Playing fields and church get anti-crime funding

Two playing fields and a church in Hull are to get funding towards improving security and deter anti-social behaviour.

The Crime Prevention Fund run by Hull City Council has awarded grants to King George V and Victoria Dock playing fields to build fencing.

St Vincent de Paul RC Church on Queens Road also be given funding for CCTV and an alarm system.

Money will also go to a number of schools across the city to provide bicycle lights and reflective rucksacks to improve pupil safety.

The Victoria Dock scheme will see a grant of almost £8,000 towards the installation of 261ft (80m) of steel fencing to the last remaining open side of the pitch on South Bridge Road.

A city council report said repeated anti-social behaviour at the site meant "nearby residents had to endure noise and disturbances into the night during the summer months where youths and adults accessed the pitch on an unauthorised basis via the unfenced side".

The fund was set up in 2022 and awards grants of up to £25,000.

Councillor Ted Dolman, said: "People in Hull deserve to live in safe and welcoming neighbourhoods, and the Crime Prevention Fund allows to help boost feelings of safety and tackle antisocial behaviour where it occurs.

"By aiming to make where we live be safer and cleaner we know this can provide huge benefits for our communities right across the city."

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