Organised with crime-reduction body Crime Concern, the prizes recognise community groups that have reduced crime in their area.
The Streets Ahead Project, run by Hastings and Rother Youth Development Service, was set up as a pilot in 2000 to address tensions between visiting language students and local young people.
Another award winner was Tower Hamlets Summer University, in east London, which runs diversionary activities during the summer holidays. Crime Concern says this has reduced youth crime by eight per cent, juvenile nuisance by 17 per cent and drug offences by 25 per cent.
The overall award winner was The Clockwise Centre in Essex, which supports prisoners and helps divert them from a life of crime.
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