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For expert advice on issues of personal safety, home security, property marking, vehicle security and other methods of crime prevention, you can download copies of crime prevention publications in Adobe's pdf format.
Be Safe Be Secure - Advice on various forms of crime prevention including personal safety, home & property, business and retail, vehicle security and community.
This booklet tells you how you can help reduce your risk of being a victim of crime. You can make yourself safer and protect your home, your family and your belongings by following some of these simple suggestions.
Home Security
How secure is your home? - Advice on various ways of keeping your home secureReduce the risk of your home being burgled by making sure you've taken these simple (and often inexpensive) precautions.
Householders and the use of force against intruders - A joint public statement from the Crown Prosecution Service and the Association of Chief Police Officers, summarising the legal position of a householder when faced with an intruder in their home and providing a brief overview of how the police and CPS will deal with such events.
Coded for Keeps - Advice on property marking. Thieves find identifiable property dangerous to handle and difficult to sell on. As a result you can put them off by marking your property.
Peace of mind while you're away - Advice on making your home and belongings more secure. Everyone needs a holiday some time. And however much we like our homes, there is nothing like a change of scenery. But we all want to come home and find everything as we left it.
Peace of mind while you move home - Advice on making your home and belongings more secure. Moving home can be an exciting time and we hope you enjoy your new home. However, when you prepare to move home there is so much to think about to make sure everything goes well. Burglars know this and may be on the lookout for a chance to commit a crime.
How to beat the bogus caller - Advice and contacts to help protect yourself against distraction burglary and bogus callers. Most people who call at your home will be genuine. But sometimes, people turn up unannounced with the intention of tricking their way into people's homes. These are known as 'distraction burglars' or 'bogus callers'.
Personal Safety
Advice for Young People provide by Leicestershire Constabulary
Domestic Violence - Advice on how to cope with domestic violence and how to receive help if you are the victim of domestic violence. Domestic violence is much more common than most people realise. Even if you are not experiencing it yourself, you may know someone who is.
ID Theft - This leaflet provides advice on what you can do to protect yourself against identity theft and fraud, what to do if it happens to you and where to get future help.
Advice for Businesses
Charnwood Secure
For information on crime prevention and reduction, primarily for the business community.
Your Business Keep Crime Out - This booklet will help you carry out a security survey. It also gives basic advice on reducing crime.
COOL - Crime Out Of Loughborough
Business Crime - Crime prevention advice for business from the Home Office
Vehicle Security
Steer clear of car crime - Car crime makes up nearly 20% of all recorded crimes in England and Wales. Car crime can be distressing and annoying as it can cause a lot of inconvenience – you could be without a car for weeks, waiting for the garage to make repairs or for your insurer to pay. That's why the security features of your car should be as important as any other feature
Sat Nav Security Advice - Don't lose your satellite navigation equipment to car thieves
Steer clear of bike crime - A guide to motorbike and scooter security. More motorbikes and scooters than cars are stolen and fewer are recovered. But theft doesn't have to be an inevitable part of owning a motorbike or scooter. A lot of vehicle crime results from criminals seeing opportunities and taking them. But you can outsmart most criminals by following the simple advice given in this booklet.
Advice for students
Top Tips for Students - How to protect yourself, your home and your wheels.
Safety First for International Students - A personal safetu guide for international studenets
Student Survival Guide - Advice from the Home Office
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