Time running out to help decide how £1m should be spent to make Hartlepool streets safer

People living in Hartlepool’s Burn Valley Ward are being asked to complete a survey to help decide how its share of £1 million government funding should be spent to make the community safer.
By Mark Payne
Published 8th Oct 2020, 09:03 BST
CCTV and other security measures are set to be installed in the Burn Valley area of Hartlepool, including Oxford Road and its neighbouring streets, in a bid to keep out thieves and robbers.CCTV and other security measures are set to be installed in the Burn Valley area of Hartlepool, including Oxford Road and its neighbouring streets, in a bid to keep out thieves and robbers.
CCTV and other security measures are set to be installed in the Burn Valley area of Hartlepool, including Oxford Road and its neighbouring streets, in a bid to keep out thieves and robbers.

The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) secured over £1 million from the Home Office’s Safer Streets Fund in July which aims to prevent acquisitive crimes such as theft, robbery and burglary in three of Cleveland’s most at-risk areas.

Burn Valley Ward, including Oxford Road and adjacent ‘ladder’ streets, is one of them along with the South Bank and Newport areas of Middlesbrough.

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People have until Saturday, October 31, to fill in the online questionnaire and should be completed by Burn Valley Ward residents only.

Questions include how satisfied residents are with their area as a place to live, how safe they feel inside and outside their homes both during the day and after dark, and if they feel unsafe why.

It also asks what crime prevention measures would make them feel safer. Options including metal shutters to empty properties, improved alleygates, more CCTV and street lighting, providing homes with burglar alarms and anti-intruder lights.

Providing homes with stronger locks, property marking and a Neighbourhood Watch scheme are also possibilities.

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Councillor Shane Moore, chair of the Safer Hartlepool Partnership and leader of Hartlepool Borough Council, previously said: “This is brilliant news and a huge boost for our efforts to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour and to improve the lives of law-abiding residents.”

The survey can be accessed at https://www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/SaferStreetsCommunityConsultation/Survey

All responses will be confidential.

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