Crime prevention advice for businesses

Property security

Details for reporting crime as well as crime prevention advice including:

• Protecting your business premises, including CCTV set up advice 
• Protecting your property from burglars 
• Property security marking
• Metal thefts 
• Fuel thefts 
• Fraud and ID theft
• Computer security
• Wildlife crime and rural crime advice
• Checking banknotes
• Age restricted sales
• Forecourt petrol thefts
• Commercial fraud

You can find more advice by reading the Home Office crime reduction toolkits.

Dealing with employees

• Employee checks
• Employment and skills
• Employment terms and conditions 

Crime prevention initiatives

Below are some of the schemes in place which businesses may find useful to sign up to or be involved with.

• Business crime reduction partnerships
• Community safety partnerships
• Employer supported policing scheme
• Buy with Confidence
• Medway Fair Trader scheme 
• Kent Keylink

 See our list of useful contacts.

Home Office advice

The Home Office has produced a booklet with the business community to reduce crime in small and medium-sized businesses. It provides practical information to help businesses identify any security risks and take measures to reduce crime. Download the document 

Contact us for more information

For more advice, contact:

• your neighbourhood officer - enter your postcode into the Neighbourhood search or call 101
• your crime reduction officer by calling 101.