About This Campaign Directory
Crime-prevention work is carried out by charities, police forces, governments, public bodies, victim organisations and community groups. Some entries below are formal public campaigns; others are national programmes or reporting services that directly support a campaign's prevention and reporting aims.
National Crime Reporting & Community Safety – Crimestoppers
Crimestoppers campaigns nationally and regionally to encourage people to give information about crime anonymously. It also runs Fearless, its youth service.
Your Safety Matters
Supports hotel staff and encourages anonymous reporting where staff see or suspect crime, exploitation or unsafe behaviour.
Missing, Controlled & Exploited – County Lines
Raises awareness of county lines and exploitation, the signs to look for and how to provide information anonymously.
Sexual Harassment – Not Part of the Journey
Public-transport related campaign activity encouraging people to speak up about sexual harassment and provide information.
Illegal Knives & Weapons
Regional campaigning includes work in Cleveland to encourage information about illegal knives and weapons.
Drug Smuggling Into the UK
Encourages information about drug trafficking, organised crime and people involved in moving illegal drugs into the country.
People Smuggling
Campaigns against criminal people-smuggling networks and encourages anonymous reporting about those profiting from exploitation.
Speaking Up About Neighbourhood Crime
Encourages communities to report information about crime affecting their streets and neighbourhoods.
Let's Call Time on Abuse
Campaign activity focused on abuse and encouraging people with information to speak up safely and anonymously.
World Cup Safety
2026 campaign material aimed at helping keep supporters and communities safe around major football activity.
Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime Campaigns
Report Fraud
The current national fraud and cybercrime reporting service replacing Action Fraud.
It covers reporting of areas such as:
- Online scams
- Investment fraud
- Romance fraud
- Banking and payment fraud
- Identity theft
- Business fraud
- Cybercrime
Telephone: 0300 123 2040
Stop! Think Fraud
The UK Government's national anti-fraud campaign, delivered with City of London Police, the National Cyber Security Centre and the National Crime Agency.
Campaign areas include:
- Recognising fraudsters' tactics
- Fake adverts and websites
- Phishing messages
- Doorstep scams
- Protecting vulnerable family and friends
- Business fraud
- Recovery after fraud
Take Five to Stop Fraud
National fraud-prevention campaign built around Stop, Challenge, Protect. It covers banking, impersonation, romance, investment, purchase, identity, doorstep and payment scams.
Cyber Aware
Cyber Aware prevention themes include:
- Strong and separate email passwords
- Three random words
- Password managers
- Two-step verification
- Software and app updates
- Backing up important data
- Phishing and suspicious-message awareness
Ransomware – Don't Pay the Ransom
City of London Police / Report Fraud awareness work in 2026 warned organisations about ransomware risk and encouraged stronger preparation and reporting.
Online Shopping & Account Takeover Warnings
Report Fraud has issued 2026 public warnings about criminals taking over online retail accounts and using stored payment details or loyalty balances.
Counter-Terrorism & Public Vigilance Campaigns
Action Counters Terrorism – ACT
Counter Terrorism Policing's public-awareness campaign encourages vigilance and reporting of suspicious activity.
Campaign areas include:
- Public vigilance
- Suspicious-activity reporting
- Security awareness
- Public and business preparedness
ProtectUK
Counter-terrorism security information for businesses, venues, event organisers, security professionals and the public.
- Venue and event security
- Crowded-place protection
- Business preparedness
- Threat awareness
- Response planning
Summer Vigilance / #BeSafeBeSound
Counter Terrorism Policing's 2026 summer activity encourages people at festivals, sporting events, Pride events and other large gatherings to stay alert, trust their instincts and report concerns.
Guide • Shelter • Report
Launched in March 2026 by NaCTSO and Counter Terrorism Policing for businesses and front-facing staff. The campaign gives three response principles during an attack:
- Guide people away from danger
- Shelter people to keep them safe
- Report to police by calling 999
Run Hide Tell
Long-running national public guidance and campaign explaining what people should consider if caught up in a firearms or weapons attack.
ACT for Youth
Youth-focused counter-terrorism safety information using Run Hide Tell principles and age-appropriate materials.
Knife Crime & Violence Prevention Campaigns
Protecting Lives, Building Hope
The UK Government's April 2026 plan sets an ambition to halve knife crime in a decade. The plan focuses on:
- Supporting children and young people
- Preventing those at risk from turning to knife crime
- Policing and enforcement
- Breaking the cycle of violence
- Young Futures Hubs and prevention
- Violence Reduction Units
Sceptre – National Knife Crime Campaign
Sceptre is policing's national approach to tackling knife crime. Force activity includes enforcement, knife recovery, retailer work, education, prevention and community engagement.
