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CSF - Background

This section of the Community Safety Framework covers community sentiment, community safety and how this links to our strategies.

Background Community Safety Framework Everyone’s responsibility Executive summary Guiding principles Mayor's message Our community Our strategic documents Programs, services and actions Understanding community safety

Community sentiment

We track feelings of safety in the Geelong community through the Geelong Preventative Health Survey which is undertaken every four years.

Since 2017 more Geelong residents reported always feeling safe up from 53.8 percent in 2017 to 61 percent in 2021. In 2021 we also saw a decrease in those who never feel safe going down by 0.3 percent with one percent of those surveyed never feeling safe. This indicator provides important data to support this framework.


GEELONG PREVENTATIVE HEALTH SURVEY


Figure 2: Geelong Preventative Health Survey 2021


Community safety and links to our strategies

We recognise that community safety is a very important part of everyday life for all community members and visitors. Community consultations have reflected the diversity and holistic nature of community safety in Greater Geelong.

The City's Clever and Creative vision is:

By 2047 Greater Geelong will be internationally recognised as a clever and creative city - region that is forward looking enterprising and adaptive and cares for its people and environment.

One of the nine community aspirations identified is:

  • People feel safe wherever they are.

    We are working towards the vision through the development and implementation of Our Community Plan 2021 - 25.

As outlined in the Our Community Plan 2021 - 25 one of the strategic directions is a healthy caring and inclusive community. Our role is to:

  • Plan communities that support healthy lifestyles.
  • Deliver services to the community.
  • Support community groups and local organisations.
  • Promote healthy lifestyles and social equity.
  • Collaborate with local state and federal government.

One of the desired outcomes of this strategic direction is that our community feels welcome safe and connected. This document fulfils one of the actions for 2021 - 2022 which was to partner with key stakeholders and community safety networks to develop a community safety framework.

This framework outlines a clear understanding of community safety and our role in contributing to a safe community enabling all areas of the organisation to work together towards a common goal.

We will monitor our performance by reporting against Our Community Plan 2021 - 2025.

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