Today is my first day back at work after a much needed break with my family down in my favourite place in Cornwall – Watergate Bay. As usual the weather was mixed, but with the sun winning out most often we all had a great time visiting favourite places such as Bedruthan Steps, Padstow, Rocke…

The ACPO Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (AVCIS) is holding a Day of Action today (10 March 2015) to highlight the importance of reducing crime around freight and cargo vehicles. The aim is to raise awareness of multi-million pound freight crime that is prevalent across the UK and encourage…

With International Woman's Day fast approaching (8 March) I was pleased to receive the following press release from Cumbria Constabulary, which highlights the dreadful problem of ‘honour' based violence Here it is in full.... Honour based violence is a collection of practices, which are…

Soon I'm off to Watergate Bay in Cornwall to dodge the raindrops for a few days. I've been visiting the place since I was about 16 years old. Back then I was living in my home town of Exeter, so it was a doddle to get down there. Nowadays, the journey from London takes some five hours or so (I…

Thanks to Hertfordshire Police for bringing my attention to the following:

In May 2013 English Heritage published a crime prevention guide entitled ‘Heritage Crime…

As my regular visitors will know I now regularly publish a list of the top ten counties whose residents have completed the most Home Security Surveys. So far this quarter (January to March) this is how things stand: London Berkshire Buckinghamshire Essex West Yorkshire West…