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A Priority Security Zone (Zone de Sécurité Prioritaire or ZSP) is a French geographical area which either suffers above average daily insecurity and 'entrenched delinquency' or has experienced a significant deterioration of security conditions for several years. Such zones have been identified by French government ministers, allowing the district(s) in question to receive additional police presence. There are currently eighty Priority Security Zones in France, largely within urban areas.

To date there have been 3 waves of ZSPs. The first fifteen zones came into force in September 2012. A further 49 zones were introduced in September 2013 « Création de 49 nouvelles zones de sécurité prioritaires » [archive], on interieur.gouv.fr, Ministère de l'Intérieur, 15 novembre 2012 (retrieved 25 July 2020).and a third wave of 16 zones in December 2013 « Création de 16 nouvelles Zones de Sécurité Prioritaires (ZSP) - dossier de presse » [archive], on www.liberation.fr, 11 décembre 2013 (retrieved 25 July 2020).