The Community Safety Unit is located in Millennium House in central Belfast. The CSU created in response to the community safety recommendations of the Criminal Justice Review.

The Strategy Implementation and Research Branch is responsible for:
• Development, promotion and monitoring of a Community Safety Strategy for Northern Ireland;
• Relationships with other government departments and statutory bodies;
• Funding for projects through partnerships;
• Advice to Ministers on community safety issues; and
• Management and publication of research and evaluation services.

Partnership Development Branch is responsible for:
• First hand assistance with partnership development, community safety auditing and consultation and action planning;
• Publication of guidance materials
• Dissemination of best practice and project evaluation;
• Establishment and co-ordination of local practitioner networks;
• Co-ordination of a training strategy and servicing of a training sub group; and
• Development and establishment of accredited training programmes.

Crime Reduction Branch is responsible for:
• Lead responsibility for key issues in the Community Safety Strategy in relation to crime reduction targets, drugs and alcohol, violence against the person;
• Liaison with other crime prevention bodies;
• Funding for crime reduction projects – regional; and
• Advice to Ministers on crime reduction and crime prevention initiatives.

  Staff Contact Details

Acting Head of Community Safety Unit Mark Goodfellow email Mark Goodfellow	Head of Crime Reduction Branch Martine McKillop email Martine McKillop	Acting Head of Partnership Development Branch Jennifer Douglas email Jennifer Douglas
Personal Assistant to Head of Community Safety Unit Liz Murphy email Liz Murphy	Crime Reduction Branch Alistair Hutchinson email Alistair Hutchinson	Acting Senior Partnership Development Officer Colin Scott email Colin Scott
Head of Strategy Implementation and Research Branch Gillian Ardis email Gillian Ardis	Crime Reduction Branch Sharon Harley email Sharon Harley	Partnership Development Officer Robert McKnight email Robert McKnight
Business & Retail Crime Eamon Jones e-mail Eamon Jones	Crime Reduction Branch Shirley Burden email Shirley Burden	Partnership Development Officer Mark McGuicken email Mark McGuicken
Anti-social Behaviour Advisor Elaine McConnell email Elaine McConnell	Crime Reduction Branch Paul Lavery email Paul Lavery	Partnership Development Branch Admin Support Jenny Craig email Jenny Craig
Strategy Implementation and Research Branch Lois Murphy email Lois Murphy	Crime Reduction Branch Admin Support Paula Larmour email Paula Larmour
Strategy Implementation and Research Branch Kevin Scullion e-mail Kevin Scullion