(streetsafe) Reporting unsafe areas
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Where can you report a location or public space that has made you feel unsafe?
There is currently a pilot service run by Police.uk for anyone to anonymously report any public space where you have felt or feel unsafe, because of environmental issues, e.g. street lighting, abandoned buildings or vandalism and/or because of some behaviours, e.g. being followed, or verbally abused. This is not for reporting a crime and you will remain anonymous.
The focus is to identify particular areas and factors that lead to people feeling unsafe and might help offenders either commit or conceal a crime – such as street lighting, abandoned buildings or poorly designed spaces, vandalism, as well as behaviours of individuals or groups of people.
Visit streetsafe to report
The tool captures:
- location data (longitude and latitude) provided by Google Maps
- answers to questions about the place that may cause you to feel unsafe
- answers to questions about peoples’ behaviour that may cause you to feel unsafe
- reasons for not reporting a crime
- information about your characteristics (like your age range and gender) but nothing that could identify you (like your name or contact details)