Most of us buy gifts online at Xmas and you won't be surprised to learn that a number of us will get duped by fraudsters. The following checklist provides some basic guidance to help you avoid the fraudulent sites; especially at this time of year. Do not reply to or click links on unsolicited…

As a result of a recent question sent to me by a police officer I thought you might like to see my reply: The email was asking me about the people who complete our Home Security Survey, because he was thinking about promoting the app to his neighbourhood in order to raise awareness about a recent…

Periodically I take a look at how people have tracked down our website. I do this so I can take some actions to improve the penetration of the site. The last time I looked at this issue was over two years ago and I can see that there have been a few changes. I gather the information from the people…

Our friends in Essex Police recently sent us the following useful tips for publication on our news page: With all the additional Christmas food and drink, presents and other goodies stored within garages and outbuildings, ensure that they are hidden out of sight and the buildings are securely…

I've just put together 30 crime prevention tips for Christmas, which will start to appear daily on these news pages starting 1st December. For those of you running Neighbourhood Watch groups can I suggest you promote them to your members via your websites and Facebook pages. By doing this you'll…

I recently received the following email from Susan: Amazon is selling a lock picking set as a Black Friday item. The advert was sent to me today. Should they be doing this? Coincidentally, on the local residents Facebook page today there was a complaint that a shed had been broken into and an…