Street Safe UK

Why is this not all over the news?

Our advice:
Given the current security climate, we strongly recommend avoiding trips with your family—especially young children—into London or other major UK cities between now and the New Year.

National Threat Level:
The UK’s official terrorism threat level is currently Substantial, meaning an attack is considered likely.

Three men remain at large after the attack

As part of Sceptre, our national week of action focused on tackling knife crime, PCSO's from your Neighbourhood Policing Team carried out a safety sweep of Homefield Park and Amelia Park in Worthing.

These proactive checks help ensure that nothing unsafe or illegal—such as sharps or knives—are left in public areas. Keeping our parks safe is an important part of preventing harm, protecting young people and maintaining spaces the whole community can enjoy.

While carrying out the sweep, officers engaged with local residents, explaining how these regular checks form part of our wider year-round work to reduce knife crime and safeguard our community.

Your support and vigilance make a difference. If you ever see anything in a public space that concerns you, please report it to us so we can take action quickly.

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Two men who threw a firework into a care home, leaving a resident with life-changing injuries, have been jailed.

Donna Stringer, who has learning difficulties, had to be rushed to hospital in a critical condition and suffered severe burns to her arms and neck during the incident in Barking, east London, in November last year.

The 43-year-old was asleep at Lynnwood care home when a firework was thrown into the building, sparking a blaze.

Sabbir Ahmed and Muhammad Aktaruz Jaman Khan, both aged 23 and from Bethnal Green, pleaded guilty to intending to destroy or damage property and being reckless as to whether life was endangered.

Ahmed was jailed at Snaresbrook crown court for six years while Khan was jailed for seven years.

DI Niall McSheffrey, of Barking and Dagenham police, said: “Donna has had a hard start in life and the actions of Ahmed and Khan have caused unnecessary anxiety and stress to the Stringer family and it is not clear what psychological injuries Donna has suffered.”

Investigating officer DS Karl Dines said: “I’m glad that these two defendants are now behind bars for this heinous crime. They have left a permanent physical and emotional mark on Donna and her family. They temporarily displaced six other vulnerable people from their homes and caused tens of thousands of pounds worth of damage.”

WARNING: This post contains references to child sexual abuse.

A man who moderated an online forum that blackmailed young girls into taking indecent images or harming themselves has been sentenced after a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation.

Bradley Talbot, 29, from Portsmouth, was an active member of a Com group operating on Telegram.

Com groups are online collectives of individuals who work together or compete to cause harm across a range of criminality, from cybercrime to child sexual abuse.

Talbot's 6,000 strong group sought out and shared child sexual abuse material and Talbot was seen as a 'core member'.

They targeted children on social media, initiating chats before coercing them to send photos of themselves.

In time, they would escalate the request to indecent images before making further explicit demands and threatening to share the images with the victim's family if they do not comply.

The abuse also included forcing them to carve the names of their tormentors on their bodies with sharp instruments.

Victims were aged 12 to 17. More than 100 child victims have been discovered through this group and at least 25 per cent are believed to be from the UK.

Talbot pleaded guilty in a hearing at Portsmouth Crown Court on 29 April 2025. He was sentenced to seven years and six months' imprisonment today (21 November) and will have a lifetime Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO).

FULL STORY ➡️ https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/news/com-moderator-sentenced-for-role-in-sadistic-chat-group

Man 'repeatedly' stabbed outside busy Tesco in front of screaming shoppers

Police were called to a residential street

A Birmingham man has today been found guilty of possessing a terrorism video on how to make a bomb.
Adam Mahmood, aged 20, from Platt Brook Way, Sheldon, was arrested in April 2024 from his home in connection with disseminating extreme terrorism material and his phone was seized.

Following analysis of the phone, a 15 minute video was identified which detailed how to make an explosive. The jury at Birmingham Crown Court heard evidence that Mahmood had specifically searched for this particular video. Other propaganda material such as videos of executions were also found on the phone.

Messages were found detailing conversations about making a sword; a part-made sword was found at his home. A number of weapons were found when his bedroom was searched including several knives.

In police interview, Mahmood agreed he had written the posts as well as admitting that the weapons found at his home were his but he denied he was a terrorist.

Detective Chief Superintendent Alison Hurst, who leads Counter Terrorism Policing in the West Midlands, said: “Videos found on Mahmood’s phone were dangerous and showed extreme violence.

“The instructional video was assessed by an expert who considered that the guide was easy to follow even for someone with no previous training in explosive manufacturing and therefore incredibly dangerous in the wrong hands.”

Anyone who sees or hears something that could be terrorist-related should act on their instincts and call the police in confidence on 0800 789 321.

In an emergency, always dial 999. Visit gov.uk/ACT for more information, including how to report extremist or terrorist content that is online.