It is commonly run as national intensification activity twice a year.
Ben Kinsella Trust – #StopKnifeCrime
The Ben Kinsella Trust campaigns to prevent knife crime through education, awareness, exhibitions and policy work.
Its 2026 Knife Crime Awareness Week ran from 18 to 24 May.
No More Knives / No More County Lines – The Message
Schools and youth programme using live performances, workshops and follow-up material to challenge knife carrying, gang involvement and county lines exploitation.
No More Knife Crime
Educational anti-knife-crime project providing prevention material and school/community resources.
Operation Deter – Thames Valley
Operation Deter began in Milton Keynes in 2022 as a police approach focused on people carrying knives, enforcement and interventions. It later expanded to other Thames Valley areas.
It is retained here as a notable Thames Valley / Milton Keynes anti-knife initiative rather than being labelled a new 2026 campaign.
No Knives Better Lives
Youth engagement programme preventing violence and knife carrying. It is delivered locally in all 32 Scottish local-authority areas and supported nationally through YouthLink Scotland.
Scottish Violence Reduction Unit
Uses a public-health approach to prevent and interrupt violence and divert people away from violent lifestyles.
County Lines, Gangs & Child Exploitation Campaigns
Home Office County Lines Programme
Targets exploitative drug-dealing networks while funding specialist support for children and vulnerable people.
Official programme results for July 2024 to March 2026 include:
- 4,556 county lines closed
- 12,697 arrests
- 2,821 line holders charged
- 6,939 safeguarding referrals
- 1,900 knives seized
- 882 children and young people supported through specialist services
#LookCloser – The Children's Society
Campaign delivered with British Transport Police and the National County Lines Coordination Centre helping the public recognise signs of child exploitation and understand how to report concerns.
The Children's Society – Prevention Programme
Home Office-commissioned national programme operating across England and Wales to improve prevention and disruption of child sexual abuse, child sexual exploitation, child criminal exploitation and modern slavery.
Catch22 – County Lines Support
Specialist services supporting children and young people affected by county lines and criminal exploitation, including work with local partners and safeguarding agencies.
NSPCC – Criminal Exploitation & County Lines
Safeguarding information and awareness to help adults recognise exploitation, understand risk and act where a child may be being groomed or used by criminal networks.
Crimestoppers – County Lines & Exploitation
Encourages anonymous reporting and awareness of young people who may be missing, controlled, exploited or forced to carry drugs and money.
Violence Against Women & Girls, Domestic Abuse & Stalking Campaigns
Freedom From Violence & Abuse
Current cross-government strategy with an ambition to halve violence against women and girls in a decade.
Its three central objectives are:
- Prevention and early intervention
- Relentless pursuit of perpetrators
- Support for victims and survivors
IOPC – You Have A Voice
IOPC campaign encouraging people, particularly women and girls, to understand that they can complain where police treatment makes them feel dismissed, uncomfortable or unsafe.
SafeLives
National charity campaigning and working for systemic change to end domestic abuse, improve multi-agency responses and strengthen safety and support for victims and children.
White Ribbon Day 2026 – It Takes All of Us
White Ribbon UK works to engage men and boys in preventing violence against women and girls. The 2026 theme is “It Takes All of Us.”
Suzy Lamplugh Trust – National Stalking Campaigning
Campaigns for stronger responses to stalking, better understanding of risk and greater protection for victims.
Its 2026 National Stalking Awareness Week activity used the theme Fatal Fixation. The charity also marked 40 years since Suzy Lamplugh's disappearance with a call for stronger action.
StreetSafe
Police service allowing people to anonymously identify public places where they feel unsafe, including environmental concerns or behaviour such as being followed or verbally abused.
StreetSafe is not for reporting a crime or emergency.
Wales – Violence, Abuse & Community Safety Campaigns
Sound – Preventing Violence Against Women & Girls
Welsh Government campaign encouraging men and boys to learn about gender-based violence, healthy behaviour, respect and positive masculinity and to challenge harmful behaviour among peers.
In August 2026 the Welsh Government reported that 20 men across Wales had completed specialist training through Sound to help start these conversations with young people.
Live Fear Free Campaigns
Welsh campaign collection includes:
- This Is Control
- Don't Be a Bystander
- This Is Sexual Abuse
- This Is Not OK
- Home Shouldn't Be a Place of Fear
- Call Out Only
Hate Hurts Wales
Welsh anti-hate-crime communications campaign aimed at victims, bystanders and perpetrators. Campaign materials cover racial, religious, disability, sexual-orientation and transgender hate crime.
