Right now on iPhone — Alexo is out on the App Store, free. Android is in the works: join the waitlist and you'll be first in when it lands — early reporters make the map better for their whole street.

Community street safety · London

Every report protects the person behind you

See something, report it in seconds, and everyone nearby gets a heads-up. Alexo is anonymous, free, and the more Londoners who use it, the safer our streets get.

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Why it matters

What goes unreported can't be stopped

When something goes unreported, it's like it never happened. No warning for the next person, no pattern anyone can act on. Speaking up is what changes that.

Seen, not shared

You witness something — but no one nearby ever finds out. The warning dies with you.

No pattern, no pressure

Isolated incidents never add up to a trend, so nothing changes and no one is held to account.

Blind before you go

Walking somewhere new with no idea what's been happening there lately — and no easy way to check.

How it works

Report in seconds

Long press. Pick a category. A 200-metre safety zone appears instantly. No forms, no sign-up required.

Open the map

See what's happening around you in real time

Report incident menu with categories grouped by theft, robbery, safety and property

Long press & choose

Categories are grouped — theft, robbery, safety, property. Tap the one that matches what you saw

Map showing active incident zones after reporting

Zone goes live

A ~200m zone appears instantly and everyone nearby is warned — your 5 seconds just protected your street

Every type of incident

From phone snatches to smash-and-grabs — every category has its own colour, expiry, and alert radius, tuned to how it actually unfolds on London's streets. What you saw becomes shared, usable awareness instead of a story you tell later.

Phone snatch

Grab-and-run theft

Bike theft

Locked or unlocked

Pickpocket

Bag or pocket theft

Masked person

Suspicious concealment

Moped robbery

Drive-by theft

Vehicle break-in

Smashed window

E-bike theft

Electric bike / scooter

Weapon spotted

Visible weapon

Harassment

Verbal or physical

Sexual attack

Assault or exposure

Smash & grab

Storefront raid

…plus assault, street robbery, public disorder, burglary and more — 19 street-level categories in all.

Community

Strength in numbers

One report is a heads-up. A few from different people, and it's clearly real. Alexo just counts independent reports — there's no mystery algorithm deciding what's true. The more people report, the more you can trust what you see.

1 report

Unverified

2 reports

Reported

3–4

3-4 reports

Confirmed

5+ reports

Verified

Before you go

Check it before you walk it

More than a live map. Before you head somewhere, Alexo shows you what's actually been going on there, from real reports and the area's own history.

Route-risk advisor

Score a walk before you take it. Alexo weighs reports and patterns along the way, so you can pick the calmer route — or the better time to leave.

Living area report

Search any part of London for a clear read — how it compares to typical London, what's changed lately from Met records, and what's within a walk.

Seasonal patterns

Honest month-by-month and weekday base rates for an area — the rhythm of the city, drawn from history. Real context, not scare tactics.

Privacy

Private by default

Anonymous to report, accountable as a network. No one — not even us — can identify who reported what.

Anonymous by design

No email, no phone number, no name required. Just open the app and use it.

Approximate zones

~200m radius zones, never exact coordinates. No pin-pointing, no witch-hunting.

Auto-expiry

Reports vanish after 2 hours automatically. No permanent record kept.

No tracking

Your location shows nearby zones but is never stored or shared.

Alert settings with notification radius slider and category toggles

Notifications

One alert, when it matters

Confirmed zones near you trigger a single clear notification. No noise, no fear-mongering — just useful awareness.

Alexo

Confirmed zone near you

Phone snatch near Oxford Circus. 3 reports in 40 min. Tap to view.

now

✓Set your own notification radius (200m – 2km)

✓Toggle alerts per category — only see what you care about

✓Only confirmed reports (2+ people) trigger notifications

Personal safety

When seconds count, share your live location

Alexo isn't only about the map. Tap SOS and your live location streams to the people you trust until you're safe. No fiddling about when it matters most.

One-tap SOS

No setup mid-crisis. One tap starts a live share, and the people who matter see exactly where you are.

Only people you trust

You choose who can see you. They get a private live link — no app required — and only while an SOS is running.

You stay in control

Live location is shared only with contacts you pick, only during an SOS, and never with us. End it anytime.

SOS setup screen — add trusted contacts so the shield button can fire

The movement

Crime relies on no one noticing.
Together, we notice everything.

Every person who joins makes the map more useful and the streets a little safer to walk. That's the whole idea — safer London, by Londoners.

We started building Alexo after one too many "be careful around there" messages between friends — warnings that always arrived too late, in the wrong group chat. London already looks out for each other; the knowledge just never travels further than the people standing next to you.

Alexo is our attempt to fix that: a shared map where a warning takes five seconds to give and reaches everyone who needs it while it still matters. No accounts to build, no data to sell, no fear dressed up as a feature. Just Londoners, counting on each other — literally.

— The Alexo team, London

Fair questions

Before you ask

The things people rightly want straight answers on, answered straight.

Won't a safety map just make me more anxious?

We designed against that from day one. Zones are calm amber, not red; live reports expire after two hours instead of piling up; and area reports compare honestly against typical London rather than shouting. The goal is a quiet "good to know" — not a jump scare.

What stops false or malicious reports?

Several things working together. Reports only gain standing through consensus — independent reports from different people in the same area. You have to be physically nearby to report, rate limits cap how much any one person can submit, duplicates from the same device don't stack, and the community can flag anything inaccurate. A lone false report simply fades on its own — it takes real people to make a zone strong.

Is it really anonymous?

Yes. No name, no email, no phone number — the app works with an anonymous account from first open. Reports are ~200-metre zones, never exact pins, so nothing points at a person or a doorstep. And live reports auto-expire after two hours.

How much does it cost?

Nothing. Alexo is free, with no ads, and we don't sell data. A safety network only works if everyone can be on it.

When can I use it?

Right now on iPhone — Alexo is out on the App Store, free. Android is in the works: join the waitlist below and you'll be first in when it lands — early reporters make the map better for their whole street.

Help make London safer — starting with your street

Join the Londoners looking out for each other. Every person who signs up makes it work a little better for everyone around them.