Personal theft
More help and advice
information sites
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Metropolitan Police Service - Crime Prevention
Visit our main website for information on what to do if your mobile phone has been stolen and how to prevent it from being stolen.
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Directgov - Robbery
Information from the government about what to do if you've been a victim of robbery.
Reporting crime
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Immobilise
Register your mobile phone, MP3, laptop and other possessions at a website such as www.immobilise.com.
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The Sharp System
The School Help Advice Reporting Page (SHARP) allows young people to confidentially report incidents which occur within their school and local community. Pages are run by individual schools that have signed up to the scheme. This link will take you through to a list of all the London schools that are so far involved.
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Crimestoppers
If you want to provide information about a crime without talking to the police, you can contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. Crimestoppers is an independent charity. On their website you can also click through to the section for young people called Shadow CS.
Other support
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CyberMentors
CyberMentors is all about young people helping and supporting each other online.
If you're being bullied or are troubled by something, CyberMentors is where you can go for help.
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ChildLine
ChildLine is the free helpline and online service for children and young people in the UK. Children and young people can call 0800 1111 or visit www.childline.org.uk to talk to a trained counsellor about any problem, or talk to other young people on the message boards.
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Victim Support
If you have been the victim of a robbery or any other crime, this website provides help and support in dealing with what happened. On this page they've provided with a checklist of belongings to look out for with suggestions for how to deal with them and help avoid further problems. Telephone - 0845 30 30 900.
The Metropolitan Police is not responsible for pages maintained by external providers or for the content held within them. The sites listed above have been identified as useful resources for providing additional information on some of the topics discussed on this site.