According to our recent neighbourhood priorities survey, the residents of Beaconsfield voted burglary to be the their top concern and most important priority for their local neighbourhood team to focus on. Recently, Beaconsfield has seen an increase in burglary offences.

The team will continue with burglary prevention efforts. This includes high visibility patrols in areas with increased reports of burglaries.

A large part of burglary prevention is also community engagement, the team conduct regular have your say events in locations around Beaconsfield, these events give local residents the chance to speak to a member of their local neighbourhood team to raise any concerns for their community and receive crime prevention advice. Another way the team distribute burglary prevention advice is through a process called cocooning, in which they will deliver informational leaflets to households in close to proximity to a home that has just been burgled.

Burglaries are not just residential but can often impact local businesses. This month, a 52 year old male was jailed for 12 months for breaking into a Morrisons store in Beaconsfield while it was closed and attempting to steal cigarettes.

If you have any information please report on 101 or online at www. thamesvalley.police.uk.
Call 999 if crime in progress or you are at risk of harm.

Anti-social behaviour was the 2nd highest voted priority according to our survey. The team have been dealing with incidents of ASB issues such as drug use, noise complaints and youths trespassing on sites.

The Beaconsfield neighbourhood team utilise their patrols to target areas that have increased and/or consistent issues of anti-social behaviour, these patrols help to both detect and deter the behaviour.
In some cases anti-social behaviour falls below the criminal threshold, so the team adapt different approaches to address issues. Over the summer, there has been reports of teens congregating in dangerous areas such as abandoned buildings or swimming in open waters such as the Jubliee river. The team will seek to stop and engage with young people, educating around risks and giving words of advice. If an individual carries out persistent anti-social behaviour after being spoken to, there is various ASB legislation the team utilise to deal with individuals impacting the community negatively such as community protection warnings.
Due to a campaign ran by TVP to encourage ASB reporting, the entire of Bucks has seen a large increase in ASB reports. Beaconsfield has reportedly seen a significant increase in reported ASB than the same time last year, these reports assist the team in targeting the issues.
If you have any information please report on 101 or online at www. thamesvalley.police.uk.
Call 999 if crime in progress or you are at risk of harm.

Drug offences is the 3rd priority voted for by the residents of Beaconsfield in our recent survey

The team will patrols areas with increased reports of drug offences and stop and engage with individuals suspected or known to be causing the issues. Officers will seek to use policing powers such as stop searches where possible and will also utilise other options available such as community protection warnings on individuals to prevent further offending. They will also seek to gather intel to build a picture around drug dealing and drug usage in the area.

If you have any information please report on 101 or online at www. thamesvalley.police.uk.
Call 999 if crime in progress or you are at risk of harm.