Still very quiet and crime over the weekend well down on last year.

Our Neighbourhood Watch members never cease to amaze me. I ask for some suggestions - the use of TV screens in public areas to promote crime prevention messages and what a fantastic response I have received. Several members have asked if I would like them to follow it up - yes please. The others will be followed up by our Neighbourhood Teams. Brilliant suggestions, message content suggestions which are really helpful.

Things to be aware of - Evenings drawing in, time to get those timers sorted out if it is dark before you get home from work. If you don't have any, think about getting several over the next few months. Which lights to leave on ? When your house is occupied, go outside and have a look. It will be more than the hallway and an upstairs landing ! Set the timers in those rooms on side lights. In a downstairs room, just audible from the front door, have the timer set on a talk radio station.

Lastly, Many of you say you had secured your car before leaving it, but find it broken into without any damage. There is a way that this can happen, particularly if you have one of the modern electronic keys. There are gadgets on the market that can jam the signal, if you simply point and click your car to lock it. If you have an electronic key, you must check the car door handles every time you lock it, to make sure your car is in fact locked. If there is no damage, you will have problems with your insurance company, as they will insist you left your car unlocked and you will have no means of proving otherwise.

CRIME:

BISHAM, COOKHAM, HURLEY & THE WALTHAMS:

26/9 - 27/9 Waltham Road, Cricket Club - broken into and searched.

25/9 - 26/9 Mill Lane. Caravan door damaged.

26/9 11.20 - 11.40 a.m. Grubwood Lane, Cookham Dean. Car broken into while the owner was picking berries along the road - handbag stolen.

27/9 4.30 P.M. Marlow Road. A cabbage was thrown from a motorway bridge which smashed the windscreen of a bus passing beneath. You can imagine what the possible outcome might be. If anyone knows who may have been involved we need to locate them to make sure they never do any such thing again.

BOYN HILL, COX GREEN & WOODLANDS PARK:

23/9 - 25/9 Purssell Close. Car passenger door lock punched out. - car searched.

RIVERSIDE & BELMONT:

27/9 1 a.m. Sheephouse Road. A circle of petrol was poured around a car and set alight. The owner heard the noise and was able to put the fire out.

27/9 10 a/m/ - 2.14 p.m. Ray Mill Road West. Car rear windscreen smashed.

26/9 9.30 p.m. Blackamoor Lane. A car was hit by a bottle causing its rear windscreen to smash and dents to the boot.

18/9 - 25/9 Courthouse Road. Lead flashing stolen from a bay window.

INNER MAIDENHEAD:

OLDFIELD & BRAY:

24/9 - 25/9 Fifield Lane. Rubber mats stolen from stables.

26/9 - 27/9 Rixman Close. Car front & rear windscreen smashed and the body work dented. This must have been very noisy. Did anyone see or hear anything ?

11/9 - 25/9 Monkey Island Lane. Offenders climbed over a fence and stole items from boats.

25/9 8 - 8.15 a.m. Badger Close. House front door left open to allow more air circulation - house keys stolen from just inside.

27/9 midnight. Stompits Road. A witness saw 3 lads crouched down hiding behind a car acting very suspiciously. They were then seen running away with a petrol can. The police were called and stopped a lad nearby with a petrol can - he was arrested.

PINKNEYS GREEN & FURZE PLATT:

NOTHING TO REPORT !! You would never have imagined that a couple of years ago - a mark of how things have improved - sometimes we forget.