Operated by: Thames Valley Police
https://www.thamesvalley.police.ukEvery neighbourhood in Thames Valley has a dedicated Neighbourhood Policing team.
Neighbourhood Policing teams can be contacted via 101, the Thames Valley Police non-emergency number. Always call 999 in an emergency.
Neighbourhood Policing teams…- Are led by senior police officers and include police community support officers (PCSOs), often together with volunteer police officers, volunteers and partners.
- May serve one or several neighbourhoods.
- Work with local people and partners to identify, tackle and prevent local, low-level crime, anti-social behaviour, and any ongoing concerns.
- Provide you with a visible, accessible and accountable police service and aim to make your neighbourhood safer.
- Have been present in every Thames Valley neighbourhood since 1 April 2008.
- Focus all of their efforts on their dedicated neighbourhoods, building relationships with local people.
- Needs you to tell us about the issues that concern you in your area.
- Has transformed policing at a local level, to meet the needs of local communities.
- Is known as ‘Safer Neighbourhoods’ in Milton Keynes.
From the start of 2010, Thames Valley Police extended its neighbourhood consultation by introducing a wider range of publicised opportunities to meet neighbourhood teams.
We will provide open monthly meetings to allow the public to influence our priorities. These meetings will be branded as Have Your Say opportunities, and in many cases will be held in conjunction with partners.
View Have Your Say summary and flowchart (PDF 40 Kb - opens new window)Once local priorities have been identified, a broader ‘toolkit’ of problem-solving tactics is being made available to ensure crime and anti-social behaviour is tackled effectively.
Across the Thames Valley area, there are many successful Neighbourhood Action Groups which will continue to deliver local problem solving, but the introduction of Have Your Say meetings will allow neighbourhood teams to identify more quickly those specific local priorities that need attention.
Thames Valley Police views the introduction of Have Your Say meetings as a positive step in tackling issues that matter most to the public. I welcome your support and engagement in this endeavour.
Contact Details
Telephone: 101
Website: https://www.thamesvalley.police.uk
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tvp_banbury
E-messaging: https://www.thamesvalleyalert.co.uk/
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/thamesvalleypoliceuk
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thamesvp
Email: [email protected]
Current Priorities
Issue
Speeding
Speeding has been identified as an issue in our rural villages. Community Speedwatch is running in some villages with others looking to set up schemes in their areas.
The Neighbourhood Team are happy to support this where available and contact details are given.
Roads Policing colleagues have been asked to provide support in the Clifton area based on recent evidence provided by the CSW volunteers.
Action
May update:
The Neighbourhood Team have worked alongside West Oxfordshire NHPT, Roads Policing and the Rural Crime Team on dedicated Op Scalis operations. Here we use ANPR data and proactive policing methods in order to focus on those using are roads carelessly and illegally.
During May we held an operation running from Chipping Norton across the rural villages where a number of vehicles were seized and an arrest made of a male, suspected of driving under the influence of drugs.
The fixed safety camera date for April shows 1080 offences identified from the mobile cameras (data for whole of Cherwell)
Issue
Parking - particularly around schools - all areas however Bloxham a repeat area of concern.
Local residents have made representations around anti social and illegal parking in the area. This is particularly around schools at drop off and pick up time.
The Banbury Neighbourhood Team PCSOs are all tasked with high visibility patrols around the schools during these times. These patrols will take place at both our rural and urban school locations and take place when shifts allow. PCSOs can give fixed penalty tickets where appropriate and are supported by Police Officers from the team. Schools are encouraged to continue with their own messaging to parents around this and we have close links with the schools so that any ongoing issues can be raised to us promptly.
Action
May update:
Due to significant incidents that have occurred regionally our PCSOs have been significantly abstracted to cover other commitments, thus meaning there have been less patrols in May.
We hope to increase these throughout June and as ever promote good parking from parents around school drop off / pick up time.
This priority is also shared with Banbury Town schools and as such we encourage the public to be mindful of our resources v how many schools there are.
Issue
Theft of and from motor vehicles
The Neighbourhood Team have held a number of crime prevention meetings in villages across recent months. We are aware Great Bourton has been subject to offending and we are looking to identify a suitable date to hold a have your say meeting with residents in the near future.
Our Rural Crime Team continue to actively patrol and run operations and updates are available on their social media pages.
Action
May update:
Following our previous arrests linked to this type of offending we have now submitted a file for review where we are looking to seek charges against 2 identified suspects.
There has been a decrease in reports of this type of offending during May.
Upcoming Events
Rural Community Forum
Rural Community Forum
Where: Deddington Arms Hotel - Meeting Room Horsefair Deddington
When: 25 June 2025 at 18:30 - 25 June 2025 at 20:30