Home Safety Links from NCPC

• Working Safely At Home – Informative brochure on working safely from home

• Travel Safety Tips Flier – Travel Safety Tips flier from National Crime Prevention Council and McGruff The Crime Dog

• Taking Back Your Neighborhood – Free, helpful resource on making your community safe

• Take A Stand Against Crime: Join Neighborhood Watch – Informative brochure on reducing crime by participating in Neighborhood Watch

• Streetwise: The Way To Be – Informative brochure about staying safe in your neighborhood

• Starting a Neighborhood Watch – Free, helpful resource on starting a Neighborhood Watch program

• Securing the Future for Safer Youth and Communities – A full-text publication that informs adults about the effectiveness of crime prevention toward creating safer communities for youth

• Robbers Are Equal Opportunity Criminals – A reproducible brochure that provides tips for avoiding becoming a victim of robbery

• Reality of Gangs – A reproducible brochure about the dangers and risks that gangs pose to their members and communities

• Newspaper Mat: Protect Your Neighborhood Against Crime, Terrorism – Free, helpful resource on protecting your neighborhood from crime and terrorism

• Newspaper Mat: Get Teens Involved in Making Communities Safer – Free, helpful resource on getting teens involved in preventing crime

• Neighborhood Watch: Make It a Permanent Force for Community Betterment – Full-text publication

• Neighborhood Watch Organizer’s Guide – Works as a guide for creating and sustaining a successful Neighborhood Watch program, and covers everything from motivating the community to running successful …

• Neighborhood Watch Needs You – Neighborhood Watch is coming to your community, and we need you to get involved! The program embraces and strengthens many things we’re already doing, such as …

• Neighborhood Safety Survey – A short survey to asset the safety and security of your neighborhood

• Locking Your Home – Tells you what you need to know before buying locks for your house

• Newspaper Mat: Locking Doors Still Best – Not so long ago, people did not feel the need to lock their doors or windows. But times have changed, and so has the need to use locks…

• Lock Crime OUT of Your Home – Informative brochure on the importance of securing your home

• Law Enforcement Needs Your Help – Informative brochure on how to help law enforcement reduce crime

• Home Security: Invest In It Now – Informative brochure about why it’s important to secure your home, and how

• Home Security Checklist – A checklist for evaluating home safety and security

• Good Neighbors Make Safer Communities – A reproducible handout from the 2009-2010 

• Crime Prevention Month Kit with tips to prevent crime in your neighborhood

• Gas Station Theft Poster #1 – McGruff takes on theft at gas stations with this full-color poster in PDF format.

• Gas Station Theft Poster #2 – McGruff takes on gas station theft with this full-color poster in PDF format.

• Gang Fact Sheet – A CCDO sponsored publication by the National Crime Prevention Council focused on development of anti-gang efforts

• Don’t Make it Easy for a Thief to Steal Your Wheels – Informative brochure on securing your car from auto theft

• Don’t Let Your Guard Down Just Because You Live in the Country – Informative brochure on keeping your home secure in outside of the city

• Does Neighborhood Watch Reduce Crime? – A comprehensive review of evaluations of Neighborhood Watch concludes that the program has a “small favorable effect” on crime.

• Disaster Preparedness: A Checklist – Free, helpful resource to make sure you and your family are prepared in the event of a disaster

• Citizen Involvement in Homeland Security Insert – This eight-page booklet provides details on the Neighborhood Watch and Volunteers in Police Service (VIPS) programs.

• Checklist for Violence Prevention – A checklist for helping prevent violence in your community

• Checklist for Starting a Neighborhood Watch – A free, helpful resource on starting a Neighborhood Watch program

• Newspaper Mat: Bumping: A Trend in Home Burglary – If your home is protected with an ordinary lock, it may not do you much good, says the National Crime Prevention Council.

• Newspaper Mat: Building or Remodeling a Home? Think Lock Security – During the exciting time of having your house built or remodeled, make sure to consider this as one of the most important features…

• A Safety Checklist for Apartments – A checklist for evaluating apartment safety and security