Community safety is about creating a sense of community and security, to ensure that everyone feels safe living, working and visiting our City. This is achieved through community involvement, in the development and delivery of targeted initiatives, that improve the quality of life and safety of residents and workers in Canterbury-Bankstown. The overarching aim is to reduce fear as well as incidence of crime and violence.

Crime prevention is the responsibility of all levels of government, law enforcement, private enterprise and the community more broadly, to actively develop and implement strategies, programs and projects to prevent and/or reduce incidence of crime.

Council has a long-standing commitment to reducing crime and as a result, increasing community safety for our residents. We want everyone to feel safe in the area within which they live, work, visit or study.

As part of our commitment to improve and maintain safety for our residents, we have a Community Safety and Crime Prevention Plan. The plan outlines Council’s commitment to improving community safety and addressing crime issues within our City. It identifies safety and crime priorities, as well as specific goals for vulnerable groups such as young people, emerging communities, LGBTQIA+, Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) and individuals with a disability.

Council will implement the actions and focus areas of this Plan over a four-year period including targeted programs within each of our five wards. By implementing this Plan, Council will ensure the key safety and crime areas outlined are addressed through effective action of the identified objectives. 

Community Safety and Crime Prevention Plan

Please see below a summary of our Plan in English and seven other languages:

To achieve our community safety goals, we focus on initiatives that address the needs of the Canterbury-Bankstown community. Our varied community safety and crime prevention initiatives can be accessed on our Community Safety and Crime Prevention Initiatives page.

For more information about these initiatives, please click on the relevant links or contact Council's Community Safety and Crime Prevention Officers on 9707 9212 or 9707 9471.