Crime prevention is a topic with many sub-areas. This site identifies 27 different areas of crime prevention and provides information and links to other web sites to help citizens reduce crime in their communities, including:

• How to set up your own neighborhood watch
  
  
• Protect yourself against mortgage scams and identity theft
  
  
• Access crime prevention publications for your community in Spanish
  
  
• How to assess the crime problem in your neighborhood and conduct a survey
  
• Gain leadership and community organization training
  
  
• Get information on crime targeting the elderly and immigrants
  
  
• Access victims rights and services
  
  
• Find out about best practices and nationally recognized crime prevention programs

You can also check on which crimes most affect your neighborhood with our newly updated crime rankings.