What to do if…
someone is filming or photographing you, your location, car, or home in a targeted way

What to do now

1. Move to the safest available place. Enter a busy staffed premises or secure building where possible. If you are at home, lock the doors and move away from exposed windows while you assess what is happening.
2. Call 999 if you feel in immediate danger, including if the person is threatening you, blocking you, trying to enter your home or vehicle, or following you in a way that makes stopping unsafe. Give your exact location and a brief description of the person, vehicle, and behaviour.
3. If you are driving and think you are being followed, do not handle your phone while moving. Continue to a busy, well-lit place where other people are present. Ask a passenger to call 999 if there is immediate danger, or call once you are safely stopped.
4. Tell a trusted person what is happening and where you are. Ask them to stay available until you are somewhere secure.
5. From a safe place, note the date, time, location, description of the person, camera or phone, vehicle details, direction of travel, and what they did. Include whether the same person or vehicle has appeared before.
6. Keep original messages, photographs, videos, doorbell recordings, dashcam footage, or CCTV. Save a copy where practical and begin a simple incident log, but do not delay seeking help because you lack evidence.
7. If there is no immediate danger, report repeated, targeted, threatening, or intimidating behaviour through 101 or your local police service’s online reporting route. Describe the whole pattern and its effect on your safety, not only the latest incident.
8. If the concern involves a neighbour’s CCTV, smart doorbell, or another fixed domestic camera, note which areas it appears to capture and check the Information Commissioner’s Office guidance. Contact the camera owner only if you feel safe and choose to do so.