Crime: 12 August 2010

Bikes are still being stolen in quite large quantities, some from Windsor Town Centre in full daylight, at busy times. Can you please keep your eyes open and pay particular attention to Bike Wracks. If you see anyone cutting or sawing at a bike lock / chain, please call the police immediately. A member of the Town Centre Team can be deployed very quickly. Sgt Nindy Sidhu has organised a very swift response – the Town centre Team are all going out equipped with bike marking strips. Everyone they meet in the Town Centre with a bike, will be offered the opportunity to have it marked on the spot by the police. IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED A LYCRAAAAH FORM PLEASE ENSURE YOU HAVE MARKED YOUR BIKE, EVEN IF YOU HAVE NOT YET RETURNED THE FORM TO KEN. So far we have only had the 2,000 or so sent out back in the dozens ! Another copy is attached for returning to ken.revell@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk

I have received a really good suggestion from a co-ordinator – putting the date of a crime, is not always sufficient to jog memories about what someone may have seen – could I put in the day as well. I have no idea what I was doing or where I was on the 9th August, but I know exactly where I was last Monday evening ! So thanks to that co-ordinator Days of the week as well from now on !

Another good reminder from a co-ordinator– recycling bins. These are dumped all around our properties, as we rarely have the room to keep them indoors. Please remember recycling and our wheelie bins can be used as climbing devices to get into higher windows ! Please store them somewhere out of sight.

A scam we have become aware of – if you are part of a business. A man checked into a local hotel, handing over a credit card as security. The next day he said he would pay cash and racked up quite a bill. Over the next few days the hotel became suspicious as they could not actually get a payment from him. The police were called – who did manage to get the payment made after discussions, but it appeared he had tried this successfully elsewhere, not paying for the services he had received – just be aware, there are scam merchants out there and be cautious. Dodgy builders particularly - you should be getting quotations on headed paper, with company registration and VAT numbers etc. It may appear to be a cost saving, but it may cost more in the long run. If you are of pensionable age, you can phone Julie Howard at Repair with Care for someone on her Trustworthy Tradesmen list. Her list covers every service you may need. Her number – 01628 545000.

Packages left on doorsteps by the GPO, letters and free papers sticking out of letterboxes. I have had loads of emails from co-ordinators saying this seems to be getting worse. We in NHW have to protect our neighbours in order to protect ourselves. Please take parcels in and leave a note, push letters through letterboxes etc. The same for wheelie bins on bin day. Just wheel them back onto driveways. An area with potential victims – these people are obviously not at home – draws crime and thieves to your area.

CRIME:
BISHAM, COOKHAM, HURLEY, THE WALTHAMS & LITTLEWICK GREEN:
There have been a series of Non dwelling breaks right across this Neighbourhood. Can everyone be on guard and alert ? Please report suspicious people, vans and cars to the police immediately.
4/8 – 5/8 Wednesday7 p.m. – Thursday 9 a.m. Quarrywood Road. Portacabin broken into – cash stolen.
1/2 - 5/8 West End. Stables entered – garden equipment stolen.
7/8 Saturday Early hours. Grubwood Lane – 5 this week. Shed breaks – garden equipment and tools stolen. 2 houses had side gates damaged.
30/7 – 5/8 Thursday Butchers Lane. Garage break – bike stolen.
24/7 – 7/8 Saturday Bisham Village. Shed break – mower stolen. 3rd this week.
7/8 – 8/8 Saturday 8 p.m. / Sunday 10.45 a.m. High Street, Cookham. Car rear window smashed.
2/8 Monday Lee Lane. Lead stolen from a garage roof.
27/7 – 7/8 Saturday. Choseley Road, Knowl Hill. Garden furniture stolen from garden.
6/8 Friday 1.20 – 5 p.m. Pond Cottages, Burchetts Green. Burglary through forced rear door – nothing stolen.
6/8 – 9/8 Friday / Monday. Bradenham Lane. Petrol from a can possibly stolen from a boat poured all over a fence and set alight.
6/8 Friday 1 a.m. Burchetts Green Road X 2. Pond Cottages – burglary via forced rear door – not known if anything stolen. College – Glass broken in rear French windows – no entry gained.
8/8 Sunday 10.30 a.m. / 5 p.m. Bisham Village X 3. Garage break – scooter damaged in attempt to steal it. Locks forced off sheds and searched – nothing stolen.
8/8 – 9/8 Sunday 4 p.m. / Monday 7.50 a.m. Henley Road. Locks forced off and yard entered – agricultural equipment stolen.
8/8 – 10/8 Sunday 6 a.m. Tuesday 10 a.m. Grange Lane. Padlock forced from the fuel tank at the golf Club and over 1,000 litres of diesel stolen.
10/8 Tuesday 9.30 a.m. / 3.30 p.m. Bath Road, Littlewick Green. St. John the Baptist Church – lead flashing stolen.
11/8 Wednesday 3 a.m. Green Lane, Littlewick Green. CCTV shows 3 lads inside a building letting off fire extinguishers, having a water fight and vandalising the property.
10/8 – 11/8 Tuesday 8 p.m. / Wednesday 3 p.m. Green Lane, Littlewick Green. Shed break. The thieves tried to lift a petrol mower over a fence, but were unable to do it. Can everyone keep their eyes open ?
10/8 – 11/8 Tuesday 6 p.m. / Wednesday 7 a.m. Milley Road, Waltham St Lawrence. Outbuildings entered. All windows smashed and interior vandalised.
10/8 – 11/8 Frogmill. Tuesday 3 p.m. / Wednesday 10 a.m. Boat broken into and fuel stolen.

