Mayor’s business plan: 2022 to 2026

Cleaner, safer and healthier

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Croydon is a cleaner, safer and healthier place, a borough we’re proud to call home

Residents expect and deserve to feel proud of our borough as they walk down the street. That means working with them and partners to look after our streets, parks and open spaces. The Safer Croydon Partnership will be restructured, with 6 delivery boards focussed on violence against women and girls, youth safety, hot spot areas, counter-terrorism, substance misuse and community engagement.

Council tenants and leaseholders expect warm, safe and dry homes, well-maintained by their landlord, but too often the council has fallen well short of this basic standard. We will transform the housing service to invest in and improve standards in council homes, and secure external funding and focus efforts on driving down carbon emissions.

We will:

  • make our streets and open spaces cleaner so that Croydon is a place that residents and businesses can feel proud to call home
  • tackle anti-social behaviour, knife crime and violence against women and girls so that Croydon feels safer
  • invest in council homes to drive up standards and develop a more responsive and effective housing service
  • ensure new homes are safe, well-designed and in keeping with the local area
  • lead action to reduce carbon emissions in Croydon