Use on-site lockers. If you do bring valuables don't leave them in your tent or car - put them in onsite lockers if the festival has this service. Where they do they can usually be booked in advance and are open 24 hours a day.

Split cash and cards. Keep some cash on you at all times. Keep your cash and your cards in two places on you, for example; one lot in your wallet and the other in a zipped pocket. Take note of your bank's emergency number so you can contact them if your cards are lost or stolen.

Take only the essentials. The fewer valuables you bring the less likely you are to be a victim of theft.

Register your valuables. You can register your valuables with Immobilise, the UK national property register. This may improve the chances of getting them back if they are lost or stolen. Mark any valuables with your details. You can do this with a UV pen.

Secure storage. Beware of pick pockets and don't keep valuables in outside pockets whilst in crowds. It's better to keep them in a bumbag or money belt rather than a rucksack.

Try to find a well-lit plot near exit and entrance points.

Identify campsite manager and officials - do they have a contact number for emergencies? If they do add this to your contacts on your phone.

Try and arrange a camping meeting spot with your friends. This way you can look out for each other’s property

Bring a cheap tent from a basic camping supplier, expensive tents can encourage opportunist thieves to think other expensive items may be inside.

Get to know your surroundings. When you arrive, make sure you know exactly where your camping area is and how to find it. Try to remember a landmark nearby, memorise or take a photo of the campsite name on your phone. Or use the What3Words app to get the exact location of your tent and note it down on your phone. Check where the nearest first aid and fire safety points are.

Introduce yourself to your neighbours. Festivals have a community spirit and people tend to do this anyway. If you are new to festivals take some time to pop round nearby tents to say a quick hello. Increasing the number of people that know your face and also importantly, people knowing an unknown face who should not be going in your tent is even better.

Do not challenge anyone that you see looking through your or other’s tents. Contact site management, security or the police.

Report all incidents to event staff, they have radios or back-up and can contact the police if necessary.

Campsite steward/marshals are there for reporting suspicious activity. Offenders WILL be expelled from the site.

Avoid dark areas when walking around the campsite. Take advantage of the extra lighting along main pathways and car parks. Stay together in a group of friends, do not walk around a dark campsite alone.

Avoid shortcuts that go through poorly lit areas or have reduced surveillance for example behind large vehicles or between temporary buildings.

Carry a torch. A head torch will mean your path is lit and your hands are free. 

Leave unnecessary valuables at home. If you need to bring expensive items, check if there are secure lockers available to store them.

Never leave valuable items in your tent when you are not there. Thieves sometimes unzip tents or cut holes in them to grab things that are easily accessible. When you are sleeping, keep valuables in the bottom of your sleeping bag.

You can register your valuables with Immobilise, the UK national property register. This may improve the chances of getting them back if they are lost or stolen.

Mark your property. Label your belongings, including your tent, with your postcode and house number. Thieves are looking for unidentifiable property. Make sure your marking are obvious and cannot be removed easily.

Leave your tent untidy! This means there is not an obvious bag to grab, do take all valuables with you or stored in a secure locker if the festival offers them.

If you are bringing your car to the festival don’t be tempted to use it for storing valuables inside when it is parked by hiding in the boot, glovebox, footwells or other places.

Take all valuables with you from your car and leave the glovebox empty and open to show thieves there is nothing of value inside.

Ensure all your windows and doors are securely closed and locked before walking away from it.

Where possible, park your vehicle in a well-lit area with CCTV cameras.

Consider leaving a ‘no valuables’ sign in the window (is this something that could be used as freebie handouts).

Consider using visible deterrents such as steering locks and a visible alarm system.

While on site keep your phone in a buttoned or zipped pocket, a secure bag, or use a lanyard to keep it secured to your clothing.

Make sure that you put a lock on it so no one but you can get into it.

Most festivals have phone charging points, but make sure the one you choose is well staffed and locks up your phone while it's in their custody.

Bring a USB or portable phone charger in case the charging stations are busy.