Wales Hate Support Centre
Provides support and advocacy for victims of hate crime and links into Welsh Government anti-hate campaigning.
Scotland – Violence, Hate Crime & Exploitation Prevention
No Knives Better Lives
Youth violence-prevention and anti-knife-carrying programme delivered in all 32 Scottish local-authority areas.
Mentors in Violence Prevention
School-based peer education and active-bystander programme helping young people safely challenge gender-based violence, bullying and abusive or violent behaviour.
Medics Against Violence
NHS professionals and partners work with young people on violence prevention and the medical consequences of violence, alcohol and drugs.
Police Scotland Youth Volunteers
Programme for young people aged 13–18 designed to build confidence, leadership, volunteering and stronger relationships with policing and communities.
Hate Hurts – Scotland
Scottish Government national marketing campaign explaining the harm caused by hate crime and encouraging witnesses and victims to report. The 2024 campaign was formally evaluated in 2025 and remains important national anti-hate campaign material.
Trafficking & Exploitation Delivery Plan
Scotland's August 2026 delivery plan uses a public-health prevention model aimed at identifying and supporting victims, disrupting and prosecuting perpetrators, and reducing trafficking and exploitation.
Northern Ireland – Current Police & Safety Campaigns
Every Victim Matters – Male Domestic Abuse
PSNI campaign launched with the Men's Advisory Project to challenge misconceptions about male domestic abuse, explain the different forms abuse can take and encourage men experiencing abuse to seek support.
Safer Summer Together
PSNI's 2026 campaign covers:
- Home security
- Online safety
- Water safety
- Getting home safely after nights out
- Safer driving
Operation Lifesaver / Fatal Five Road Safety
PSNI road-safety enforcement and awareness activity focuses on the behaviours most strongly associated with serious collisions, including speed, drink/drug driving, mobile phones and seatbelts.
Kids' Court
Road-safety initiative in which speeding motorists can hear directly from schoolchildren about the risks and consequences of unsafe driving.
Roadsafe Roadshow
Hard-hitting educational road-safety programme for young people using emergency-service and survivor perspectives to explain collision risk and consequences.
Hate Crime Prevention & Reporting Campaigns
Stop Hate UK
National anti-hate organisation supporting awareness, reporting and victim support around hate motivated by factors including race, religion, disability, sexual orientation and transgender identity.
National Hate Crime Awareness Week
UK week of action organised by 17-24-30 NationalHCAW bringing charities, communities, councils, police and other organisations together in solidarity with people affected by hate crime.
Hate Hurts Wales
Welsh Government campaign explaining the impact of hate crime, encouraging bystanders to act and supporting reporting and victim services.
Hate Hurts – Scotland
Scottish national campaign focused on recognising different forms of hate crime, understanding its impact and encouraging witnesses and victims to report.
Modern Slavery, Human Trafficking & Exploitation Campaigns
Modern Slavery & Exploitation Helpline
Independent helpline operated as part of anti-slavery charity Unseen. It provides information and a route to report concerns about:
- Labour exploitation
- Human trafficking
- Sexual exploitation
- Criminal exploitation
- Domestic servitude
Helpline: 08000 121 700
Welsh Modern Slavery Awareness
Welsh Government Live Fear Free and anti-slavery material provides awareness and support information around trafficking and modern slavery.
Trafficking & Exploitation Delivery Plan
Current Scottish plan uses primary prevention, early intervention, victim protection and disruption of perpetrators to tackle trafficking and exploitation.
Road Safety & Police Campaigns
THINK! Road Safety
Long-running Department for Transport road-safety campaign covering:
- Drink driving
- Drug driving
- Mobile-phone use
- Seatbelts
- Speed
- Young drivers
- Motorcycles, cycling and road-user safety
Don't Put Drugs in the Driving Seat
THINK!'s current summer campaign targets drug driving, particularly among younger drivers, and highlights criminal, personal and life-changing consequences.
PSNI Safer Driving Campaign Activity
PSNI 2026 activity includes road-safety enforcement, Fatal Five messaging, Operation Lifesaver, Kids' Court and the Roadsafe Roadshow.
Neighbourhood Crime, Burglary, ASB & Property Crime Campaigns
Neighbourhood Watch Network supports local schemes and runs national crime-prevention campaigns designed for communities and social media.
SAY NO TO ASB
Campaign against antisocial behaviour and its impact on neighbourhoods.
