Its such a pleasure to be able to say all quiet again this week.

SAFE AS HOUSES intiative

The contract has now been received from the Home Office, signed, returned and the security equipment ordered for our bid - SAFE AS HOUSES. Unfortunately our NHW bid after being accepted for the first round, was not finally accepted in the second. We will therefore be property marking the belongings of those over 50 in hotspot areas. I will be tying up with your local Neighbourhood Team to get the project started. We have run a pilot in Old Windsor which went extremely well. Watch this space.

I met quite a few of you at the Older Persons Conference today - it was brilliant !

CRIME:

BISHAM, COOKHAM, HURLEY & THE WALTHAMS:

25/9 - 26/9 Gibraltar Lane. Boatyard broken into and boat damaged, another released from its mooring.

6/9 Daytime. The Street. Shurlock Row. MG stolen from the driveway.

28/9 - 29/9 Fifield Lane, Fifield. Burglary of a mobile home - IPOD, coins, alcohol, office equipment, digital camera, TV and batteries stolen.

18/9 3 p.m. Westacott Way, Littlewick Green. Walk in theft to offices - laptop stolen from a desk.

28/9 - 29/9 Manor Road, Shurlock Row. Car window smashed on a farm.

28/9 - 29/9 Manor Road. Attempt to hotwire a car. The battery was dead and another battery tried - which was also dead.

23/9 - 27/9 High Road, Cookham Rise. Car entered by unknown means - golf equipment stolen.

29/9 - 30/9 Broom Hill. Cookham Rise. Van roof tube broken into and copper piping stolen

BOYN HILL, COX GREEN & WOODLANDS PARK:

Additional police patrols have been organised throughout Cox Green over the last week or so.

28/9 5.30 - 8 p.m. Boyn Valley Road. Car passenger window smashed - CD Player stolen.

RIVERSIDE & BELMONT:

25/9 6.40 p.m. College Road. Car drivers window smashed - SAT NAV stolen.

26/9 - 28/9 College Road. Insecure car entered - wallet stolen.

28/9 7.15 p.m. All Saints Avenue. A witness saw a lad smash a car window reach in and take something then make off on a mountain bike. He is described as white, early 20's, skinhead, wearing a grey hoody and jogging bottoms. Sat Nav stolen.

28/9 - 29/9 Green Close. Car keyed.

26/9 - 27/9 Couthouse Road. Car passenger wing mirror forced off.

29/9 1.20 a.m. Norfolk Road. Owner heard a noise in the kitchen, saw a light on and the front door open. He looked out and saw a thief running away holding a laptop. Police attended immediately and carried out an area search. A suspicious lad was seen in Kidwells Park who discarded something in the bushes. As he matched the description he was arrested. Laptop, Driving Licence and other paperwork stolen. The item recovered from the bushes was a sock !

28/9 6 - 9 p.m. Norfolk Road. Insecure car entered - IPOD, SAT NAV and 2 laptops stolen.

INNER MAIDENHEAD:

27/9 St Ives Road. Librabry broken into - flat screen TV stolen.

27/9 - 28/9 South Road. Car passenger window smashed.

28/9 Late morning. King Street. Bike stolen from the railway station.

OLDFIELD & BRAY:

29/9 6.30 - 9 p.m. High Street. Car windscreen smashed - laptop & documents stolen.

PINKNEYS GREEN & FURZE PLATT:

29/9 - 30/9 Gardner Road. Red Nissan car stolen by unknown means. Index P 709 SUA if you see it parked up anywhere.