SAFE web site launched

The Metropolitan Police has launched a website for young people to inform them about crime and safety issues ranging from bullying and drugs to gang crime.

Aimed at 11 to 16 year olds the Safe website www.safe.met.police.uk presents useful facts on a range of policing and crime topics, there are advice sections and links to support organisations, as well as information regarding the law and people's rights.

Safe explains how the police work, how they deal with issues such as anti-social behaviour and alcohol abuse, and why the police have to do things such as stop and search.

Safe was designed with the help of young people from a range of backgrounds.

» Visit the Safe website

We know that our young people are concerned about gangs. We will be working to disrupt gang activities helping to reduce young people’s fear of crime.

Our Reluctant Gangsters report, highlighted the structure, activities and impact of gangs on life in Waltham Forest and suggests ways of tackling the problems they cause. The report - the first of its type in Britain – has informed Waltham Forest’s future efforts to tackle youth crime.

» Download the Reluctant Gangsters study (3.3MB PDF file)

Gangs: You and Your Child

Guidance for families

The Home Office has released a handy booklet of guidance for parents, with information on how to protect children from gangs.

The booklet Gangs: You and Your Child (1.4MB PDF file) details practical steps parents and carers can take if they suspect their child may be involved with gangs, and who to contact for help and support.

Reducing youth violence (robbery, guns, knives, gangs)

New programmes were established to target young people at risk of gang involvement including:

  • Kickz - football initiative aimed at providing young people with alternatives to a potential involvement with crime and anti-social behaviour by providing football coaching in a safe environment
  • Met Track - Working with the Police and partners to offer young people the chance to take up athletics
  • Junior Citizen – Over 1400 schoolchildren took part in this initiative to learn how to cope with everyday dangers safely and effectively, whilst encouraging good citizenship and community responsibility

Contact

Community Safety
London Borough of Waltham Forest
2nd Floor, Cedar Wood House
2d Fulbourne Road
Walthamstow E17 4GG

Email communitysafety@walthamforest.gov.uk
Tel 020 8496 3000