The monthly e-newsletter from OurWatch – the National Neighbourhood Watch Charity – is now published for April 2021. Well worth a read as always. Download the .pdf from here.
The national OurWatch are concerned with the rapidly spreading problem of female dog thefts for expensive breeding programmes to take place, and to allow the laundering of illegal drugs money through secondary means. We have been asked this morning to request examples of any potential dog thefts in our area. Has anyone in your group […]
A new short video has just been released to Clee.TV. Produced by Hammond House Productions and funded by VANEL and produced in partnership with Humberside Police and the Cleethorpes Policing team. Watch it on Facebook here or YouTube here. More of interest if you’re in Cleethorpes I know, but this is another good example of […]
The March 2021 edition of the e-newsletter from the National OurWatch team is out. . This month includes a lot about scams but plenty more besides. Always a useful and interesting read. Don’t forget they come out monthly on the OurWatch website. Share with your neighbours.
Don’t forget that our ward level information pages link to the most up to date information that is local to you. This might be useful for your group making funding applications, or for focusing on local issues to tackle yourselves or with partners. The Police crime statistics have just been updated (they’re a month or […]
The National OurWatch team have some money left from their Community Grants pot and the closing date is 31st March. If you’re a formally registered Neighbourhood Watch group then you can apply for a small amount of funding (£100-500) for a local community project. The application form is not complex but you’ll need to have […]
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Scams bulletin for 5th March 2021
A couple of specific scam warnings this week related to common, current problems. The first is about texts and automated phone calls which are suggesting problems with National Insurance or Tax. These are all scams. I’ve personally had these this week and have spoken to many people who have already received the calls. National Insurance […]
Whenever there is something new, criminal scammers will try and take advantage of the confusion that can arise around it. Covid came into our lives and the criminals exploited our fears of this to offer us fake cures or fake offers of financial support. People started shifting to online shopping so the fraudsters exploited those […]
A reminder from Humberside Fire and Rescue Service about the proper disposal of your waste. We all want to see a reduction in fly-tipping, and the Fire Services have been dealing with an unnecessarily high number of waste fires. At the moment, household waste facilities are open, so please make sure you dispose of your […]
OurWatch – the National Neighbourhood Watch Network – carried out a survey in Summer 2020 and the findings have just been published. The Neighbourhood Watch National Crime and Community Survey 2020 results can be downloaded via this link. There’s a lot of results and charts in there, but it’s well worth flicking through if you […]
Find out how to protect your valuables from the recent spike in bike and shed crime from Sgt. Claire Jacobs and CPC Teresa Hudson of the Croft Baker Community Police team.
We all know about 999. And everyone should know that 101 exists to report less urgent crime. But did you know that many community crime and safety issues can be reported online? Visit www.humberside.police.uk/report-it You can then follow the links to report non-emergency crimes; anti-social behaviour; civil matters; vehicle crimes; animal crimes and more. Another […]
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Local Policing Team Meetings
We now have a calendar on our Neighbourhood Watch Network discussion site which includes details of all upcoming Neighbourhood Policing Team meetings or Zoom sessions. Visit it here. There’s more information about this calendar and why we’re doing it here.
If you live in East Marsh then you might like to share this with elderly neighbours. It’s a “Stay Safe” booklet with all kinds of Winter advice including dealing with Scams, Covid19, Home Safety and more. Produced by Capacity Buildings Ltd as part of their “Keeping Older People Safe” programme and funded by East Marsh […]
Good morning, Having made contact with several co-ordinators and others who use social media like DN post code community Facebook pages since my first warning mail, it is evident that people still believe that putting information onto the Facebook pages alone will make the police react and investigate their problems. This is a misconception, as […]