Many of my readers will know that I'm pretty much sold on the fact that what all crime needs is an opportunity and that if we can remove that opportunity then all of us would be able to live in a crime-free environment. Is this ‘pie in the sky'? Well, yes of course it is, because we all…

Behind my house in Hillingdon is a very large and beautiful nature reserve. We go blackberry picking there, there are vast fields of wild flowers and you'll often see horse riders using the bridleways. A great neighbour of ours, now long deceased, had the bright idea to plant hundreds of trees out…

One of my wife's clients got burgled the other night; not by breaking into the house, but by poking a stick and hook through the front door's letter plate and lifting the house keys. Having got the keys the burglar unlocked the front door and walked in. Fortunately he was heard and so fled empty…

Currently, The Crime Prevention Website.com is getting a lot of visits to the ‘Holiday Checklist for your Security' page. I'm very pleased about that because it means more people are coming to my website (which always helps with the Google juice) and it's reassuring to know that those of…

I've been visiting horse stables over the past two weeks to do some background work on my new Rural Crime Prevention Section on the website. I know the people I've met at the stables (All DIY Livery) won't be worried about me saying that the level of security at the three I've visited is far…

I'm currently researching certain types of rural crime for the new rural crime section on my website and so have been interested to read about the sorts of crimes that are going on in our countryside. Apparently it's the time of year when the illegal and cruel ‘sport' of hare coursing…