City Safe
City Safe is an exciting concept which aims to reduce alcohol-related crime, disorder and anti-social behaviour, both inside licensed premises and in public spaces.
City Safe has worked closely with the Government since its inception and has become the blueprint for many similar initiatives around the UK and beyond.
City Safe has four main aims:
- To reduce the number of alcohol-related assaults and injuries
- To work in partnership with the licensed trade to improve the management of licensed premises
- To promote the provision of safe drinking
- To reduce perceptions of drunkenness, rowdiness and disorder in the night-time economy
It is led by Greater Manchester Police and works with a wide variety of partners on many initiatives designed to make the night-time economy safer. The project began in Manchester city centre at the end of 2000 and has proved so successful that it now works throughout the city of Manchester.
As a result of its widening remit the name of the project was changed from City Centre Safe to City Safe in 2005. In Manchester city centre, serious assaults have been reduced whilst the city centre population and the numbers of people using the night-time economy continues to grow.
