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www.bikeregister.com and
consider your shed or garage
security where new bikes are
kept.
6. Make sure any money
from presents is kept in a
safe and secure location.
7. If your going out, leave
a light on and close
curtains to give the
impression that someone
is home. Use timer
switches on lights and
leave a radio or TV on.
8. Think about what you write
on social media about what
you have been buying, what
you have received over
Christmas and if you are going
out. Be careful not to advertise
that no one is home.
9. Report anything suspicious
to the police straight away.
Christmas is a time when we
sometimes forget to be aware
that the opportunist thief is
about. Here are some crime
prevention tips to remember:
1. After Christmas we advise
you not to leave the empty
boxes from your expensive gifts
on display when putting them
out for the refuse collectors.
This could alert potential
burglars as to what items you
have recently acquired. Take
them to a recycling centre or
fold down so that pictures and
information about the article
cannot be seen.
2. Register any valuables you
buy over the festive season on
the national property database
www.immobilise.com
and property mark any new
items with your postcode and
house number with a UV
security pen, engraving tool or
security fluid.
3. Record registration number
and take photo’s of any new
items to help with their
recovery if they were stolen.
4. Ensure you keep a record of
any new phone’s IMEI number.
5. If you have a new bicycle,
children’s or adult, take a
photo, register details on
We are working very closely
with Trading Standards to
inform people about Rogue
Traders such as our fishy sellers
in Wargrave or back in July
when people were going round
Lower Earley selling loft
insulation and claiming to be
from SSE.
Find a business and use the Buy
with Confidence scheme. All
businesses on the website have
been vetted and approved by
Trading Standards to ensure
they operate in a legal,, honest
and fair way.
www.buywithconfidence.gov.uk
Christmas Crime Prevention
I N S I D E
T H I S I S S U E :
Home &
personal
security
2
Drink
Driving
2
Packaging 2
No Cold
Calling Zone
3
Rural Crime
Officer
3
Community
Event
3
Thames
Valley Alert
4
Rogue Traders
T H A M E S V A L L E Y
P O L I C E
Thames Valley Alert D E C E M B E R 2 4 T H , 2 0 1 5 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1
D O N ’ T
M I S S
Christmas
Crime
Prevention
Drink Driving
Packaging
Rural Crime
Officer
Thames
Valley Alert
update
P A G E 2
“We want
everyone to enjoy
the festive period
and to be able to
look back on
great memories.
Don’t let those
memories be of
being a victim of
crime.”
Don’t Let Thieves
Steal Your
Christmas
Drink Driving
Packaging
Home and Personal Security
change in the way they
dispose of Christmas
wrappings, often putting them
in translucent bags outside
the home. If left outside your
home, the box which once
carried your new gadget
becomes an advert, telling the
world about those and other
high-priced items which may
be inside your home.
The way people recycle
household waste has meant
The safest thing to do is to
break down any large
cardboard boxes or fold them
inside out, so that you cannot
see the branding. You can
store them out of sight inside
the home until you can
dispose of them at your local
recycling site.
Don’t take a chance its not
worth it….drink driving is
totally unacceptable and is a
serious crime.
On average Thames Valley
Police catch 250 people each
month for drink-driving
Between Jan and Oct last year
the number of people caught
has increased by 14%
16% were women and 84%
were men.
20% were under the age of
drink driving
Drinking any alcohol makes
you a worse driver
Also it is important to
remember not to offer an
alcoholic drink to someone
who you know is driving
The only really safe way is
to not drink alcohol and
drive at all
Be neighbourly: by looking
out for each other you can
keep your neighbourhood a
safer place.
Always let people know
where you are, make travel
plans beforehand and try to
arrange a lift from someone
you know.
If you are going out have a
taxi number on you , always
sit in the back, behind the taxi
driver.
