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<p>This Government is committed to cutting crime and delivering the safer streets
that the public deserves.</p><p>The Government is also committed to recruiting 20,000
additional police officers by March 2023 and despite the challenges of COVID-19, as
at 31 March 2021, 8,771 officers were recruited through the Uplift programme. Deployment
of the new officers will be a matter for Police and Crime Commissioners and Chief
Constables but their presence should contribute to making streets safer.</p><p>The
Safer Streets Fund was launched on 26 January 2020, providing £25 million in 2020/21
to support 52 areas across England and Wales persistently and disproportionately affected
by neighbourhood and acquisitive crimes, like burglary, robbery and theft. The fund
is being used by Police and Crime Commissioners to invest in well evidenced, physical
crime prevention measures, such as improved street lighting and CCTV.</p><p>On 28
January 2021, we launched a second £20m round of the Safer Streets Fund, for 2021/22.
This second round will give funding to Police and Crime Commissioners and Local Authorities
to invest in crime prevention, both in commercial and residential areas.</p><p>We
have also announced we are investing a further £25 million in the Safer Streets Fund
for the 2021/22 financial year, building on the £45 million already committed between
2020 and 2022. This additional funding will look to deliver innovative and evidence-based
crime prevention measures in public spaces, with a focus on ensuring women and girls
feel safe in the public domain.</p>
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