Online public community safety survey to inform the development of the first National Strategy for Improving Community Safety

The Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration’s vision is for Ireland to be safe, fair and inclusive. We have many different responsibilities, including:

• crime prevention
• national security
• justice
• immigration

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The National Office for Community Safety, an office of the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, is carrying out this survey on behalf of the Department. The Office was set up in 2025 under the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act, 2024.

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Ireland’s first National Strategy for Improving Community Safety is being developed as part of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024.

The National Strategy for Improving Community Safety aims to respond to the needs and concerns of communities and help public services and communities work together in a joined-up way to make communities safer.

This survey is to support the public to provide their views on community safety to inform the development of the strategy. This survey is open to anyone living in the Republic of Ireland. It should take X to X minutes to complete.

By completing this survey, we can learn what makes you feel safe or unsafe. This then helps when we are creating public policy about community safety.

Public policy is what our government, local authorities and other public bodies do about problems or issues that affect individuals, communities and the country as a whole.

The National Strategy for Improving Community Safety will be governmental policy. Because of this we want to hear from as many people as possible.

Yes, your answers are anonymous. This means we will not know who you are. Please do not include your personal information in your answers to make sure your identity is kept safe.

We will group answers together in a report. This will help to make sure we keep your responses anonymous.

As part of the consultation process, survey answers may be subject to requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2014. This means we must release this information if asked by an individual or organisation. We ask that you do not include any personal information in your answers to this survey, however, if there is any personal information in the answers, we will remove it before we give out the information.

Please click the button below to take part in this survey.

By Post

Print out the easy-to-read PDF version. Complete it by hand and return it to us by post to:

By Email

You can also scan and email your response to strategy@communitysafety.ie

Any queries in relation to the National Strategy for Improving Community Safety should be directed to strategy@communitysafety.ie