Crime is a serious problem in cities all over the world. Crime and violence do not happen spontaneously, but grow out of inequalities and exclusion in societies and upon break-downs of institutional and social control. In this context, eruption of anarchy is frequent in post-disaster and post conflict situations. Within the human settlement context, this has wide reaching effects for the ability of women and men to recover from crises, and to access the basic needs, including adequate shelter, services and overall human development.

DMP will facilitate deployment of a team of experts in community led safety and security, to assist local partners in addressing urban safety issues and reducing delinquency, violence and insecurity. This will further strengthen the reduction of vulnerability of populations to future disasters and conflicts.