This is an interesting news item about Victim Support's pilot imitative to make offenders think about the consequences of crime. The Victim Awareness Course is launching in Hampshire and is backed by Hampshire's Police and Crime Commissioner, Simon Hayes. The pilot sessions are self-funded and…

As a result of a request from one of our Newsletter Subscribers I've just added my version of The Ten Principles of Crime Prevention Many of you, especially my old colleagues in the police service, will recognise the various headings and examples of each and will probably have these things in…

This is the headline and opening paragraphs on the Government's Gov.UK website ‘Crime down by more than 10% under coalition government' Crime is continuing to fall in England and Wales, statistics released today show. Both key, independent measures of crime – police recorded crime…

Each year MoneySuperMarket releases news of the top 20 burglary hotspots in the UK. This year is no exception and I've listed the places in the UK with the highest claims per 1,000 home insurance quote enquiries over the past year (Whatever that actually means – newspapers are quoting…

Chineham is a village on the northern outskirts of Basingstoke in the north of Hampshire and close by is the modern Chineham Business Park and Sherfield Park, a new development of about a 1,000 homes, which was completed in 2013.

The Chineham & Sherfield Park Neighbourhood Watch…

Police in Shropshire are appealing for help from the public as they investigate an unusual burglary that occurred near Market Drayton. The incident occurred in Tern Hill on Tuesday 21 January. At around 6.45pm an elderly couple suddenly became aware that three unknown men had entered their home in…