Blackburn to receive cash boost to help make streets safer

The money, from the Safer Streets Fund, will pay for projects to crack down on crimes like burglary, vehicle theft and robbery, for example by increasing street lighting and CCTV.

Blackburn with Darwen Council have been granted £432,000 as part of the scheme.

Councils and police and crime commissioners (PCCs) in other areas, listed below, will receive a share of the £18.3million.

The successful recipients are:

Bedfordshire PCC – £432,000

Birmingham City Council – £432,000

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council - £432,000

Bristol City Council – £398,000

Cambridge and Peterborough PCC – £430,000

Cheshire PCC - £432,000

Chesterfield Borough Council - £432,000

Cleveland PCC – £366,289

Cumbria PCC - £311,358

Durham PCC - £670,864

Dyfed Powys PCC – £87,338

Essex police, fire and crime commissioner (PFCC) – £432,000

Exeter City Council – £432,000

Great Yarmouth Borough Council - £96,000

Gwent PCC – £699,564

Hampshire PCC – £600,030

Hertsmere Borough Council - £116,000

Humberside PCC - £431,564

Ipswich Borough Council - £422,200

Kent PCC - £769,436

Leicestershire PCC - £432,000

Lincolnshire PCC – £244,801

Manchester City Council – £432,000

Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (London) - £725,996

Merseyside PCC - £819,532

Newcastle City Council - £431,967

North Wales PCC - £485,535

North Yorkshire PFCC - £429,986

Northamptonshire PCC – £432,000

Nottinghamshire PCC - £864,000

South Wales PCC – £432,000

South Yorkshire PCC – £850,000

Staffordshire PFCC - £432,000

Surrey PCC – £310,227

Thames Valley PCC – £401,950

Wealden District Council - £309,453

West Mercia PCC - £863,185

West Yorkshire PCC – £306,317

Wiltshire PCC – £432,000

Wolverhampton City Council - £247,602

The third round of the fund also opens on Thursday, allowing authorities another chance to bid for a further £25 million for 2021/22 which will focus on projects to help women and girls feel safer on the streets.

More to follow.