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Fire Safety Prevention

Hoax calls cost lives. Important warning from Humberside Fire and Rescue

Community safety message from Humberside Fire and Rescue. Hoax calls are on the rise and the impact can be severe and even costs lives. Learn more and help share the word to reduce hoax calls.

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Prevention

The theft of keyless entry cars and how it’s done. Police crime prevention advice

Important crime prevention advice from Humberside Police. Keyless car theft is on the rise. Find out how to protect your car.

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Community Safety Funding PCC Prevention

PCC Community Response Fund – Vote for your preferred project in Immingham

Voting is now open to choose which project in Immingham will be funded by the PCC to tackle local crime. Have your vote before 6th Sept.

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Prevention

Police advice on preventing theft from your vehicle

Having your car broken into and losing your things to thieves can be very distressing. Here are a few simple steps you can take to keep your vehicle, and what’s in it, safe 1. Always lock it Fuelling up or popping back into your house to get something are perfect examples of how easy it […]

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Community Safety Prevention

Put safety and each other first this Halloween and Bonfire Night

Halloween. Trick or Treat. Bonfire night. Fireworks. This week is a busy and fun time of year. But there are also dangers involved and not everyone enjoys this time as much as others. So we’re sharing here various advice from the Police and Fire Services and others. Please share with members of your group, network, […]

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Prevention Training

Hate Crime Awareness Week is 8th-15th October. Online seminar on 10th Oct.

It’s Hate Crime Awareness Week from 8th-15th October 2022. All the information about the week is on the national website https://nationalhcaw.uk If you can share information with your network/members/neighbours then a good starting point is the general Hate Crime leaflet here. Details about an online session organised for 10th October by the Neighbourhood Network in […]

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Community Safety KOPS Prevention

The Herbert Protocol. Helping keep missing people safe. Learn more.

Do you have a friend or relative who is elderly, suffers with dementia or has other mental health issues which can leave them confused, lost or disorientated? Nothing is more worrying or distressing than if someone you care about goes missing or doesn’t return home when expected – and for people living with or caring for someone with […]

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Community Safety Policing Prevention

Neighbour disputes & noise. What should you do?

Unfortunately, disputes between neighbours happen more often than we’d like. So if you are having an issue with a neighbour, what can you do about it? Humberside Police recently circulated this advice. Share it with your own networks. What can I do about my noisy neighbours? It can be frustrating to have noisy neighbours, whether […]

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Community Safety Prevention

About the ASB Community Trigger

This week is ASB Awareness Week (learn more here). Throughout the week we’re sharing some notes or thoughts about ASB. Please share it with your membership or your friends, neighbours, relatives. The more we talk about ASB, the more we can all play a part in tackling it.  Today – the ASB Trigger, for when […]

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Community Safety Prevention

How to report ASB

This week is ASB Awareness Week (learn more here). Throughout the week we’re sharing some notes or thoughts about ASB. Please share it with your membership or your friends, neighbours, relatives. The more we talk about ASB, the more we can all play a part in tackling it.  Today – how to report ASB incidents. […]

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Community Safety Prevention

What is ASB?

This week is ASB Awareness Week (learn more here). Throughout the week we’re sharing some notes or thoughts about ASB. Please share it with your membership or your friends, neighbours, relatives. The more we talk about ASB, the more we can all play a part in tackling it.  Today – a little bit more about […]

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Community Safety Prevention

Recent research about ASB for sharing in ASB Awareness Week

This week is ASB Awareness Week (learn more here). Throughout the week we’re sharing some notes or thoughts about ASB. Please share it with your membership or your friends, neighbours, relatives. The more we talk about ASB, the more we can all play a part in tackling it. Today – some simple research about ASB. […]

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Community Safety Policing Prevention

StreetSafe tool. Report places where you or others don’t feel safe.

The National StreetSafe tool has been live for a while now (we first talked about it here). It’s well supported across our area by Humberside Police and other partners, and as it’s ASB Awareness Week, this is a very good time to bring it to your attention again. It’s a tool that anyone can use […]

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Community Safety Prevention

Anti-Social Behaviour. Anyone can be affected. Everyone can play a role in tackling it. It’s ASB Awareness Week

ASB is a national priority. Recent polling by YouGov for Resolve found that more than one third (35%) of the UK public had experienced an increase in ASB in their local area, with just 1% believing that the problem had ‘decreased a lot’.  ASB is not a low-level crime, it devastates communities and has a […]

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National News Prevention

New national Community Safety Charter launched. We’ve signed up and all Neighbourhood Groups should too

National crime-prevention charity Neighbourhood Watch (OurWatch) has launched a new national Community Safety Charter enabling local organisations, groups, businesses and individuals to stand up against crimes such as antisocial behaviour, hate crime, intimidation, and harassment. NELwatch and VANEL have just signed up to the Charter (takes 2 minutes) and made the Pledge to help make […]