Cumbria Police are warning people to be security conscious when out in the garden. Yesterday (24 July 2014) a woman in Workington was out sunbathing in the garden. When she went back into the house, she realised that a number of items had been be taken whilst she was outside. The items included a…

Our friends in Hertfordshire Police are appealing for witnesses and information after seven thefts of lead from the roofs of buildings in Harpenden. Three of these incidents involved church buildings and are therefore classed as heritage crimes. The incidents, which have taken place during July,…

Many of you are just about to go on your exciting summer holidays and I've no need to remind you that you've picked one of the busiest weekends to fly from all of our UK airports, so good luck! On the BBC news this morning airport operators were suggesting you get there 3 hours before your…

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Back in the day when crime statistics were behaving themselves you could, as a rule of thumb, estimate that a 1% rise in unemployment would lead to a 2% increase in property crimes. Therefore I, like many people, feared a return to crime increases during this period of austerity Britain, but how…

With the forthcoming reciprocal link with Greater Manchester Police to look forward to I recently received an email from their crime prevention people asking if I could promote their excellent 60 Second Security videos, starring PC Chris Hayden. I've watched them all and reckon Chris does an…