Harrow Safer Spaces
Preventing Violence against Women and Girls
Welcome to London Borough of Harrow's Safer Spaces engagement page.
We want to ensure that our public spaces are safe spaces for all women and girls – and we need your help.
If you live, work, study or socialise in Harrow, please tell us where and why you are feeling safe or unsafe.
While mainly asking for the experience of women and girls, the survey welcomes the views of all genders.
How to get involved?
Trigger Warning – this survey asks questions about VAWG in Harrow which some may find distressing. There is a list of support organisations on the right-hand side of the page, in case you need to reach out for support.
You can use the map (below) to give us feedback on as many places as you want. Drag the pin to the location you want and mark where you feel safe or unsafe. Answer the questions that pop up to tell us why you felt safe/unsafe and suggest what more we can do to help.
Please answer as many questions as you can and skip those that you do not wish to answer or return to complete later if you need a break. Be mindful of your own safety and the safety of others if writing about your own experiences and please do not include names of anyone involved.
This website is not monitored daily and is not for the purpose of reporting crime. To report a crime please contact the Police on 999 (emergency) or 101 (non-emergency).
Safe Spaces in Harrow
If you’re experiencing domestic abuse or feeling unsafe while in the community, you can attend a local ‘Safe Space’ and let staff know that you need help. They can provide a safe and discreet way to reach out to family/friends, or help you to contact a helpline, specialist support service, or the police in an emergency. These are at selected pharmacies, banks and supermarkets.
We’ve placed Gold star pins on our map to show the safe spaces in Harrow where you can access help.
What happens next?
Feedback will help officers better understand the concerns, perceptions and experiences of women and girls in Harrow and identify public spaces of concern, what improvements are needed and to communicate what will be done to alleviate these problems.
The information will also be relayed in discussions with the community and partners.
Check out our News Feed below to see the action we are taking to ensure that our public spaces in Harrow are safe spaces for all women and girls.
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Week of Action: Keeping Wealdstone safe
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At the end of January, a joint taskforce between London Borough of Harrow, the police, the voluntary sector, and trading standards collectively worked to increase confidence in public safety in the Wealdstone area. The responses and information collected from the Safer Spaces Survey was used to inform the night of action, and every pin within the Wealdstone area was visited and followed up on.
The team also visited the Boots on Wealdstone High Street, which acts as a Safe Space. If you’re experiencing domestic abuse or feeling unsafe you can use the discreet codeword scheme 'Ask for ANI (Action Needed Immediately)' at your local Boots pharmacy to let staff know that you need help to contact family/friends, a helpline or specialist support service, or an emergency police response.
You can read the full press release here: https://www.harrow.gov.uk/news/article/11285/week-of-action-keeping-wealdstone-safe
Who's Listening
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Preventing Violence against Women and Girls
Email asb@harrow.gov.uk