Many thanks to Northamptonshire Police for adding this site to their ‘external links and partners' section. As a consequence several local residents have already taken advantage of the free on line Home Security Survey. This site's first Newsletter is due soon and will include some of the…

I'm delighted to announce that The Bingham Neighbourhood Watch in the Vale of Belvoir, Nottinghamshire has linked to The Crime Prevention Website. The Bingham Neighbourhood Watch scheme has existed for 23 yearsand judging by the number of awards it has achieved it is clearly one of the most…

Do please bear in mind that with lots of houses being left open for their amenities during street parties there is a slightly increased opportunity for theft.  The chances are there will be no problems, because it'll be your friends and neighbours in attendance. However, there will be…

There will be a plethora of warnings from the police and neighbourhood watches over the next few weeks advising us to be careful not to leave windows open during this hot weather. The warnings obviously don't mean ‘don't open windows'; they are instead telling us to close and lock those…

The good news is that The Crime Prevention Website is doing pretty good! Last night, after six long weeks of continuous promotion, The Crime Prevention Website achieved a page 1 position for a Google search for the words ‘crime prevention'. We share the page with the Home Office,…

Or as the SUN puts it – ‘Goodbye ASBOs...welcome back loud sex’

Home Secretary Theresa May announced yesterday that the Government…