Well, Misery Monday has been and gone, we've brushed off the cobwebs, some of us are a bit skint, but we're set and enthused for what the New Year is going to bring us. Isn't that just great! Yesterday on my news page I posted up a few figures that demonstrated how police and PCSO numbers are…

As the general election starts to approach I thought it might be useful to take a look at police strengths since 1978 when I joined the Metropolitan Police.  It took a while to find all the figures, so I hope you find them interesting.

Today in the UK (beginning of 2015) there are…

I said I'd keep you up-to-date with which counties are taking most home security surveys and here are the results for the last quarter of 2014. During this period a total of 434 surveys were completed England 381 Scotland 25 Wales 4 Northern Ireland 3 The Islands 1 Republic of Ireland…

My enthusiasm to get back to this site after a great Xmas and New Year has been somewhat tempered by the experience of my neighbour. They went out with their child to a family event on New Year's Eve and returned at about 1.30am to discover they'd been burgled. The thieves had come into the back…

Since visitor traffic to this site has gone quiet now and there's no more relevant crime prevention advice I can give than I haven't already given I'm taking a few days off. If you get bored over Christmas (which sometimes happens) do have a go at our Home Security Survey, enter our free…

According to the on-line Mirror today it looks like Dyfed Powys Police are set to stop live monitoring of the publically funded CCTV cameras. Instead (it is assumed) recordings will be examined subsequently to an incident. The decision follows an independent investigation which found that CCTV…