Make our streets safer at night

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

We need more police and community support officers on the streets; we need improved lighting and swift responses to bulb replacement and damaged lights; we need all local areas to have a robust and tested response system in place; and we need active monitoring of CCTV.

Over 350,000 violent and sexual offences reports are forecast on our streets in November and December 2022 alone (Open Source data).

Violent crimes, sexual offences and theft against the person all see a consistent increase in darker nights (comparison Apr/May and Oct/Nov 2018-21; OSD).

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign this petition which calls for a similar action: Fund increase in police officers in line with population

Decisions about street lighting and CCTV are a matter for individual local authorities and local businesses, not the UK Government or Parliament.

Timeline

10 Oct 2022	Petition opened for signatures
13 Oct 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 13 Oct 2022

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