Once again, the charity and police forces across the country will be distributing “scratch and sniff” cards to the public to educate and inform them about the signs to spot and the specific smell of cannabis when it is growing. Hot spot areas, as informed by police intelligence, will be…

This is the headline from today's on-line The Independent. Their Deputy Political Editor, Nigel Morris, tells us that the Commons Justice select committee's report Crime reduction policies: a co-ordinated approach? is a ‘damning assessment of the Ministry of Justice's priorities'. The…

Recently British Transport Police (BTP) reported that Crime on Transport for London's transport system had fallen by 11% compared to the year before and on the underground it fell by 15% which is great news! Yesterday they released figures which identify the worst stations and lines for crime,…

If you look up this page on my website you'll discover the ins-and-outs of lock snapping and bumping, the methods used by some burglars to force open a door fitted with a cylinderlock, such as the type many of you will have on your multi-point locking doors. The Master Locksmiths Association has…

A large scale co-ordinated day of action targeting knife crime, including robbery, burglary, theft, gang crime and other related offences is taking place today, Wednesday, 25 June. The latest Operation Big Wing involves more than 5,800 officers from across London\'s 32 boroughs, Roads and…

Some of you may know that my eldest son, Ben (who looks after this website), is the lead computer programmer at Chris Curd Design Ltd. What you won't know, because we've all been sworn to secrecy, is that he's a game designer and developer for Boondoggle Studios as well! Over the past several…