Derbyshire PCC secures £1m funding towards crime prevention

Leader of Erewash Borough Council said the funding was a "significant investment" in local communities in Derbyshire

The money would be spent on free home security upgrades for 900 properties and programmes to support young people.Areas to benefit will be Ilkeston, Erewash and Alvaston, Derwent, Arboretum and Normanton areas of Derby. About £401,000 has been allocated to IIkeston Town and Cotmanhay village areas of Erewash and about £749,000 to the four areas in Derby.The work aims to focus on issues such as burglary, robbery, vehicle crime and anti-social behaviour with drug-related crime a secondary target in Erewash.

Derbyshire PCC Angelique Foster said: "This funding will deliver long-lasting improvements to the safety infrastructure of Erewash and Derby City."

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