This is the latest alert to be sent by Action Fraud Action Fraud has noticed a rise in reports concerning the purchase of pets, in particular puppies, advertised for sale via popular online auction websites. The fraudsters will place an advert of the pet for sale, claiming to have recently moved…

It's been about 18 months since the Crime Prevention Website linked up with Suffolk Constabulary, so I am delighted to be able to tell you that, as of today, we're now reciprocally linked with the Neighbourhood Watch for Suffolk's county town - Ipswich. Their website says this about…

Between 6pm on Monday and 9am on Tuesday last week, seven cars were broken into in the following streets: Foxhall Road. Window smashed. Tin stolen from within the car Parliament Road mobile phone was stolen from within the car Digby Road. Window smashed, nothing stolen Lattice Avenue. Cash…

Today I sent my first batch of individual emails out to the operators of 36 Neighbourhood Watch websites around the UK. Some of them are in counties where my site is already linked up with the local police website; others are not. It will be interesting to see what response I get. I am simply…

Yes, that's right! This article from Australia is telling us that the police in Coolum on the Sunshine Coast Queensland are encouraging local residents to dob a hoon. Translated into UK English this means ‘report to the police (dob) anyone who is driving their car in an anti-social manner…

Thursdays and Fridays are the days that I spend some time doing a little research to help improve the prospects of The Crime Prevention Website (TCPW) being found. It's a labour of love, let me tell you! This time round I thought I'd do something quite simple and search Google for the term…