The Home Office unveiled Safer Streets in January 2020. The project aims to help Police and Crime Commissioners, local authorities and their partners to secure extra funding to support initiatives to make the streets of England and Wales safer.

To date, the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) for Bedfordshire has secured over £2.8m of funding through the safer streets fund and details of previous schemes can be found on our website. 

In September 2023, it was announced that Bedfordshire OPCC has been successful in their bid to secure an additional £1m in the latest round of the governments Safer Streets funding initiative.