The City’s 2026–27 Budget supports a range of everyday services that help keep our community safe. This includes Community Safety Rangers and an extensive CCTV network operating across Swan.
Feeling safe in the places you live, work and visit matters. Community Safety Rangers, CCTV and partnerships with WA Police work together to support safer public spaces and respond to local concerns.
Your rates support the whole community, not just individual services.
Supporting safety across Swan
The City’s Community Safety Rangers work across all suburbs from 7am to 7pm, seven days a week. They conduct proactive patrols and respond to more than 10,000 safety-related requests each year.
Their work includes school-zone and parking patrols, illegal dumping, abandoned vehicles, off-road vehicle complaints, graffiti and other issues affecting community safety and amenity.
The Community Safety team also support the City’s mobile CCTV network and crime-prevention programs. City actions do not replace WA Police, and criminal activity should always be reported directly to police.
How the CCTV network helps
The City has about 850 public-facing cameras monitoring City facilities and public places.
In 2025, the City extended its partnership with WA Police through a memorandum of understanding. This gives authorised police officers secure access to live CCTV vision, helping them understand and respond to incidents as they happen.
The network has supported responses and investigations involving antisocial behaviour, vehicle theft, burglary, missing people and people at risk. Access is provided securely and lawfully. Police do not record the shared live vision but may capture an image for an authorised policing or community-safety purpose.
Safer businesses in Swan
Safer Business in Swan provides a one stop shop for tips on keeping your business safe, the Community Safety Plan also prioritises support for local business and activity centres. Community Safety Ranger patrols, CCTV, parking management and responses to graffiti and illegal dumping also help maintain safer, more welcoming places for customers, employees and business owners. CCTV has also assisted WA Police with investigations involving burglary and vehicle theft.
Responding to community concerns
The City can deploy temporary mobile CCTV to help monitor recurring antisocial behaviour or other concerns in public places. CCTV works alongside patrols, lighting improvements, graffiti removal, safer public-space design and partnerships with police and community organisations.
Call 000 if a crime is happening now or someone is in immediate danger. For non-urgent police assistance, call 131 444. To report a local ranger or community-safety issue, contact the City on (08) 9267 9267.
Community Safety Rangers and CCTV are just two of the ways your rates contribution is making everyday services possible across Swan.
