Crime prevention is about creating and sustaining neighborhoods and communities where crime cannot flourish. Find ways to link up the community with police, service agencies, and organizations of all kinds to develop and implement solutions that address mutual concerns about crime and safety. Following are some of our most relevant resources for this topic.

• Ask the Expert: Safety Expert Jean O'Neil
• RSVP Neighborhood Watch Statewide Work Plan
• NCPC Webinars

Online Course

• AmeriCorps*VISTA and Prisoner Reentry

Effective Practices

• Preventing crime with ten principles of community policing
• Mobilizing a community with a Neighborhood Watch program
• Effective practices for National Night Out

Lending Library

• 150 Tested Strategies to Prevent Crime from Small Cities, Counties, and Rural Communities
• Keeping Kids Out of Gangs
• News Matters: When Hate Becomes a Crime

Related Websites

• National Crime Prevention Council
• Crime Prevention Resources from the National Criminal Justice Reference Service
• Fight Crime: Invest in Kids

Additional Related topics: Community Partnerships, Conflict Resolution