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Report
Nambour Community Safety Review Phase 2: Final Report
Sunshine Coast Council and University of the Sunshine Coast
2023
Abstract
Nambour was recently granted Special Entertainment Precinct status by the Queensland Government, with plans by the Sunshine Coast Council to widen employment and community engagement opportunities in the town centre through the expansion of live music venues and night-time entertainment. Development of entertainment zones of this type can provide numerous long-term benefits but also present a variety of crime-related risks.
The purpose of this report is to assist with planning processes by reviewing crime and disorder reduction approaches of town centers, community members and business stakeholder’s perceptions of crime and safety in the area, and potential risks for crime and disorder in Nambour.
The current project builds on Phase 1 of the Nambour Community Safety Review, conducted by this research team across 2021-2022. Phase 1 included (1) a literature on crime prevention in entertainment districts and town centres, (2) an analysis of crime trends in Nambour compared to Queensland trends, other parts of the Sunshine Coast (Caloundra and Maroochydore), and other regional towns in Queensland (Gympie, Bundaberg, Maryborough), (3) a CPTED analysis of Nambour’s CBD, and (4) a media analysis of crime reporting around Nambour. The crime analysis as part of Phase 1 found that Nambour has amongst the lowest rates of crime on the Sunshine Coast and other comparable regional areas, however, media analysis highlighted community concerns around crime and disorder in the CBD.
The current project included five components extending key findings from Phase 1, including (1) conducting a literature review of criminological research on a different area around best practices and successful case studies in business/town center improvement or rejuvenation programs, and social welfare aligned models of policing (including police beat programs), (2) a systematic analysis of CPTED auditor comments to explore trends in perceptions of auditor safety, and auditor suggestions for improvements to provide context to auditor ratings presented in Phase 1 and direction for implementation, (3) a more detailed analysis of crime types and locations in the town centre of Nambour, (4) a community survey of perceptions of safety and experiences with crime in Nambour, and (5) focus groups with stakeholders of Nambour to assess their perceptions of safety and management in the Nambour CBD.
Details
- Title
- Nambour Community Safety Review Phase 2: Final Report
- Authors
- Emily Moir (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and SocietyTim Prenzler (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and SocietySusan Rayment-McHugh (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and SocietyNatalee Cairns (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and Society
- Publication details
- 139 pages
- Publisher
- Sunshine Coast Council and University of the Sunshine Coast
- Date published
- 2023
- Copyright note
- This work is licensed under the CC Attribution-Non-Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Organisation Unit
- Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99745898502621
- Output Type
- Report
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