Final update: 12 December 2025

On Wednesday 10 December 2025, Councillors formally adopted the new Community Safety Plan for Port Phillip.

Thanks to everyone who provided feedback on the draft Plan. Key changes based on your feedback included:

• Updating actions to be more tangible.
• Clarity on indicator outcomes and measures.
• Greater reference to family and gender-based violence.
• Reviewing language to strengthen empathy and trauma awareness.
• Support for collaborative and co-designed processes, projects and programs with community and services.
• Streamlining actions by removing Roundtable Report recommendations already included in Homelessness and Affordable Housing Strategy (where they were better located).

Read the full Engagement Report.

View the final Community Safety Plan.

For all future updates, head to the Community Safety webpage.

Community safety is a priority for the City of Port Phillip. It influences how people use and interact with our public places and spaces: the built environment, local amenities, parks and community facilities. A safer city contributes to positive health, social and economic outcomes for our community.

A Community Safety Plan demonstrates Council’s commitment to working in partnership with the community and key stakeholders to provide a safer and more vibrant community for all. It details the City of Port Phillip’s contribution to making our community a safer and more resilient place to live, work and visit. It also aligns with a range of state and federal strategies that relate to crime prevention, family violence, reducing harm from alcohol and drugs, emergency response and community safety.

Our new Community Safety Plan will replace the current Community Safety Plan 2019 - 2025.

We’ve listened to many voices in our community and heard from the experts as part of the Community Safety Roundtable. Now we want to make sure we’ve captured your priorities in the draft Community Safety Plan.