Personal Safety
Secure Your Safety
Crimes of all sorts can have significant impacts on lives of the victims, witnesses, and communities in many ways.
- Report all crimes/offences witnessed or experienced
- Keep away from secluded areas and try walking in well-lit populated areas
- Keep valuables and possessions hidden from sight
- Be vigilant and aware of your surroundings
- Maintain a safe distance from others where possible
Protect yourself from mobile phone theft:
- Don’t leave your phone, iPad, tablet or camera unattended, out of your sight, or left on a table. Thieves can grab a phone from a table in seconds.
- Be aware of your surroundings and only use your mobile when it feels safe to.
When you’ve finished using it, put it away.
Protect your mobile phone against criminals on bikes and mopeds:
- Be aware of your surroundings – If you need to call or use your phone on the street, look out for anyone on a bike or a moped near you. Look up, look out
- Don't text while you're walking – you won't notice what's going on around you
- Going hands-free can prevent a thief from snatching your phone out of your hand
- Use security features on your phone - Use the keypad lock so that thieves cannot immediately access your phone, or use the biometric authentication if your phone has it (fingerprint or facial recognition)
- Know how to identify your phone if it's stolen - Every phone has an IMEI number which helps police and insurance companies to identify it if it's stolen. UK network operators can also stop a stolen phone from working across their networks with its IMEI
- Find your IMEI number by dialing *#06# from your phone and keep a written note of it; if the phone is stolen, report the number to your mobile provider to stop it being used
You can use the StreetSafe reporting service on the Met Police website at www.met.police.uk (This is not a service for reporting crime and incidents.) If you would like to report a crime, please call 999 for emergencies and 101 for non-emergencies. You can also report online through the Met Police website.
Download StreetSafe on your mobile:
