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Tips on how to deal with crime - Crime prevention tips

Safety tips

Personal safety tips:

• stay alert, awareness is your best defence
• leave venues with friends wherever possible
• be confident - even if you don't feel it
• walk as if you know where you are going
• trust your instincts: if you think something is wrong then act on it
• have your keys in your hand when you reach your home or car
• keep money for taxis, the expense is worth it
• carry a personal alarm and use it

If you are a victim:

• make as much noise as you can
• as soon as you can, go somewhere you know is safe
• get help criminal injury claims immediately
• in an emergency dial 999 or 112
• if you have the confidence, tell the police why you think you were attacked
• if you have been attacked, don't shower r change your clothes, it may destroy evidence
• if you have had your keys taken, change the locks
• don't drink alcohol, you need to give a clear account of what happened
• use the reporting systems to report the incident if you don't have the confidence to tell the police
• use a third party reporting  centre or use the self-reporting form on this web site or in the packs

If you are a witness:

• in an emergency dial 999 or 112
• stay alert and safe
• don't physically intervene, you could get hurt
• as soon as you can, write down everything that you can remember about the incident
• report the incident either to a local support agency or the police directly