If you lose your phone or suspect someone has taken it, having phone tracking activated is a lifeline. Get the app set up before you go.

Turn on Location Services as this makes it easier to track.

The majority of phones and gadgets are unfortunately never reunited with their rightful owner because police can’t find out who they belong to. Make sure that your phone is registered at www.immobilise.com this will help the police to return stolen items to their rightful owner.

Record the IMEI number of your phone in case it is lost or stolen and add it to the Immobilise entry. How to: key in *#06# and your unique International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number will be displayed. Make a note of this number so that if your phone is lost or stolen you can contact your service provider to have the phone disabled).

Agree a meeting spot if you lose your friends: Make a plan for how you’ll stay connected throughout the event. Agree a meeting spot if you get separated from your friends. Stick with your mates and look after each other. Make sure that no one is left to walk home alone at night.

Get to know your surroundings: When you arrive, make sure you know exactly where your camping area is and how to find it. Try to remember a landmark nearby or memorise the campsite’s name. Check where the nearest first aid and fire safety points are.

Stick to main routes and well-lit areas: When it gets dark, try to use main thoroughfares and well-lit, busy areas of the site and stay with your friends.

Report suspicious behaviour: When you arrive at the festival site, or ideally before you go, make sure you know how you can report any suspicious or criminal behaviour on site. Keep your phone on you at all times.

Safe Spaces and Welfare Marshals work with the festival organisers to promote the awareness of safe space tents at the festival and welfare marshals. Advertise where these are in the festival ground and what they can do to help festival goers should they need it. Some festivals will have roaming and static welfare marshals.

Someone who is too drunk to make decisions does not have the mental capacity to give consent.

If someone seems too drunk to consent, or you are not sure, STOP. Wait until they are sober and ask them again.

Somebody who is asleep or unconscious cannot give consent. Having capacity means the person can make and communicate a decision, understanding the consequences and knowing they have a choice. If they cannot do this, they cannot give consent.

Your partner has the right to withdraw their consent at any time. Once consent is withdrawn, you must stop engaging in sexual activity immediately.

You should not feel ashamed to reject sexual activity.

Drink spiking is illegal and carries a maximum sentence of 10 years.

Licensing Teams work with festival organisers to ensure that the event is run safely and any incidents of crime is reported swiftly.

We have been speaking with staff to raise awareness around drink spiking, whether that is spotting the signs or providing preventative measures like covers on straws, glasses and bottles or clearing away unattended drinks.

Anyone who thinks they have been spiked should report this immediately to both police and festival staff. The quicker we know about it the better opportunity we have to identify offenders and safeguard you.

If you see trouble brewing, walk away and don’t get involved. Look for a member of security staff and report it.

If you spot a friend behaving badly and you think trouble could be brewing, try and calmly take them out of the situation before things escalate.

Carrying weapons in any public place, including festivals is an offence. If you're found with an offensive weapon you will be arrested.

Don’t bring smoke canisters, pellets, flares or other pyrotechnics.

Depending on the amount of drugs found on you it may result in your arrest and a subsequent criminal record plus immediate ejection from the rest of the festival.

If you have plans to travel in the future, you stand a high chance of being denied entry to the USA if you have a drugs conviction.

There will be other officers and resources used during the festival period - some may be more visible than others.

We are not there to hinder your entry into the site or to ruin your festival experience. We are there to make sure that every festival-goer has an equal opportunity to enjoy the experience in a safe and drug free environment.

Check if there are going to be drugs amnesty bins on the approach to the festival entry points and release messaging to make people aware of them

There will be a zero tolerance policy with regards to possession of controlled substances. If you get caught bringing drugs to the festival or ignore the amnesty bins you can get yourself:

• arrested

• a criminal record

• ejected from the site

Stay with friends, alcohol will make you more vulnerable to theft, assault and sexual assaults.

Never leave a drink unattended.

It is an offence to be in possession of an illegal substance. This will result in arrest and charges.

You can never be sure what’s in an illegal drug or how it will affect you.