Crime reduction 

Safe mobile phone use

Please consider the crime prevention advice below to make sure that you're using your mobile phone safely.

• Keep your phone out of sight when in public places.
• Use any security features that are built in to the phone, such as additional security codes.
• Only give your number to family, and to friends that you trust.
• If your plans change, send a new text to keep people updated on where you are.
• If alone, set your phone to vibrate so that it doesn’t attract attention.
• If you take a lift or taxi, text the registration number to someone that you trust.
• Most phones allow 999 calls even if you have no credit left or have the keypad locked.
• Dial *#06# for your phone’s serial number and keep this in a safe place.

Advice for parents/guardians

Spend time with your children learning the basics of how to text - how to send and receive texts, switch on reports, use punctuation and symbols, use predictive text, and hold down keys for numbers. This will give you a chance to talk about personal safety.

Put contact numbers of your children’s friends in your phonebook. This is another way in which you can contact your children.