Dealing with Crime

Crime prevention is the best way of avoiding the need to deal with the after effects of crime.

Dealing with Crime

Crime prevention is the best way of avoiding the need to deal with the after effects of crime. To help you find more about crime, how you can help prevent it and what to do if you're a victim, we have provided a number of key links to relevant websites.

Useful Links

Crime statistics

• National Crime statistics (external link)
• Local crime figures (external link)

Local

• Safer Chester (external link)

Preventing crime

• Crime prevention guide for homes, shops and businesses (external link)

Reporting a Crime

• Details of your local Police station. (external link)

Neighbourhood Watch 

• Neighbourhood Watch schemes and crime prevention links. (external link)
• Contact Crimestoppers if you have information relating to a crime. (external link)

Racially-motivated crime

• Commission for Racial Equality information on race crimes. (external link)

Victim Support

• Advice and guidance for victims of crime and their families. (external link)

Vehicle Crime

• Security advice from the Home Office for motorists, cyclists, and truck drivers. (external link)
• Home Office information on checking a car's history before buying. (external link)
• Advice on making checks on ownership when buying a used vehicle. (external link)

Domestic Violence

• Women's Aid support and help to escape domestic abuse. (external link)
• Help to combat domestic violence, from the Home Office. (external link)

Drug related crime

• Practical guidance from the Home Office on what to do about drug-related crime. (external link)
• Talk to Frank (external link)