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.
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Alcohol and drug misuse
Alcohol and drug addiction can affect the user, the family and wider community. Whether for you or others, find services that can help lessen this impact.
Radicalisation
Radicalisation (whether political, religious or social) has the potential to disrupt the lives of people all over the UK.
Understand what you can do if you have concerns about suspicious activities in your community.
Hate Crime
Hate crime can be hugely damaging, both personally and for communities as a whole.
Understand what you can do if you have witnessed an incident, or if you are a victim of a hate crime.
Sexual violence and Domestic Violence and abuse
We are committed to ending domestic and sexual violence and abuse in Devon. Find out about the services and resources that are available to those affected by this issue.
Suicide Prevention
Across the UK, suicide is the leading cause of death in men under the age of 50, young people and new mothers.
Learn more about how you can help prevent suicide.
Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking
Modern slavery takes many forms, it is hard to spot and difficult to know what to do about it.
Learn more about what to look out for, how to report it and help support victims.
FRAUD AND CYBER CRIME
Cybercrime is a major threat to individuals and organisations across the UK.
The UK Government has classified cybersecurity as the same threat level as war, terrorism, and natural disasters.
MENTAL HEALTH
Nationally, awareness and understanding of mental health is getting better, but we are seeing a significant increase in mental health issues and demand for all services is continuing to increase across the region.
Sexual exploitation
Sexual exploitation is a crime that can affect anyone, anytime, anywhere, regardless of their social or ethnic background.
It can put a young person at a huge risk of long term damage to their physical, emotional and psychological health.
Dangerous Drug Networks and County Lines
Dangerous drug networks are run by criminal gangs and involve the production, transportation and sale of illegal substances.
Learn more about the signs.
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 Clinical Commissioning Group
- Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service
- National Probation Service
- Dorset, Devon and Cornwall Community Rehabilitation Company
- Devon and North Dorset Prisons
