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Opinions and advice about reducing low-level crime and ASB

  • Addressing Anti-Social Behaviour on UK High Streets with Disc

    UK high streets are facing a challenge that demands our attention: anti-social behaviour (ASB). This issue affects areas from tranquil villages to bustling city centres, impacting businesses, disturbing local residents, and undermining community cohesion. In response to these concerns, Disc has become a vital tool in leading communities towards recovery and stability. There has been…

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  • Crime wave across rural Britain: Disc can help…

    Agriculture sector insurer NFU Mutual has reported that the cost of rural crime rose by 20% in 2022, reaching a total of £49.5m based on the company’s claims statistics. NFU Mutual puts much of the rise down to a combination of world events, such as the war in Ukraine, plus domestic issues such as the…

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  • Government policy on shoplifting needs BCRPs if it is to succeed

    As part of the government’s policy on driving down crime – and appealing to voters, of course – it will oblige all police forces in England & Wales to investigate every report of crime they receive, including shoplifting.  But tinkering around on the tip of the shoplifting iceberg will do little to reduce low-level crime…

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  • New £60m Safer Streets Fund: apply now!

    The government has announced the latest, fifth, round of its Safer Streets Fund, amounting to a record £60m to be spent on tackling antisocial behaviour and reducing neighbourhood crime across England & Wales. Since the first Safer Streets Fund was launched in 2020, the scheme has disbursed a total of £120m into a wide range…

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  • Eleven new Disc systems…

    We’re delighted to announce another eleven new Disc systems in BIDs and business crime reduction schemes around the UK, and a new customer for our Disc Administration Service. In Leicestershire we welcome Ashby de la Zouche and Melton Mowbray BIDs who join Leicester City Watch, Highcross Shopping Centre and Hinkley BID to make up a…

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  • Retail staff demand banning schemes as violent crime increases

    While the Association of Convenience Stores reports increases in violent crime on its members, shop workers demand more banning schemes to protect themselves. Every year the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) researches its members’ experiences of crime in and around their premises.  Its 2023 report makes for grim reading.  After a dip during the Covid…

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