Welcome to another roundup of community safety related news relevant to Neighbourhood Watch Groups and neighbourhood and resident led initiatives.
General News
This week has been Antisocial Behaviour Awareness week (30 Jun-6 July). Humberside Police was active in a number of areas helping the public with ASB awareness. There were a number of webinars from Resolve during the week and you can watch them here. Probably of most interest will be the Neighbourhood Watch related video here.
A useful overall guide to ASB is via ASBhelp.
OurWatch have also this week launched a new guide to Anti-Social Behaviour for groups and communities. Take a look at it here.
Scams and Fraud Awareness
FraudWatch issues Trigger Fraud Alert No 28. Read it here. This one is about MARTIN LEWIS Investment Fraud. Read the alert which contains some useful scams materials. You can sign up for future Trigger Alerts via MCA: alerts.fraudwatch.org.uk
Police related Updates
Get to know your Neighbourhood Policing Teams. Article from Police arising from Neighbourhood Policing Week of Action last week. Or read it on the main Police website.
Another related article – “Policing your neighbourhood and your priorities” – talking about ASB and street policing across the Humberside region.
Date for your diary: Nee Naw Day 2025 26th July
A big update on Op Yellowfin (Tackling dangerous riding & improving community safety) via MCA here. Have a read – very useful to learn about this important ongoing Operation.
Learn about Operation Makesafe – helping to tackle child sexual and criminal exploitation in our communities. The campaign is focused around getting members of the public and local businesses to ‘Look again’ at some situations which, at first glance, may appear to be completely normal. Read about Operation Makesafe across Humberside here.
Neighbourhood Watch
“Summer blitz on town centre crime and antisocial behaviour” – read the article on OurWatch website
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Karl
Footnotes
WeekNotes 1 Friday 4th July 2025
By Karl Elliott, VANEL, NELwatch, HumberWatch
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