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Society & Law > Prevent crime (the links below will take you online)
Contact the police
	The Police This is the official UK police site from where you can access the individual websites of all the police forces in the country, including non-geographic forces such as the military police. As well as a lot of information, you can report certain crimes.
Find a local locksmith
	Master Locksmiths Association This is the 'Find a licensed locksmith' section of the MLA website. Simply select which county you are in and you will then be given the details of all of your local licensed locksmiths. A useful facility that will help you get the best service.
	Scoot This is one of the best online directories in the UK. Finding businesses and services all over the country is simple and easy and the results of your searches are usually presented really quickly. They also have a good cinema finder.
	Yell The online yellow pages allows you to search millions of businesses across the UK to find the services you need in your local area.
Get advice
	Crime Prevention Advice The Home Office provides a number of documents and publications about preventing crime. Here you can read and download the full versions of each of these pieces of information, all of which provide sound practical advice.
	Crime Reduction Government advice about what you can do to prevent crime. The information is split into lots of different categories that cover topics such as home security, vehicle crime and mobile phones. Also has links and advice about crime prevention schemes.
Know your rights
	Advice Guide Advice Guide gives you basic advice and information on your rights. It can provide you with a broad outline of where you stand and what you can do. Excellent as a first step in understanding your rights.
	NACAB This is a great website that offers a fantastic service. You can use this site to find out where you nearest citizens advice bureau is and use it to get advice about all sorts of things. There is also information about a range of related issues.
	The Community Legal Service The CLS was set up by the government in order to try and ensure that people can get information and help about their legal rights and understand how to enforce them in the right place and at the right time. A very useful site that can be of great use.
Learn about neighbourhood watch schemes
	Home Office - Neighbourhood Watch A detailed page from the Home Office that provides information about Neighbourhood Watch schemes and tells you how to set up a group in your area.
	Neighbourhood Watch This is the official site of the National Neighbourhood Watch Association in the UK. You can get all the relevant information about how to try and prevent crime as well as advice about setting up your own local schemes and a section about insurance.
Purchase security products
	Argos Argos has a good selection of products for sale online but you might have to wait up till six days for delivery. Browse the catalogue online, search by name of product or its code and then reserve your items for collection or delivery.
	B & Q From B+Q's website you can the vast majority of the items that they have in stores. There is a huge amount to choose from and prices are always competitive. Searching through the products is easy and its general a fast site to use.
	Lockshop Warehouse A good site for finding a good range of locks, alarms, personal security items and associated products such as cash boxes and safes. This is a well established company and offers some excellent products at reasonable prices.
	Saunderson Security A good place to buy a wide variety of security products like safes and locking devices for items such as bikes, cars, caravans and even computers. Top quality products all round and the price quoted includes free delivery in the UK.
	Shop Safe - Home Security Here you can find links to a number of reliable and competitively priced places to find home security products. Each one has a brief review and they are all guaranteed to offer secure online shopping.

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