaysDevon.
Support is available to everyone and there are a range of services and organisations that help victims and survivors in Devon. Find out more here.
New Domestic Abuse Support Service now live!
On 1st April the new Domestic Abuse Support Service in Devon was launched which aims to transform how people in the county access and receive support.
The service is being provided by the Devon Domestic Abuse Alliance, a partnership of seven local organisations, North Devon Against Domestic Abuse (NDADA), Encompass Southwest, CoLab Exeter, More Positive Me, The Olive Project, CRAFT Training and Development and Surviving Abuse North Devon.
Each partner brings a wealth of expertise which will help ensure that those in need of the service, their friends and families as well as professionals receive the right advice, information and care at the right time.
The service will include:
- Single Entry Gateway – A single point of contact offering clear, accessible pathways to support, with phone, text, email, and online chat options to make help easy to reach.
- Community Domestic Abuse Support – Specialist teams providing risk management, and safety planning tailored to each person’s situation, as well as whole family support and interventions to address the behaviours of those causing harm.
- Safe Accommodation, Staying Put, and Resettlement Support – A range of refuge and dispersed safe accommodation solutions and help for people to remain safely in their own home.
- Trauma-Responsive Recovery – Dedicated one-to-one and group therapeutic interventions and peer support, ensuring survivors receive the emotional support needed to heal.
- Specialist Support – Addressing complex needs such as mental health, substance use, and homelessness, including safe accommodation and outreach options.
- Behaviour Change – Interventions to help those who harm break the cycle of abuse and take responsibility for change.
Further details are available on the DDAA’s website www.ddaa.org.uk.
You can also contact them directly on freephone number: 0808 281 6161 or email: hello@ddaa.org.uk.
Let’s Talk
Learn about our Let’s Talk programme, which aims to help parents and carers understand more about the challenges young people are facing today, including drugs, alcohol and mental health.
All resources are completely free, including virtual toolkits and online sessions to support parents and carers with young people aged 9-18.
Alcohol and drug misuse
Alcohol and drug misuse can impact individuals, families and communities. Find out how you can access support for yourself or others.
Radicalisation
Radicalisation causes significant harm to individuals and communities all over the UK. Find out what you can do if you have concerns that someone you know is being radicalised.
Hate Crime
Hate crime can be hugely damaging to individuals and communities. Find out how you can report hate crime and access support for yourself or others.
Sexual violence and Domestic Violence and abuse
We are committed to ending sexual violence and domestic violence and abuse in Devon. Find out how you can access support for yourself or others.
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND ABUSE
Suicide Prevention
Across the UK suicide is the leading cause of death in men under the age of 50, young people and new mothers. Find out how you can access support for yourself or others.
Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
Modern slavery is a hidden form of exploitation which takes many forms and leads to significant harm. Learn more about the signs of exploitation and how to access support for yourself or others.
Sexual exploitation
Sexual exploitation can affect people of all ages, genders and backgrounds. Learn more about the signs of exploitation and how to access support for yourself or others.
Dangerous Drug Networks and County Lines
Dangerous drug networks are run by criminal gangs who exploit vulnerable children and adults to produce, transport and sell illegal substances. Learn more about the signs of exploitation and how to access support for yourself or others.
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT DANGEROUS DRUG NETWORKS AND COUNTRY LINES
FRAUD AND CYBER CRIME
Fraud and cybercrime are forms of financial exploitation which involve pressuring, deceiving and tricking people into handing over money and possessions. Learn more about the signs of financial exploitation and how to access support for yourself or others.
Safer Devon
By working together we can tackle community safety issues more effectively to make Devon even safer for residents and communities.
Our partners include:
- East and Mid Devon Community Safety Partnership
- Exeter Community Safety Partnership
- North Devon and Torridge Community Safety Partnership
- South Devon and Dartmoor Community Safety Partnership
- Devon County Council
- Devon and Cornwall Police
- Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon and Cornwall
- NHS Devon Integrated Care System
- Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service
- The Probation Service
- Devon and North Dorset Prisons
