As it becomes darker earlier, please consider the following safety advice:

Protect your Home

• Fit burglar alarms and good outside security lighting.

• Lock doors and windows before you go out.

• Leave a light on in a room and draw curtains when you go out at night.

• Remove keys from locks and keep out of reach of windows and doors.

• Ensure your house is secure, preventing someone entering when you are busy elsewhere in the house or garden.

• Ensure side gates and sheds are locked.

• Keep gifts, cash and valuables safe and well hidden, so they can’t be seen or reached by thieves.

• Postcode your valuables with a UV pen, consider registering your valuables with immobilise.com

Protect Yourself

• Where possible don’t walk alone after dark.

• Keep to well lit streets avoiding alleys and shortcuts.

• Watch out for your friends, stay together and get home safely.

• Consider getting a registered taxi home.