SAFETY IN NEIGHBOURS
Burglary-prevention campaign helping households and neighbours reduce risk.
PROTECT YOUR CAR
Vehicle-crime prevention campaign covering practical ways to reduce theft risk.
PROTECT YOUR POOCH
Dog-theft prevention and awareness campaign.
LET'S TALK DRUGS
Community campaign designed to encourage informed conversations around drugs and local harm.
PROTECT YOUR PASSWORD
Cyber and password-security campaign for households and communities.
THE CALLING TREE
Community-connection campaign encouraging neighbours to keep in contact by phone.
Neighbourhood Watch Week
Annual awareness activity encouraging stronger, safer and more connected neighbourhoods.
Active Bystander Training
Training and resources encouraging people to intervene safely and appropriately when they witness harmful behaviour.
Victim Support, Rights & Criminal Justice Campaigning
Victim Support
Independent charity supporting victims and campaigning for improved treatment of victims within the justice system.
Advocacy areas include:
- Victims' rights
- Domestic abuse and stalking support
- Antisocial-behaviour victims
- Court experience
- Special measures
- Criminal-justice reform
Victims' Commissioner
Independent statutory voice for victims and witnesses in England and Wales, using research and policy work to press for improvements in victims' treatment and rights.
IOPC – Police Complaints Awareness
Independent police complaints watchdog. Its campaigns and key-area work include public information about complaints, VAWG and confidence in police accountability.
Police & Crime Commissioner Campaigns
Police and Crime Commissioners and equivalent policing mayors commission and support local crime-prevention, victim and community-safety activity according to local Police and Crime Plans.
Common campaign areas include:
Knife Crime & Serious Violence
Prevention, youth intervention, violence reduction and enforcement partnerships.
Domestic Abuse & VAWG
Victim services, perpetrator work, night-time safety and violence-prevention programmes.
Antisocial Behaviour
Neighbourhood safety, hotspot activity, town-centre initiatives and victim support.
Youth Violence & Diversion
Community projects intended to prevent children and young people entering violence or exploitation.
Rural Crime
Farm theft, machinery theft, wildlife crime and rural community reporting.
Fraud & Cybercrime
Public awareness, cyber ambassadors, scam prevention and support for vulnerable victims.
Henry Nowak – Police Accountability & Transparency Campaigns
A major public campaign has developed following the murder of 18-year-old Henry Nowak in Southampton in December 2025 and concerns about the police response after officers arrived.
Vickrum Digwa was convicted of Henry's murder and possession of a bladed article and was sentenced in June 2026 to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 21 years.
Current official IOPC position
On 1 July 2026, the Independent Office for Police Conduct said two Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary officers are under investigation for potential gross misconduct.
The IOPC says the investigation includes potential failures relating to:
- Recognising that Henry needed urgent medical attention
- Acting after Henry said he had been stabbed and could not breathe
- The decision to arrest and handcuff him rather than immediately provide first aid
- Potential authority, respect and courtesy issues concerning one officer
- Actions and decisions of police control-room staff
The IOPC also makes clear that gross-misconduct notices do not mean disciplinary proceedings will necessarily follow. That decision comes after the investigation.
Independent HMICFRS inspection
On 25 August 2026, the Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner confirmed that an independent HMICFRS inspection had formally begun into the constabulary's response to serious violence.
The inspection will examine:
- Control-room call handling and dispatch
- Initial police attendance
- Decision-making and risk assessment training
- Impartial judgments and bias
- When immediate action and first aid are required
The inspection does not determine the individual officers' conduct in the Henry Nowak incident; that remains the responsibility of the IOPC investigation.
Demand Justice for Henry Nowak: Charge the Officers, Publish the Findings
This is the petition supplied for this page. It calls for criminal charges against officers and publication of the full IOPC findings. More than 250,000 verified signatures were shown when checked.
Demand a Statutory Public Inquiry Into Henry Nowak's Death
Separate public petition calling for a statutory inquiry into the circumstances, police response and wider institutional issues.
Crime Prevention, Public Safety & Police Accountability Petitions
The following are current UK Parliament petitions relevant to crime prevention, victim protection or police accountability. The descriptions explain what the petition creators are asking for and do not mean Right First Time UK endorses the proposal.
Licence the Sale & Possession of Machetes and Hunting Knives
Calls for a licensing system requiring a legitimate need and checks before people can purchase or possess machetes and hunting knives.
Closes: 10 October 2026.
Ban All Knives Including Ceremonial Knives in Schools
Calls for a policy banning knives of any kind in schools, including ceremonial blades.
