Operated by: Thames Valley Police

https://www.thamesvalley.police.uk

Every 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.
Neighbourhood Policing…
  • 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.

Have Your Say logo 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.

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

Email: [email protected]

Telephone: 101

Website: https://www.thamesvalley.police.uk

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tvp_chiltsbucks

E-messaging: https://www.thamesvalleyalert.co.uk/

Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/thamesvalleypoliceuk

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thamesvp

Current Priorities

Issue

Speeding was highlighted as the 3rd priority by residents of Beaconsfield

Action

Due to the feedback received, the neighbourhood team will increase speed enforcement and checks to address the speeding and anti-social driving that presents an issue to the local community.

Special constables have also recently completed training with speed gun equipment and how to carry out effective speed enforcement on the roads. While road offences are typically a priority of the roads policing unit, the neighbourhood team will be planning more days of speeding enforcement on roads identified to have issues,
The neighbourhood teams across Buck continue to promote the community speed watch scheme, in which local residents volunteer to monitor the speeds in their neighbourhood with support from police. If you are interested in helping out you can contact the community speed watch co-ordinator: [email protected]
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.

Issue

Burglary has been identified as a top concern by the residents of Beaconsfield in the recent neighbourhood priorities survey

Action

The neighbourhood team will carry out high visibility patrols in locations a burglary has taken place or in locations where there has been increased report.
In light of burglaries, the team will also carry out a process called cocooning, where they will seek to visit the victims and engage with households in the proximity of the area, either via door knocks or leaflet drops.
Have your say events also continue to be conducted in locations around Beaconsfield. Usually conducted by PCSOs and sometimes PCs, these events give members of the public the opportunity to pick up crime prevention material and speak with their local neighbourhood team about any concerns they may have.
Burglary operations continue to take place, especially when a burglary series with repeat offenders has been identified. Due to cross border offending that resulted in 10 burglaries taking place in Beaconsfield, Aylesbury, Stoke Mandeville, Penn, High Wycombe and Loudwater, TVP conducted an investigation with the Met and Bedfordshire police. This resulted in 3 men being charged in connection with these burglaries. As burglary offenders are often individuals from out of the area who travel to Buckinghamshire to target homes in the county, collobartive efforts like this will continue to take place where necessary.

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.

Issue

In our recent neighbourhood priority survey, the residents of Beaconsfield identified drug offences as one of their top concerns, which can often come with associated anti-social behaviour. Locations such as Holtspur Way and Warwick Court continue to be prioritised by the team due to increased reports.

Action

The neighbourhood team will carry out high visibility patrols at peak times, currently the issues are identified to take place in the evenings so the team will utilise their late shifts to put visibility in the area.
They will seek to stop and engage with any individuals suspected of causing issues as well as carry out stop searches where necessary. Intel will continue to be built around drug usage and drug dealing. There are a number of solutions the team utilise to tackle drug offences. For lower level offences such as cannabis possession and with the recent issues of youths smoking cannabis around garages, community resolution ordered can be given to prevent further offending, the team have issued one to a male in recently and will seek to issue more where applicable.
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.