Personal Safety

Personal Safety

Many crimes committed against people are opportunistic and can often be prevented with prior planning and awareness. This personal safety guidance is not designed to unduly worry, upset or shock but seeks to help you be fully prepared in order to reduce the chances of you becoming a victim of crime or to assist if a situation does occur.

You can find out more at the Secured by Design website here, and from Humberside Police’s website here.

You can find out more at the Secured by Design website... and at Humberside Police’s website

Hollie Guard

Hollie Guard is a free personal safety app that can be downloaded onto any iOS or Android mobile phone within the UK.

If you ever feel threatened, you can send out an alert by either shaking your phone or pressing the tile icon button. Once you activate an alert, your location, along with video and audio evidence is automatically sent to your nominated emergency contacts. The app is widely used by victims of domestic abuse and/or stalking to help them feel safe and report incidents.

Fine out more about Hollie Guard

Further support if you feel at risk

In Humberside, you can ask our victim support services Victim Support or the Blue Door for access to Hollie Guard Extra a service where an alert response centre will monitor any alerts you trigger. This gives the additional peace of mind that a trained security expert will be monitoring your alert remotely. The security expert will be able to see your location in real-time as soon as an alert is activated and respond, which could include calling the emergency services on your behalf.