BOYN HILL COX GREEN & WOODLANDS PARK:
8/8 Sunday 2.45 – 4.30 a.m. Altwood Road. Wall damaged.
6/8 Friday 6 p.m. Boyn Hill Road. Burglary. Thief climbed onto a single story extension then into the house by reaching in through a small window which had been left open, to open a larger window – laptop stolen. Domestic CCTV shows 2 lads wearing hoodys going around the back of the property.
A member of the family had posted a message on Facebook saying they would be going away on holiday for 2 weeks – not a good idea !!!
6/8 Friday 2.30 a.m. Phipps Close, Woodlands Park. A car owner heard their dog bark and looked out to see 2 lads acting suspiciously beside his car. They then ran off. In the morning he went out to find his fuel line had been cut and a can full of petrol sitting under the car. One was wearing a light coloured hoody, the other in a dark one.. Both aged about 14 – 16.
8/8 Sunday. 10.30 – 11 a.m. Boyn Valley Road. Thieves stole a Honda moped parked on the road with a steering lock attached. It has subsequently been found in Slough.
7/8 – 8/8 Saturday 9.30 p.m. / Sunday 8 a.m. Ribstone Road. Car bonnet scratched.
8/8 – 10/8 Saturday / Tuesday Folly Way. Garden wall graffitied.
10/8 Tuesday 7 – 9 p.m. Westborough Road. Car driver’s window smashed – SAT NAV stolen.
11/8 Wednesday 10.20 p.m. Castle Hill. House had a window smashed – the owner immediately reported the incident to the police as they saw a lad walking off towards Maidenhead. The police immediately attended and a lad was arrested in the area.

RIVERSIDE & BELMONT:
14/7 – 1/8 Lockbridge Court X 2, Ray park Road. Bikes stolen.
8/8 – 9/8 Sunday 8 p.m. / Monday 8 a.m. Ray Street. Car keyed.

INNER MAIDENHEAD:
NO CRIME TO REPORT.

OLDFIELD & BRAY:
5/8 – 6/8 Thursday / Friday Monkey Island Lane. Hoel made in a shed wall 12’’ x 18’’Nothing appears to have been stolen.
6/8 – 7/8 Friday 9 p.m. / Saturday 7 a.m. Bray Road. Brick thrown at car causing dents.
6/8 – 7/8 Friday 11.30 / Saturday 1 a.m. Hibbert Road. Small hole made in a window.
6/8 – 7/8 Friday 8 p.m. / Saturday 11 a.m. Badger Close. Back window smashed. The owner heard a loud noise at 1 a.m.
8/8 Sunday. Cannon Lane. Van rear doors forced – tools stolen.
10/8 – 11/8 Wednesday 6 p.m. / Thursday 9 a.m. Stroud Farm Road. Attempted garage break – no entry gained.
11/8 Wednesday 1.40 a.m. Langdown Way, Brunel Way. House window smashed.
7/8 – 11/8 Sturday / Wednesday. Hibbert Road. Attempted buirglary by breaking glass panels in the front door around the lock – The key had been left inside in the lock – but the door had been bolted, top and bottom.

PINKNEYS GREEN & FURZE PLATT:
7/8 – 8/8 Saturday 12 noon / Sunday 6 p.m. Pinkneys Drive. Workshop window forced – nothing stolen.

The number as always - 0845 8 505 505 or Crimestoppers in complete confidence on 0800 555 111.