diff --git a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/lib.rs b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/lib.rs
index 1f90e1a21a..327b48e249 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // FIXME(3492): remove once docs are ready
 #![allow(missing_docs)]
 #![cfg_attr(docsrs, feature(doc_auto_cfg))]
+#![forbid(unsafe_code)]
 #![doc(
     html_logo_url = "https://bevyengine.org/assets/icon.png",
     html_favicon_url = "https://bevyengine.org/assets/icon.png"
diff --git a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/meshlet/persistent_buffer.rs b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/meshlet/persistent_buffer.rs
index fe67b18416..60e163a874 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/meshlet/persistent_buffer.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/meshlet/persistent_buffer.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-#![allow(unsafe_code)]
-
 use bevy_render::{
     render_resource::{
         BindingResource, Buffer, BufferAddress, BufferDescriptor, BufferUsages,
-        CommandEncoderDescriptor,
+        CommandEncoderDescriptor, COPY_BUFFER_ALIGNMENT,
     },
     renderer::{RenderDevice, RenderQueue},
 };
@@ -41,6 +39,7 @@ impl<T: PersistentGpuBufferable> PersistentGpuBuffer<T> {
     /// Queue an item of type T to be added to the buffer, returning the byte range within the buffer that it will be located at.
     pub fn queue_write(&mut self, data: T, metadata: T::Metadata) -> Range<BufferAddress> {
         let data_size = data.size_in_bytes() as u64;
+        debug_assert!(data_size % COPY_BUFFER_ALIGNMENT == 0);
         if let Ok(buffer_slice) = self.allocation_planner.allocate_range(data_size) {
             self.write_queue
                 .push((data, metadata, buffer_slice.clone()));
@@ -110,17 +109,18 @@ impl<T: PersistentGpuBufferable> PersistentGpuBuffer<T> {
 }
 
 /// A trait representing data that can be written to a [`PersistentGpuBuffer`].
-///
-/// # Safety
-/// * All data must be a multiple of `wgpu::COPY_BUFFER_ALIGNMENT` bytes.
-/// * The amount of bytes written to `buffer` in `write_bytes_le()` must match `size_in_bytes()`.
-pub unsafe trait PersistentGpuBufferable {
+pub trait PersistentGpuBufferable {
     /// Additional metadata associated with each item, made available during `write_bytes_le`.
     type Metadata;
 
-    /// The size in bytes of `self`.
+    /// The size in bytes of `self`. This will determine the size of the buffer passed into
+    /// `write_bytes_le`.
+    ///
+    /// All data written must be in a multiple of `wgpu::COPY_BUFFER_ALIGNMENT` bytes. Failure to do so will
+    /// result in a panic when using [`PersistentGpuBuffer`].
     fn size_in_bytes(&self) -> usize;
 
     /// Convert `self` + `metadata` into bytes (little-endian), and write to the provided buffer slice.
+    /// Any bytes not written to in the slice will be zeroed out when uploaded to the GPU.
     fn write_bytes_le(&self, metadata: Self::Metadata, buffer_slice: &mut [u8]);
 }
diff --git a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/meshlet/persistent_buffer_impls.rs b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/meshlet/persistent_buffer_impls.rs
index b3e882dc43..e95aaa8d82 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/meshlet/persistent_buffer_impls.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/meshlet/persistent_buffer_impls.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
-#![allow(unsafe_code)]
-#![allow(clippy::undocumented_unsafe_blocks)]
-
 use super::{persistent_buffer::PersistentGpuBufferable, Meshlet, MeshletBoundingSphere};
 use std::{mem::size_of, sync::Arc};
 
 const MESHLET_VERTEX_SIZE_IN_BYTES: u32 = 48;
 
-unsafe impl PersistentGpuBufferable for Arc<[u8]> {
+impl PersistentGpuBufferable for Arc<[u8]> {
     type Metadata = ();
 
     fn size_in_bytes(&self) -> usize {
@@ -18,7 +15,7 @@ unsafe impl PersistentGpuBufferable for Arc<[u8]> {
     }
 }
 
-unsafe impl PersistentGpuBufferable for Arc<[u32]> {
+impl PersistentGpuBufferable for Arc<[u32]> {
     type Metadata = u64;
 
     fn size_in_bytes(&self) -> usize {
@@ -37,7 +34,7 @@ unsafe impl PersistentGpuBufferable for Arc<[u32]> {
     }
 }
 
-unsafe impl PersistentGpuBufferable for Arc<[Meshlet]> {
+impl PersistentGpuBufferable for Arc<[Meshlet]> {
     type Metadata = (u64, u64);
 
     fn size_in_bytes(&self) -> usize {
@@ -65,7 +62,7 @@ unsafe impl PersistentGpuBufferable for Arc<[Meshlet]> {
     }
 }
 
-unsafe impl PersistentGpuBufferable for Arc<[MeshletBoundingSphere]> {
+impl PersistentGpuBufferable for Arc<[MeshletBoundingSphere]> {
     type Metadata = ();
 
     fn size_in_bytes(&self) -> usize {
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/render_resource/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/render_resource/mod.rs
index f3b1af2f02..388bf0fb08 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/render_resource/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/render_resource/mod.rs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ pub use wgpu::{
     TextureDescriptor, TextureDimension, TextureFormat, TextureSampleType, TextureUsages,
     TextureViewDescriptor, TextureViewDimension, VertexAttribute,
     VertexBufferLayout as RawVertexBufferLayout, VertexFormat, VertexState as RawVertexState,
-    VertexStepMode,
+    VertexStepMode, COPY_BUFFER_ALIGNMENT,
 };
 
 pub mod encase {