Closes: 24 October 2026.
Review Sentencing for Harassment, Stalking & Threats of Violence
Calls for sentencing guidance and punishments to be reviewed, including tougher treatment of repeat offending and breaches of protection orders.
Closes: 6 February 2027.
Automatic Extension of Non-Molestation Orders After a Breach Conviction
Calls for automatic extension where an abuser has breached the order and been convicted. The petition has passed 10,000 signatures and the Government responded on 24 August 2026, saying it does not support an automatic-extension rule.
Closes: 15 December 2026.
Review Protection for Survivors of Post-Separation Domestic Abuse
Calls for review of protection while people await court proceedings, including online harassment, coercive control, stalking and safeguarding restrictions.
Closes: 22 December 2026.
Review the Effectiveness of Post-Separation Domestic Abuse Laws
Calls for a review of existing laws and further provisions intended to prevent legal processes or loopholes being used to continue abuse after separation.
Closes: 17 October 2026.
Require Dating Apps to Verify Users & Prevent Abuse
Calls for government-issued photo-ID verification and measures aimed at preventing people convicted of specified serious sexual, domestic abuse, stalking and coercive-control offences from using dating apps.
Closes: 14 January 2027.
Introduce a 6-Month Time Limit for Police Misconduct Investigations
Calls for a statutory six-month limit, independent approval for extensions, a three-month review and publication of anonymised investigation-duration data.
Closes: 22 November 2026.
Legalise Regulated Non-Lethal Self-Defence Tools
Calls for tools such as pepper spray to be legalised under licensing and training arrangements.
Closes: 27 January 2027.
Other Crime Prevention Campaign Areas to Watch
Retail Crime & Shoplifting
Police, retailers, councils and PCCs run local and national activity around shop theft, violence toward retail staff and organised retail crime.
Spiking Prevention
National and local VAWG/night-time economy programmes increasingly include anti-spiking awareness, reporting and venue safety.
Rural Crime
Police rural-crime teams and community partners campaign around machinery theft, livestock offences, wildlife crime and rural reporting.
Burglary & Home Security
Neighbourhood Watch, police forces and Police Crime Prevention Initiatives run awareness activity around secure homes, doors, windows and property protection.
Sexual Harassment in Public Places
Campaign work includes transport, night-time economy, bystander interventions, StreetSafe and VAWG programmes.
Youth Diversion
Violence Reduction Units, PCCs and local charities fund mentoring, sport, trusted-adult work and targeted diversion for young people at risk.
Vehicle Crime
Local police and national community campaigns cover theft of vehicles, keyless theft, theft from vehicles and catalytic converters.
Online Child Safety
Police, NCA/CEOP and child-protection organisations run preventative education about grooming, exploitation and harmful online contact.
Serious Organised Crime
National Crime Agency and policing activity covers organised drug trafficking, firearms, exploitation, fraud, cybercrime and modern slavery.
Useful Crime Prevention Campaign & Reporting Hubs
Crimestoppers
Anonymous information and crime-awareness campaigns.
Stop! Think Fraud
National fraud-prevention campaign.
Take Five
Banking and payment-fraud prevention.
Cyber Aware / NCSC
Cyber security and online safety.
ProtectUK
Counter-terrorism security and public-awareness campaigns.
National Knife Crime Centre
National policing knife-crime work including Sceptre.
Neighbourhood Watch
Burglary, ASB, vehicle crime, dogs, drugs and cyber campaigns.
Victim Support
Victim services, rights and justice-system campaigning.
Stop Hate UK
Hate-crime awareness, support and reporting.
Modern Slavery Helpline
Modern slavery, trafficking and exploitation reporting.
THINK!
National road-safety campaign material.
Find Your PCC
Find local Police and Crime Commissioner campaigns in England and Wales.
Campaigns We Are Watching
Crime-prevention campaigning can change quickly when a new incident, government strategy, policing operation, court case or petition receives national attention.
This page can be updated when:
- A new national Crimestoppers campaign launches
- Report Fraud or Stop! Think Fraud launches a new scam campaign
- A new Sceptre / knife-crime campaign or awareness week begins
- County lines programme data is updated
- A new VAWG, stalking or domestic-abuse campaign launches
- New Welsh, Scottish or Northern Irish campaigns are published
- A crime-prevention petition passes 10,000 or 100,000 signatures
- A Parliament debate or Government response is announced
- The IOPC or HMICFRS publishes a significant Henry Nowak update
- A new major national fraud, cyber, hate-crime or road-safety campaign launches