It's been a very long time coming, but we've hit the 500 ‘Likes' milestone on our Facebook page. Many of you will know that we always copy our main website news stories onto Facebook to reach those people who prefer that medium and it means a lot when people like what we say, so thank you…

If there is one thing I really love about running The Crime Prevention Website is that on occasion I get contacted by someone who has thought up a brand new way to defeat the criminal! David Jones from West London is the latest innovation-meister who has come up with a novel way to prevent thieves…

It's not that often that a brand new security product comes to market and so I'm really pleased to see that Patlock, a security device for French Doors, has successfully achieved police recognition through the police Secured by Design project. Patlock is a clever piece of kit, which will greatly…

The Metropolitan Police have recently published the third edition of The Little Book of Big Scams This new edition contains information about several new scams, such as holiday accommodation and event tickets and updated information and advice about all the other scams from the previous edition.…

I've been going through the list of referrals to The Crime Prevention Website (TCPW) this last week in preparation for my next newsletter (should be out next week) and I came across a number of new referrals from the Tendring Community Safety Partnership in Essex. It took me a while to find the…

Message from Action Fraud The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau has been alerted to an Advanced Fee Scam whereby mainly persons of Asian descent are targeted by the suspects who cold callthe victim, purporting to be from theHome Office UK Visa and Immigration department, and inform them that a…