Report a Crime electronically
This is a useful service which helps you report a crime directly to the police confidentially using this link.

Report a crime online

Safer Estates Task Force
A combination of the police, City Council and many other organisations the Safer Estates Task Force is there to help local residents fight crime. Based in Pennywell Neighbourhood Centre on Swiftden Road and at Havelock Primary School the SETF will deal with a huge variety of problems from crime to problem neighbours.

Confidential Telephone No

553 6881

Sunderland West Crime Prevention Panel
This is a fairly new web site for the Sunderland West Crime Prevention Panel. It contains information on the Panel's aims as well as useful information on crime prevention.

Fighting Crime
This is a very useful link to a site called UK On Line that covers a range of issues connected with fighting crime including crime prevention, car crime and burglary. The Crime Reduction site is also very useful for advice on fighting crime.

Crime  

Crime Reduction

Crime Prevention

Race Crime
This site can help if you have been a victim of a racially motivated crime. It gives details of what racially motivated crimes are and advice on how to deal with them.

Race Crime

Alarm Registration
This is an online service where you can register someone to contact if your alarm goes off.

Alarm Registration

Crimestoppers
Crimestoppers is the national telephone line for reporting a crime confidentiality.

Crimestoppers

Tel No 0800 555 111

Ford and Pennywell Advice Centre
Located at the bottom of Hylton Road beside the Post Office the advice centre has legal staff on hand who can help with your problem.

Welfare Rights and benefits
You can get help with welfare and benefits at the Council's Social Services office in Havelock Road or the Welfare Rights Office in Thorndale Road Thorney Close.

If you are working or about to start work you can also get advice locally on the range of benefits you can claim plus help with filling in forms from the In Work Benefits Project based in Pennywell Community Business.

Welfare Rights and benefits

Tel No 534 1388

Legal Rights and Legal Advice
This easy to use site gives very clear advice on your rights under current UK law and can answer lots of legal questions like can you get Legal Aid. The site also tell you where your nearest free legal adviser is based. 

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