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.
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Crimes and priorities
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Action taken:
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Priority:
Repeated reports of anti social behaviour including fighting amongst groups of youths, inconsiderate and illegal riding of motorbikes and electric scooters in recreational areas along with vehicles causing issues in community car parks and near community centres in Emmer Green.
Action taken:
Key areas are being patrolled on a regular basis and officers are working closely with ASB officers and sharing information regarding any ongoing issues and persons involved. Any actionable information is being identified and assessed early on with offenders details and images being shared and named as soon as possible. Individuals involved are being spoken to where appropriate and patrols are being targeted for areas with repeated issues.
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Retail crime - Repeated shopliftings at the same stores within Caversham and the transition of handling stolen goods to other premises with the area.
Action taken:
Fast time identification of suspects for shoplifting and working closely with stores to identify offenders and gather evidence as quickly as possible for early arrests.
Plain clothes patrols and monitoring of locations at key times to catch offenders actively stealing and gather intelligence as much as possible to share with other teams and build a picture of where the stolen goods are going.
Visible uniformed presence whenever possible to deter offenders, offer reassurance to businesses and show visibility at key locations where offending occurs. -
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Theft From Motor Vehicles - There is sporadic theft from motor vehicles in Lower Caversham and Caversham Village residential streets mainly overnight. Offenders are sometimes targeting the same addresses causing distress for residents and concern as to offenders motivations.
Action taken:
NHPT are conducting plain clothes patrols and changing shift patterns to match the offending time. Key offenders have been identified and arrested in the past 3 months causing number of TFMV to reduce, however number of offences being recorded are being monitored daily to see if any further offenders can be identified.