We're delighted to announce a new reciprocal link with Cosham Neighbourhood Watch in Hampshire. Cosham is a northern suburb ofPortsmouthlying within the city boundary but offPortsea Island. It's been in existence for a very long time since it's mentioned in theDomesday Book of 1086. Unlike…

The following article, which is a press release from New Zealand Police, demonstrates very clearly how a carefully considered problem solving approach to burglary can achieve some impressive reductions in crime. You'll notice that a number of different tactics have been used to achieve the 88%…

In recent weeks a number of houses in Warwickshire and across the West Mercia Police area have been burgled with the thieves targeting collections of jewellery. In some cases the thieves have stolen large quantities of irreplaceable family collections. Other jewellery with significant religious…

A six-month trial of a new Safety Service, made up of a Police Community Support Officer from North Yorkshire Police and a Community Safety Officer from North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service, has taken to the roads around Bedale, Richmond and Colburn. The new Safety Service will test out how…

As my regular visitors will know, I've been running a campaign on safes over the past few weeks supported by this Prize Draw to win a £500 voucher to be spent on safe products with our friends at TotalSafes.co.uk (Terms and Conditions apply) The response has been very good indeed. We've…

Fancy a trip down memory lane?  I thought it might be fun to link to a few of the old government Public Information Films (PIFs) about crime and safety.

According to Wikipedia PIFs were supplied…