Pupils aged 15 and 16 at five schools across the city are being given safety packs containing panic alarms, which attach to phones and a cord that goes round the user's wrist. If a phone is grabbed, a 130-decibel alarm, designed to deter the would-be thief, is triggered.
Also included in the pack are ultraviolet marker pens to mark property, and a credit-card sized information card for noting phone details.
The scheme is run by City Watch Leicester, which encourages a preventive approach to crime, with support from the Safer Leicester Partnership and Leicestershire Constabulary.
Labour councillor Culdipp Bhatti, Leicester's lead member for community safety, said: "This scheme can help play an important role in making youngsters feel safer when they are out and about."
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