It's that time of year when I have to be on my travels again ! The costs of flights have gone up considerably, so I have no idea where I will be going, but I will have a good time wherever that is. I will be back in the New Year. Please remain alert while I am away. Caroline will take over Community Messaging while I am away.

Crime a lot quieter and our vehicle car crime spike has definitely tailed off towards the end of the week

CHRISTMAS IS COMING. We have a Christmas Crime Prevention Menu leaflet which will be available at the front desks of the police stations. It contains some really good advice. Below I have set out the advice relating to Christmas Shopping. In your home - please do not have presents under a Christmas Tree all beautifully wrapped and lit up - VISIBLE FROM THE ROAD, OR ANYONE CALLING AT YOUR FRONT DOOR. Each year we suffer burglaries and Christmas presents are stolen - please don't let that be you.

CRIME:

BISHAM, COOKHAM, HURLEY AND THE WALTHAMS:

2/12 7.30 - 8.10 p.m. School in Bisham Road, Bisham. Car passenger window smashed - IPOD and FM transmitter stolen.

1/12 10.30 p.m. The Terrace, Knowl Hill. Car driver's window smashed.

1/12 6 - 7.30 p.m. Pubs, Bath Road. Car rear windscreen smashed - laptop stolen. Vauxhall Astra. Car passenger window smashed - Sat Nav & briefcase stolen. Mercedes.

3/12 Daytime. Goulder's Cottages, Upper Culham Road, Cockpole Green. Burglary through forced rear door and window - stereo, laptop, 4 cameras and TV stolen.

BOYN HILL, COX GREEN & WOODLANDS PARK:

2/12 - 3/12 Hatfield Close. Car passenger window smashed with a stone - CD's stolen. Piaggo 207

RIVERSIDE & BELMONT:

30/11 - 1/12 Ray Lea Close. Car door lock popped - nothing stolen. VW Polo

1/12 - 2/12 Ray Park Avenue Bike stolen. X 8 cars broken into. Over the last month 16 cars have been attacked !

2.12 12.35 p.m. Bridle Road. Bike stolen.

30/11 - 2/12 Auckland Close X 2. Car driver's door lock popped - cash stolen. VW Polo. Car driver's door lock popped - Laptop bag stolen. VW Golf.

1/12 - 2/12 Chestnut Close X 3. Car driver's door lock popped. Nothing stolen. Seat Ibiza. Car driver's window smashed - Cash & SAT NAV stolen. Mercedes. 6 a.m. Car driver's window smashed - cash & SAT NAV stolen.

2/12 6.50 - 7.20 p.m. Blackamoor Lane. Car driver's window smashed - loose change stolen.

1/12 - 2/12 Ray Park Avenue X 4. Car driver's door lock popped - nothing stolen. VW Golf - repeat victim. Car rear windscreen smashed - Briefcase and contents stolen. Toyota Rav.

1/12 2.25 p.m. North Town Road. Insecure car broken into - handbag stolen. Mercedes.

1/12 - 2/12 Camperdown. Car door lock forced - nothing stolen. Fiat Punto.

25/11 - 3/12 Ellington Park. Ford Transit van stolen index N 905 PBE. Any sightings please to the Intel line:

ringmasterintelligen@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk

INNER MAIDENHEAD:

1/12 6.55 - 11.15 p.m. Queens' Walk. Bike Stolen.

2/12 11.30 a.m. York Road. Car driver's window smashed - SAT NAV and jacket stolen. Both items recovered discarded nearby. Offender disturbed.

2/12 Daytime. King Street. Both wheels stolen from a bike.

1/12 12.30 - 3.15 p.m. High Town Road. Chain cut on 3 bikes and one stolen.

OLDFIELD & BRAY:

2/12 7.30 - 8.50 High Street, Bray. Car rear windscreen smashed - Clothing - Christmas presents - stolen. BMW. These are our first Christmas Presents stolen. Please be extra careful with these. If you are going shopping, take some supermarket carrier bags with you. Put any expensive shopping bags inside these inside the shop, before you come out onto the street. If you have a lot of shopping please be discrete if you go back to a car and load them in the boot, before leaving to buy more. Keep some black dustbin liners in the boot to cover over any bags so that anyone watching from a distance won't be able to see them. FINALLY, if you have electronic car door locking, make try a door handle before walking away to make sure the key signal has not been interfered with.

1/12 2.35 a.m. Rushington Avenue. Witness saw 2 lads going up and down driveways and confronted them. They immediately made off climbing over and damaging several fences.

1/12 4.45 p.m. Long Lane, Braywoodside, Hawthorn Hill. Burglary through forced side door - nothing stolen.

2/12 - 3/12 Stroud Farm Road. Hayrick set on fire causing about £5,000 worth of damage !

28/11 - 1/12 Curls Road. Communal bike store broken into and bikes stolen.

PINKNEYS GREEN & FURZE PLATT:

30/11 - 1/12 Edinburgh Road. Car door prised open - tools stolen. Citroen van.

2/12 7.45 - 10.15 p.m. Brompton Drive. Burglary through insecure rear door - handbag stolen.

2/12 - 3/12 Allenby Road. Vodka bottle smashed through car rear window.

Keep safe and have a good Christmas and New Year.