Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary have comprehensive online advice and top tips about crime prevention.
You can also receive free crime and community information about where you live by signing up to Hampshire Alert.
If you have problems with home security, answering the door, fitting a door chain or a key safe, there are services that can help:
Fraud
Hampshire Trading Standards warns that an estimated three million people fall victim to scams each year. Scams such as bogus lotteries, prize draws and miracle health cures arrive by post or telephone and target elderly people and
Always be sceptical about any unsolicited offers and never part with money or give your bank or credit card details to obtain a prize or an offer that is too good to be true. Don’t be rushed into making an instant decision and don’t ring premium rate numbers (starting 090) to claim a prize or arrange a parcel delivery.
For further advice or if you are worried that you, or someone close to you, has been a victim of a scam, contact the Citizens Advice Consumer Helpline on 0808 223 1133. See further information from Trading Standards.
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary has further information about fraud and how you can report it.
You can also receive free crime and community information about where you live by signing up to Hampshire Alert.
Online fraud and cyber crime
Cold callers and possible doorstep criminals
Hampshire Trading Standards has information about who might cold call at your door and how to protect yourself from rogue traders and doorstep criminals. They also have a poster which you can print and display which states "We do not buy goods or services at the door - please do not cold call".
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary has advice, and helpful videos, on how to spot, and report, suspected doorsetp criminals.
Reducing nuisance junk mail and telephone calls
There is a lot of equipment which can help you to feel safe in your home, as well as when you are going out, including care technology such as pendant alarms, sensors and GPS trackers. See our Equipment and adaptations section.
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