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
Website: https://www.thamesvalley.police.uk
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tvp_reading
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/thamesvalleypoliceuk
Telephone: 101
E-messaging: https://www.thamesvalleyalert.co.uk/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thamesvp
Email: [email protected]
Current Priorities
Issue
Drugs being dealt – areas of interest Battle Square, Kensington Road, Chester Street.
Drug dealing has also been reported on Alma street and Bridgewater close.
Action
Patrols are being focused on these area's, and intel has been submitted where appropriate. Persons of interest are being spoken to and searched where grounds exist.
ASB warning Sign's have been put up in the area.
An OP is being run imminently to target ASB on Oxford Road.
Issue
Reports have been coming is from incidents on Western Elms avenue of sex working and ASB here.
Action
Police have been working along side the charity CGL to get the working girls support for their addictions.
Op's are back being run monthly to focus on the offenders and arrest them when caught in the act with a sex worker.
work is being done to change the wall where the girl's congregate so they cannot sit and wait on this.
A meeting is in the process of being arranged with highways to amend the road dynamics so cars cannot stop on WEA after 6pm in the hotspot area.
Sign's are also being made warning motorists they are on CCTV and ANPR camera's.
MET Police are coming over to Reading to offer their expertise on Sex workers and how they tackle the issue
Issue
A Number of push bikes have been taken from outside the superstores on Oxford Road. Theft from motor vehicles/vehicle interference have been reported from Western Elms Avenue and the surrounding roads including Caversham road and surrounding roads
Action
Police are patrolling the hotspot locations where these crimes are occurring on a regular basis as a marked presence and to engage with any persons acting suspiciously.
We review CCTV of suspected offenders who have been reported to Police and when a positive ID is made arrest the suspect and secure a charge in custody.
Intelligence reports are also being submitted to help establish a bigger picture of crime in the area.