Safety in your community

Supporting health and wellbeing across everyday life, bringing together Council, communities and partners to improve public spaces, strengthen inclusion, reduce harm and support safer, more connected neighbourhoods.

Community Safety update

New Public Place CCTV Precincts in Port Phillip

Council's advocacy during the 2025 federal election campaign has resulted in a $1.5 million grant for expanded CCTV from the Australian Government.

We will be expanding the existing Port Phillip public CCTV network, with Carlisle Street (Balaclava), Clarendon/Coventry Streets (South Melbourne) and Bay Street (Port Melbourne) as proposed locations. Each site's assessment will include seeking feedback this year from community members, including traders, and Victoria Police.

Part of the funding (about $150,000) will also allow us to buy a second mobile CCTV trailer to be deployed by Victoria Police this year.

CCTV Expansion Project InformationCCTV Expansion Announcement

What is community safety?

Community safety is a part of all aspects of our lives and is essential to health and wellbeing. It includes:

  • increasing community wellbeing and cohesion, and social and cultural inclusion
  • increasing opportunities for social and physical activity
  • improving public amenities
  • preventing and reducing hardship and insecure housing
  • preventing and reducing incidents of crime and anti-social behaviour.

What is Council’s role?

We know that community safety requires a partnership approach. This is why we work collaboratively with our communities, support and service organisations, Victoria Police and State Government.

We play a role in:

  • fostering diversity, inclusion and social connection
  • activating public spaces through community grants and funding
  • providing supports for those experiencing hardship and insecure housing
  • maintaining and upgrading public amenities and addressing identified traffic blackspot issues
  • fostering strong partnerships with police and other emergency services, local traders and community groups
  • activating and revitalising our high streets
  • developing regulations to promote and maintain safety
  • maintaining safe public spaces through CCTV, Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design, Local Laws and joint patrols with Police and partnerships with service providers.

Council respects and supports the right of all members of our community to feel safe and be safe.

We acknowledge the diversity of lived experiences and the impacts that different circumstances can have on people’s lives.

Contact us

Our Building and Inclusion team is hear to help. For more information contact the City of Port Phillip Community Safety Lead.

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Phone: 03 9209 6777