Can I start by saying - we have only had 3 acquisitive crimes recorded across the whole of Maidenhead, in the last 24 hours ! I hope you are beginning to pick up from my reports that crime is well down. Occasionally someone comes back from a long 'holiday' and things pick up a bit, but we crack down on them very fast now. We continually visit our prolific offenders and do welfare checks on them. Our intelligence gathering thanks to you, has also improved enormously, enabling us to target our resources more accurately. Please keep that information flowing - it is paying dividends.

Reading the crime reports there seems to be a fair number of sheds being broken into across the Borough and lawnmowers stolen - a sit on mower has been stolen. As you clear everything away in your garden for the winter, put away your garden chairs and parasols, please secure them in your shed or garage so that they are not such an easy target. Put some noisy things around them, so they are not quite so easy to remove quietly.

Another think I have noticed - preparing these messages for the whole area - is plant troughs with flowers or box plants are being stolen. If you have any outside your house, can you secure them at the moment ?

CRIME:

BISHAM, COOKHAM, HURLEY & THE WALTHAMS:

12/9 - 10/10 Paley Street. A container used to store clay pigeon shots was broken into and a fire started. A lot of damage was caused.

9/10 Noon - 4 p.m. Hills Lane, Cookham. Garage break - garden tools stolen.

10/10 - 11/10 Hockett Lane, Cookham. Car rear windscreen smashed and an attempt to smash the front windscreen as well.

11/10 1.15 a.m. Cookham Dean Common. A person got out of a silver Merc and threw stones at a car breaking the windscreen.

12/10 daytime. Wickhurst Cottages. Burglary through forced rear window - Cameras, PS3, TV, Webcam and blue tooth headsets stolen.

12/10 - 13/10 Berries Road. Shed break - lawnmower stolen.

12/10 - 13/10 Bisham Road. Car passenger window smashed - handbag stolen. Later recovered in Maidenhead.

BOYN HILL, COX GREEN & WOODLANDS PARK:

9/10 daytime. Cox Green Lane. Burglary through forced rear patio doors - jewellery, camera, camcorder, laptop and Wii stolen.

9/10 - 10/10 St Marks Road X 3. 2 plant pots smashed. Brick thrown at hospital building causing damage. Wing mirrors pulled off of a car.

10/10 daytime Islet Road. Boat broken into - electrical items stolen.

11/10 3 a.m. Crauford Rise. Car parked in a garage had a window smashed.

4/10 - 5/10 The Pagoda. Car driver's door lock forced - sunglasses and £4 cash stolen.

9/10 - 10/10 Parkside. Car entered via insecure door - SAT NAV stolen.

12/10 - 13/10 Altwood Road. 2 ceramic planters with Box hedge balls stolen.

RIVERSIDE & BELMONT:

10/10 - 11/10 Keble Road. Car broken into by unknown means - SAT NAV & keys stolen.

INNER MAIDENHEAD:

9/10 - 10/10 KING Street Station - 2 bikes stolen.

10/10 - 11/10 York Road. The green on the bowling club was vandalised.

OLDFIELD & BRAY:

9/10 - 10/10 Lynden Close. Offender climbed over a fence using a wheelie bin causing damage and damaged plant pots. They were disturbed by the owner and made off.

6/10 - 9/10 Chantry Mews, Chantry Road. Car driver's door lock forced - drill and screw box stolen.

9/10 Daytime. Vanwall Road. Index plates stolen from a car.

12/10 5 p.m. Norden Road. Burglary through forced rear window -unknown if anything stolen.

10/10 - 11/10 Hawthorn Hill. Burglary by unknown means - CD's scattered.

PINKNEYS GREEN & FURZE PLATT:

10/10 1 a.m. Courthouse Road. Owner heard an explosion and looked out to see a fire had been set under the back of their car.

10/10 - 11/10 The Paddock. House egged.

9/10 - 12/10 Blenheim Road. Burglary through forced ground floor window - DVD's stolen.

NOT BAD AT ALL !