Reported crime still low.

You will recall I asked if anyone else may have suffered a theft of central heating oil ! It appears many of you have used much more oil than normal - no evidence that it has been stolen. As a result, we would recommend you do not rely upon the gauge, but actually dip check the tank once a week to monitor exactly how much you are using. Then if suddenly there is a large drop, it should show up and your records show evidence of a crime taking place. Please also remember to dip check both before and after, any oil deliveries.

I have had another trawl through Command & Control the police computer system and am so pleased that you are phoning in, in much higher numbers. There were phone calls about men going door to door trying to sell generators and pressure washers, double glazing salesmen, people trying to change electricity suppliers, Nottingham Knockers (young 'unemployed' men going door to door selling household products, a suspicious car driving round an area at 2.30 a.m.. Thank you, these are exactly what should be reported. Suspicious cars most importantly as they could be going around looking for potential targets - and - many of us will be away over the bank holiday weekend. Please remember to set lights on timers as well as leaving a radio set to a talk radio station, set on a timer !

CRIME:

PINKNEYS GREEN:

30/4 - 1/5 Pinkneys Drive. Entry through dining room window. Keys and a BMW stolen. Fortunately 3 bags of items were found at 11.30 a.m. in Altwood Road - House keys included !

BOYN HIILL:

1/5 4 - 8.15 p.m. Boyn Hill Road. Entry through smashed rear back window - expensive jewellery stolen. Please make sure no valuable or sentimental jewellery is left in your main bedroom where it would be easy to find. Please separate it out. Sentimental and jewellery you would be devastated if you lose into the loft securely. Items you wear kept on you, but if removed placed where it would take an opportunist thief more than 5 minutes to find. Cheap costume jewellery can be left out !

BELMONT:

1/5 4 - 6 p.m. Bailey Close. Car window smashed - alarm activated and Sat Nav stolen.

FURZE PLATT:

19/4 - 1/5 Cookham Road. Shed break - items moved but nothing stolen.

RIVER AREA:

3/11/07 - 1/5 Coln Close. Car boot and doors scratched.

INNER MAIDENHEAD:

1/5 6.30 - 7 p.m. Forlease Road. Car on driveway keyed.

HURLEY:

20/4 Henley Road. Car cover stolen - perhaps to identify the car beneath

BRAY:

29/4 - 30/4 High Street. Rear driver's window smashed - laptop stolen from under drivers seat.

HOLYPORT:

29/4 - 30/4 Byland Drive. Printers stolen from the back of a van - some were abandoned and recovered from a nearby road.

29/4 - 30/4 Stud Green. Several businesses broken into.

29/4 - 30/4 Wildwinds, Windsor Road. Lead flashing stolen.

30/4 - 1/5 Wildwinds, Windsor Road, padlocks on a building site smashed off. Site entered and wooden velux windows stolen.

27/4 - 29/4 Priors Way. 2 windows smashed in empty house.

WHITE WALTHAM:

29/4 - 30/4 Pub in Littlefield Green - index plates stolen.

30/4 9.30 a.m. Smewins Road. Fly tipping

SHURLOCK ROW:

1/5 Hungerford Lane. Integral garage broken into - nothing stolen.