Police in Barnsley are issuing a warning message to private and trade vehicle sellers following the theft of a car and a minibus in less than 24 hours. On 29 May, a white Ford Fiesta was stolen from a 36-year-old woman at around 4.45pm. The woman had advertised the car on an online sales site. An…

Now I don't want you to get too over excited about this, but the June Newsletter (Number 11) will be out quite soon. So, if you already follow me on Twitter or on Facebook or are linking your website to the Crime Prevention Website and you're not subscribing think seriously about what you could…

An interesting article in Lancashire telegraph on 31 May shows just what a problem shoplifting has become in Blackburn during the past year. It also describes the frustrations local police have with a particular store's apparent lack of action to help themselves. It's not often I find a direct…

I had a little chuckle reading some the papers yesterday concerning changes to the way our government measures the UK economy. New rules from Europe mean that the National Accounts now have to include illegal activities such as prostitution and illegal drug manufacture, importation and use, some…

The sun ain't shining, the sky is grey I bet you're wondering what to do today Well, if I was you I'd be buying a safe To lock your valuables and cash away The other thing to do that will always pay Is to mark your stuff in such a way That if it got stolen and recovered by the…

If you're marking your property with UV pens, which you may have got from the police, there's now a new product that will enable you to protect those marks from fading and from being easily removed. They're called ‘Security Skins' and you can get them from Michael Keyte of Defend Detect…