STUDENTS at the Storthes Hall campus in Kirkburton are getting educated in crime prevention.

Neighbourhood Policing Team officers will hand out packs of information as the students collect keys to their new accommodation.

The free packs include leaflets on how to stay safe and advice on how to protect their property. UV pens are also included to enable students to mark any items they may have.

Officers will be available at an induction stand to answer any questions and provide further information.

PCSO Bob Armitage, of the Kirkburton Neighbourhood Policing Team, said it was important that students realise how to avoid becoming a victim of crime.

“The packs contain details of the local officer and a bit of a survival guide to being a student in what may be a new area,” he added.