- published: 25 Feb 2016
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In law enforcement and telecommunications, Single Non-Emergency Number or SNEN is a phone service run by police forces and local councils in England and Wales and is used for the public to contact police forces in the UK. Some forces currently have a different telephone number, the SNEN project proposes to make 101 the same number for all English and Welsh police forces, in a system similar to 112 and 999.
The purpose of the service is to use it for reporting minor and non-emergency crimes where immediate or high-priority response is not required, such as anti-social behaviour, street defects, nuisance rubbish, noise nuisance, abandoned cars and other minor traffic offences. When the number is dialled the caller is put through to the local constabulary's Force Contact Centre.
The 101 Non-Emergency Number is for Police matters, a further Non-Emergency Number of 111 will be for Health matters.
The 101 number is provided for the following purposes:
In Sheffield, these issues can also be reported by calling 101: