The new interactive website gives every resident the opportunity to identify streets where they do and don’t feel safe. Using virtual ‘pins’, areas can be marked to indicate how safe you feel or whether you have a suggestion to make on how to tackle problems. Reasons can be given and photos uploaded to support your views. For example, you might say that you don't feel safe in your street because the street light outside your house has broken, or gangs congregate outside your home at night. The site can also be used to promote community safety initiatives taking place across the borough.

www.direct.gov.uk/saferstreets

For further information on how to use the Home Office website, go to 'Neighbourhood Watch' within the 'Local Amenities' section of this site.