What is crime prevention?

What is New Brunswick Crime Prevention Week?

When is it held?

How did it get started?

How is it promoted?

Safe Communities is everyone’s business?

Awards and Certificates of Recognition

Ideas for planning your community event

Working with the Media

Tell us about the activities being planned in your community

Crime prevention is a lot of things you might not think of; it’s more than just locks, alarms and keeping an eye open for suspicious characters. Each of us is involved in crime prevention activities in our daily lives. Reaching out to new neighbours, making them feel like they belong; mentoring children and youth or acting as good role models as community volunteers; coaching recreational sports teams; helping seniors living nearby by shovelling their walk or keeping their lawn mowed. All these activities contribute to making our communities safe and healthy.

The Department of Public Safety annually coordinates the Community Safety and Crime Prevention Week Campaign to:

• inform the public of the multitude of community safety and crime prevention programs that are available;
• raise awareness about the root causes of crime and how to prevent it; and
• to promote and recognize the significant efforts made each year by police forces, individuals, community agencies and all levels of government to prevent crime.

CSCP Week has traditionally been the first full week in November. This year, in collaboration with the Atlantic Provinces, it will take place from November 1st to 7th.

In the early 1980's, the New Brunswick Police Commission created NB Crime Prevention Week. In 1983, Canada's Solicitor General joined in and began a campaign that observed November 1st to 7th as National Crime Prevention Week. Activities fell dormant in 1987 until 1995, when the former provincial Department of the Solicitor General revitalized the week in collaboration with the newly formed Crime Prevention Association of New Brunswick.

Through an annual campaign involving the media, police, and community partners, and by the release of promotional materials through schools, communities and other organizations.

Traditionally, our partners have included government, police, schools, the Crime Prevention Association of New Brunswick and New Brunswick's Block Parent Association, but everyone has a role to play including businesses, communities, and non-profit organizations working with children, youth, families and seniors. It is our aim to recognize and reinforce everyone's important roles in preventing crime. Read on for more ideas.