Don’t tell
the
burglar
what you
had for
Christmas
T H A M E S V A L L E Y A L E R T
No Cold Calling Zone
P A G E 3 V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 1
Back in May we had 45 roads in
the Wokingham Borough area
which are operating under No
Cold Calling Zone
Setting up a NCCZ is about local
residents or communities having
the confidence to say “NO” to
uninvited salespeople or to warn
rogue traders and cold-callers
that they are being watched.
Working with Wokingham Trading
Standards if anyone wishes to
become a NCCZ to reduce the
number of cold callers, then
assistance is available. NCCZ
street signs, stickers and the
necessary paperwork will be
provided free of charge. It is
important to remember that the
zones are not designed to
prevent charity collectors,
religious groups, political parties
or regular rounds men (milkmen)
from calling.
Contact for further information:
Gary Jaques-Williams—Fair
Trading Officer
Sonning has set up the scheme
in half of the village and in the
New Year hope to complete the
process and become the first No
Cold Calling Zone village in
Berkshire.
We look forward to celebrating a
NCCZ village.
agricultural machinery, fly tipping,
poaching and hare coursing which
can be unique to rural areas whilst
other crimes such as metal theft are
not but they all cause considerable
environmental and economic impact
and stress to the victims. They both
work with other partners such as
WBC and parish councils to tackle
rural crime issues which are of
importance to our rural community.
PC Laura Wright is the rural
crime PC who works together
with PCSO Suzie Carr. If you
would like a visit to discuss rural
security or you would like to have
a crime reduction survey
conducted on your property
please call 101 and ask for PC
2552 Laura Wright or email:
police.uk. Laura will specialize in
rural crimes such as theft of
Residents from Crail Close &
Thorpe Close, Wokingham
Rural Crime Officer
Community Event
Meet our
Rural Crime
Officer, PC
Laura Wright
The Emergency Services Fun Day
was held at Arborfield Garrison
Community Centre on Thursday
29th October, 2015. This was a
free event which was supported
by Thames Valley Police,
Berkshire Fire service,
Community Responders, Search
and Rescue, the Army, The
Cycles Smart Foundation and
South Central ambulance.
offences in Woodley.
Very importantly there were 30
messages about scams and rogue
traders, such as recently in
Winnersh when a lady had her bank
card stolen when someone asked
her for directions, producing a map
to distract her. We also sent out
information about a fish seller in
Wargrave who pressured a lady to
buy fish at very high prices and
working closely with Trading
Standards wanted to alert people
not to buy any goods or services at
the door.
In November we found some
jewellery in Whitegates Lane, Earley
and asked if anyone recognized any
of the items.
In September we had an increase of
tools stolen from vans around the
whole area but Twyford had 3 vans
broken into in one night and we
The Thames Valley Alert messaging
scheme covering the Wokingham
Borough area continues to sign up
new people every week. In January
2015 we had 6,200 people signed
up. Today we have 7222 people
registered.
Throughout the year we sent out
1974 messages, 98% of these went
out by email with the other 2%
going out either by text or
telephone.
Over 344 messages went out about
local burglaries and 601 messages
were about local news. Throughout
the year we sent 155 messages
updating you with information about
cases and their results, this is an
area we hope to improve on and
give you more information relating
to results such as in April two men
were sentenced to more that 2
years imprisonment for fraud
found people were forgetting to
lock their cars and vans.
Lock your vehicle was a message we
kept putting out around the area
and don’t leave items in vehicles.
Back in May sheds and garages in
Arborfield, Barkham, Swallowfield
and Three Mile Cross were broken
into. We asked for help to ring us
with anyone suspicious in the area
and people did. Throughout the
year people contact us with photo’s,
suspicious car/van registration
numbers and reports of doorstep
callers in their area, We really do
appreciate all the information you
send us either through the 101
number or a reply to Thames Valley
Alert or an email to me.
and finally I would like to wish
you all a joyful Christmas
season…
Christine
Loddon Valley Police Station
Rushey Way
Lower Earley
Reading , Berks RG6 4PS
Our lovely Police Dog Kei is hoping Santa
brings him some treats!
Thames Valley Police
Thames Valley Alert
www.thamesvalley.police.uk
