Your Local Neighbourhood Policing Team
Every neighbourhood in the Thames Valley area has a dedicated neighbourhood policing team that works together with the local community and partners to: reduce crime and incidents, bring more offenders to justice, protect the vulnerable and tackle violence against women and girls and improve victim service and public confidence.
Neighbourhood policing teams are led by senior police officers and include police officers, Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs), police staff, police support volunteers and the Special Constabulary.
They aim to make communities safer through an approach that is focussed on visibility, engagement, problem solving and community resilience.
You can receive regular updates on local information and incidents in or around your area by signing up to Thames Valley Alert.
Crimes and priorities
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Action taken:
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Priority:
People are more concerned about drug dealing within the public realm. Specifically, in the underpasses at the west end of the High Street
Action taken:
We completed a plain clothes operation with a focus on drug dealing in service yards and underpasses around the town centre. No such activity was detected but we will continue to take action at different times of the day/night/week
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People are concerned about reports of people riding devices too fast, inside shops and recklessly around the town centre, specifically within The Lexicon and near Waitrose
Action taken:
We have incorporated targeting e-bikes and e-scooters into other operations and, during one last week, seized an e-scooter being ridden around The Lexicon. We plan on doing this as part of our wider ranging operations.
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People report loud, inconsiderate, reckless driving around The Ring and Market Street
Action taken:
We are increasing the amount of speed gun trained staff on the team to run speed enforcement operations. We conducted patrols and intervened in offences around ignoring traffic signs, children not wearing seatbelts and construction and use offences.