Indicators for International Safe Communities

Indicators for an “International Safe Community”

There are seven international indicators which goes into action from 1st January 2012 that must be fulfilled by a community in order to be designated as an ISC:

Safe Communities have:

•  An infrastructure based on partnership and collaborations, governed by a cross- sector group that is responsible for safety promotion in their community;

•  Long-term, sustainable programs covering genders and all ages, environments, and situations;

•  Programs that target high-risk groups and environments, and programs that promote safety for vulnerable groups;

•  Programs that are based on the available evidence:

•  Programs that document the frequency and causes of injuries;

•  Evaluation measures to assess their programs, processes and the effects of change;

•  Ongoing participation in national and international Safe Communities networks.

Indicators for International Safe Communities
Stockholm January 2012

The following "7 Indicators" goes into action from 1st January 2012 and are replacing the "6 Indicators" from May 2002 and the earlier "12 Criteria", which were developed 1989 by. Jerry Moller, Principle Consultant, Australia in collaboration with the participants from the “First Travelling Seminar on Safe Communities“and representatives from the two municipalities Falköping and Lidköping, Sweden.