Police are appealing for witnesses after burglars struck three times in theChandler\'s Fordarea (north of Southampton) in recent days. Burglary 1. Pine Road, between 8.15am -1.15pm on Tuesday November 17. The offenders kicked in a UPVC panel in the back door and after an untidy search stole cash…

I've just been reading a section in the Crime Survey for England and Wales Year Ending June 2015 about burglary. This is what is said: The year ending June 2015 Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) estimated 750,000 incidents of domestic burglary. The level of domestic burglary was at a…

These words written by a Neighbourhood Watch member, Colin, were recently sent to me by Mark of the Redbridge Neighbourhood Watch. Mark tells me that we have permission to share them and so I do. Here's the full message including Mark's introduction: I came across these words from our friend in…

I just realised that as I went off on my extended holiday I just missed the publication of the latest crime statistics for England and Wales issued by the Office for National Statistics. Anyway, here were the main points and the link is below: Latest figures from the Crime Survey for England and…

This week and last I've been very busy with my independent security consultancy work, which is why there's been an absence of news stories during the week (Sorry about that). I visited three homes and one small business and each one gets a comprehensive report highlighting the things that they…

With the terrible events in Paris still fresh in our minds I thought it would be useful to provide you with a link to guidance published by the National Counter Terrorism Security Office (July 2015) called ‘Recognising the terrorist threat'. The guidance gives us information under the…