I don't often cover stories like these in such detail, but there are lessons to be learnt from this poor victim's experience and it's also an opportunity to praise the excellent work of our police! Here's the story in full from the Durham Police news pages: ​Police are today returning…

Residents in Tooting can find out ways to improve their home security by booking a free crime prevention survey with the Tooting Neighbourhood Policing Team. Most burglaries are opportunistic and burglars will choose houses that have little or no obvious security, appear unoccupied, have easy,…

It's been very noticeable how the daily tally of Home Security Surveys conducted on this site has increased over the past few weeks. My regular visitors will know that I'm often promoting the free service, because there's never a time like the present to expose what you think might be a properly…

With the Suzy Lamplugh Trust's excellent National Personal Safety Day in full swing today I thought it might be useful to remind young people, and especially students about the sort of things they should be thinking about when planning a night out. I think of students at university in particular…

This annual event, which is organised by Suzy Lamplugh Trust, is aimed at highlighting some of the simple, practical solutions that everyone can use to help avoid violence and aggression in today's society. It's about helping people live safer, more confident lives. This year's theme is…

Twenty eight residences in a street in Highbridge (7 miles north of Bridgewater in Somerset) are among the first in the South-West to receive DNA property marking kits as part of a new anti-burglary scheme. The packs were handed out by police officers in an effort to help people keep their homes…