Community safety 

Your City: Your Space online forum

If you are aged 12 to 25 you can help make the city safer by posting your ideas on the City of Melbourne's Your City: Your Space online forum. By contributing to the forum you can also go in the running for some great prizes. Visit Your City: Your Space to share your thoughts, submit a video or vote on others' ideas.

Melbourne has a reputation as a safe city, and has been recognised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a ‘Safe Community’.

The City of Melbourne works with a range of groups, including the Victoria Police, State Government Departments, businesses, and community and residents’ groups to develop policy and programs which will enhance safety for everyone in the city.

Council auspices the City Safety Leadership Committee. The Committee identifies and acts on strategic priorities to promote a diverse City where all community members feel safe.

In this section:

• Strategy for a Safer City 2007-2010
• City safety grants program
• Community safety fact sheets
  Includes 10 Tips for Enjoying Melbourne (in three languages), maps and information on late night transport options, information on syringe disposal, managing alcohol, injury prevention and more.
• City Safety Summit results

Emergencies

• CBD Safety Plan
  Read the plan to be prepared in the unlikely event of a 'significant incident' in the CBD.
• Emergency markers 
  Markers to assist 000 emergency callers provide their location in off-street areas

Alcohol safety

• Queuing and security
• Melbourne Licensees Forum
• Run a better venue
• Grogger - Don’t Get Smashed

Street safety

• Pedestrian safety

Safe City program

• Safe City cameras
• Safe City car parks
• Safe City taxi ranks