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Street crime sessions in the Education resource pack

Through these sessions adults can help children and young people aged 7-14 to develop awareness of:

  • what street crime is
  • what support victims and witnesses of street crime might need
  • how they might help support victims and witnesses of street crime
  • what support is on offer should they become a victim or witness of street crime
  • what they can do to help keep safe from street crime
  • the services and role of Victim Support.
Session Objectives Activities Resources
Street crime KS2 (ages 7-11)
  • The names of some street crimes
  • Who is affected by street crime?
  • What can we do if we are a victim or witness of a street crime?
  • How can we help victims and witnesses of street crime?
  • How can we keep ourselves safe on the street?
  • Introduce Victim Support
  • Establish objectives and shared needs
  • Starter: Words and pictures/Mix and match
  • Main: Victim or witness, feelings and what to do/Comic strip stories
  • Plenary: Streetsafe voting/Post-it prevention
  • Evaluation
  • Street crime words/images
  • Street crime shape cards
  • Street crime list sheets
  • Street crime quotes
  • Comic strip sheets
  • Evaluation questionnaires
Street crime KS3 (ages 11-14)
  • The definitions of some street crimes
  • How does it feel to be a victim or witness of a street crime?
  • What support might victims and witnesses of street crime need?
  • What can you do if you are a victim or witness of street crime?
  • How can we help to keep ourselves safe on the street?
  • Introduce Victim Support
  • Establish objectives and shared needs
  • Starter: What's on the card/Words and pictures?
  • Main: Victim or witness, feelings and what to do/Comic strips
  • Plenary: Safety map/Post-it prevention
  • Evaluation
  • Street crime cards
  • Street crime answer sheet
  • Copies of 'Street crime' words/images
  • Local crime statistics
  • Street crime quotes
  • Comic strip sheets
  • Photocopies of local area map
  • Evaluation questionnaires

Download these sessions.

The sessions link with the aims and objectives of Every Child Matters, Healthy Schools and the National Curriculum.

The sessions are flexible and you can use parts or all of them to fit in with your own work with children and young people. They can also be used in conjunction with other street crime resources.

What's the crime online activity

You might also want to use the 'What's the crime?' online activities, aimed at KS2 and KS3. Go the online activities.

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