Walk and Talk

Avon and Somerset Police are inviting women to meet with female police officers and PCSOs to show them areas in which they feel vulnerable or unsafe in their local communities.

Walk and Talks are open to women aged 18 and above who wish to share their worries or concerns regarding their safety in the local area with officers.

What to expect

You will be paired with a female police officer or PCSO
The walks will take place at a mutually convenient time for you
They will last around 30 minutes
They will be tailored to the areas you wish to address or discuss

This is an opportunity to raise any worries or concerns over your safety in your local area so the police, along with partner agencies, can see what they can do to improve women’s safety on our streets.

How do I apply?

If you live within any of the following Neighbourhood Policing areas:

Bath and North East Somerset

Bath city centre
Bath outers
Chew Valley
Keynsham
Radstock
North Mendip

Bristol

Avonmouth
Baptist Mills
Barton Hill
Bedminster
Bishopston
Brentry
Brislington
Broadmead
Cabot Circus
Clay Hill
Clifton
Clifton Down
Clifton Triangle
Clifton Wood
Cotham
Easton
Eastfield
Filwood
Fishponds
Harbourside
Hartcliffe
Henbury
Hengrove
Hillfields
Horfield
Hotwells
Knowle
Lawrence Weston
Lockleaze
Old City
Oldbury Court
Redcliffe
Redfield
Redland
Sea Mills
Shirehampton
Southmead
Speedwell
St Agnes
St George
St Paul’s
St Philip’s Marsh
St Werburgh’s
Stapleton
Stockwood
Stoke Bishop, including the Downs
Stokes Croft
Troopers Hill
Westbury-on-Trym

East Somerset

Chard
Crewkerne
Frome
Glastonbury
Shepton Mallet
Somerton
Street
Wells
Wincanton
Yeovil
Outer Yeovil

North Somerset

Bournville
Nailsea
Portishead
Weston-super-Mare
Worle

South Gloucestershire

Chipping Sodbury
Kingswood
Patchway
Staple Hill
Thornbury

West Somerset

Bridgwater
Minehead
Sedgemoor
Taunton

You can register for a visit by filling out our Walk and Talk form.

Once we have received the form, a member of your local Neighbourhood Policing Team will contact you to arrange a convenient time.

Currently, this initiative is taking place in most parts of Avon and Somerset. However, we hope to roll it out to all areas of our force in the near future.

If you are interested in having Walk and Talks in your area and it is not listed above, email walkandtalk@avonandsomerset.police.uk to register your interest.

StreetSafe app

You can also report feeling unsafe in public spaces via the StreetSafe app, completely anonymously.

Whether it’s due to environmental reasons, such as poor street-lighting or anti-social behaviour or harassment, reports to the app are shared with your local police force and local authorities for action.