Since New Labor’s General Election victory in 1997, several initiatives have been introduced or redeveloped to regenerate neighborhoods experiencing deprivation in a number of areas; one of which is crime reduction. The intent for these initiatives is that they would be established by partnerships involving local authorities, as well as private, voluntary, and community sectors. However, in this chapter, questions are addressed and discussed as to whether the major problems that undermined previous efforts to regenerate communities and reduce crime will continue under these initiatives. The discussion will show why it is simplistic to assume that urban regeneration will necessarily reduce crime and disorder, particularly in deprived neighborhoods. This discussion is based, in part, on empirical work preceding the most recent policy developments. The empirical work discussed in this chapter shows that intra-community divisions became more sharply drawn, victimization concentrated among the more economically vulnerable. However, there was some evidence to suggest that incoming, more affluent residents were experiencing increasing crime rates. References