• Anti Social Behaviour
• Domestic Abuse
• Hate Crime
• Road Safety
• Serious Acquisitive Crime
• Sexual Offences
• Substance Misuse
• Violent Crime

• Identify a room where you are able to make the entrance secure and where you will be away from harm
• It is important to make sure that your ‘safe room’ has another exit (a window or door) in case you need to get out quickly (e.g. fire or other emergency)
• Always call 999 in an emergency; this is a free call from any phone
• If you have a mobile phone, try and keep it on you at all times or try to keep another phone charged up and in credit in your ‘safe room’. Keep a list of essential contacts to hand
• Keep any domestic abuse information cards or leaflets hidden. If you use your computer to access websites, such as Women’s Aid, use the security feature to hide the website from others
• If you feel your partner is about to attack you and you cannot get to your ‘safe room’, try to go where there are no potential weapons that could be used against you (e.g. the kitchen is not ideal as there are items such as knives and heavy pans)
• If you have children and they are old enough to understand, teach them where they can go if they are frightened by your partner’s behaviour or if they need to leave the house quickly (e.g. this might be to a neighbour’s home)
• Teach your children how to make calls to the emergency services, the details they will need to give and when they should do this
  

• Help for male victims
• Helpline Numbers
• Keeping yourself safe
• Plan Your Safety
• Think you are at risk?
• Safeguarding Adults

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