The Crime Prevention Website

The latest crime prevention and home security news and comment from The Crime Prevention Website.  Feel free to add your comment to the posts and if you are a member of the police service or a Neighbourhood Watch and would like us to highlight something you're up to in the world of crime prevention and home security do please get in touch using Contact.

Back on Saturday 22nd June in Himbleton Road, Worcester between 10am and 11.30am two men knocked on a door offering to do some gardening work. One of them was taken to the back of the house while the other stayed at the front. After a short while the two men left and the owner went…

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After discovering that more than 70 women and girls as young as seven seek treatment every month, the NSPCC has launched a 24-hour helpline to protect UK children from female genital mutilation (FGM).

Anyone who is worried about a child being or has been a victim of FGM can…

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According to research conducted by Hotwire.com an extra 1.6 million of us will be taking a holiday this year spending an average of £1,944 per person - up by two per cent from last year. So how much will you be spending on…

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We've recently started receiving referrals from Heathrow Airport Holdings' internal website used by their staff working at Heathrow Airport. People working at airports are invariably working shifts and so their homes are often unoccupied at all times during the day and night. This can sometimes…

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For those of you who have not yet subscribed to our Newsletter and for those who just have and missed the most recent one I’ve made Newsletter Number 7 available on this website today.  This one is a little shorter and later than…

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Stoke-on-Trent Neighbourhood Watch and Staffordshire Police are running a Crime Prevention Day this Friday 5th July in Sainsbury's car park, London Road Stoke between 10:00 and 15:00. At the event you'll be able to have anti-tamper screws attached to your vehicle's registration plates (a way of…

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