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Crime: 16 November 2012

 

We have had a series of burglaries in Windsor & Maidenhead through forced rear patio doors where the glass is smashed. I have been chatting with Anne Chalmers our Crime Reduction Officer about the advice we should circulate. We came up with the following:
 
Patio doors and windows are generally made from toughened glass, which is the same as car windscreens. When they are smashed, it makes no noise and the whole window / panel / shatters and falls to the ground, or is easy to push out. If you are burgled through any window, can I please ask you to negotiate with your Insurance Company, to replace it with laminate glass, rather than just replacing it with the same toughened / ordinary glass. Laminate glass is formed from 2 sheets of glass, with a plastic layer heat glued in between. If someone comes back and tries to break in a second time, it cannot be smashed. It really makes sense and will protect you and your family, if you are considering replacing any ground floor windows, please think about laminate.
 
CRIME:
BISHAM, COOKHAM, HURLEY, THE WALTHAMS, LITTLEWICK GREEN & KNOWL HILL:
maidenheadwestnhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk
Neighbourhood Page:
http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/yournh-tvp-pol-area-n107
14/11 – 15/11 Wednesday 3.30 p.m. / Thursday 8 a.m. Stables St. Martin’s Lane, Cookham. Thieves have climbed over a front metal gate, then a second wooden gate. They have then jemmied off the padlock to the Tack Room. Untidy search – Horse clothing – back protector, wellington boots, boots, loose change from a small cash box, Gel pad for horses back, neck fleece, head collars X 3, bridles X 6, bits X 3 stolen.
14/11 – 15/11 Wednesday 11.30 p.m. / Thursday 7.20 a.m. Laurel Cottages, Lower Road, Cookham Rise. Burglary. The owner got up in the night and went to the kitchen. They found drawers and a cupboard in the kitchen were open. They thought nothing of it and went back to bed. In the morning, they noticed the garage door was also half open. Purse and contents stolen.
14/11 – 15/11 Wednesday 7 p.m. / Thursday 7 a.m. Dean Lane, Cookham. BurglaryUNKNOWN MEANS OF ENTRY – Complete search of the stables – horse boxes opened. Nothing appears to have been stolen.
15/11 Thursday 2 a.m. / 5 a.m. Lower Road, Cookham Rise. Burglary via INSECURE REAR SIDE DOOR. Untidy search – mobiles X 2, cash, paperwork, handbag and contents, Play Station controller, Wii console and IPOD stolen.
14/11 Wednesday 7.30 p.m. / 8 p.m. West End, Waltham St. Lawrence. Car rear passenger window smashed – LAPTOP stolen from the rear footwell !!!!
14/11 Wednesday 6.30 p.m. / 7.45 p.m. Halls Lane, Waltham St. Lawrence. Car passenger window smashed – men’s bag hidden under the seat and contents stolen.
13/11 - 15/11 Tuesday 5 p.m. / Thursday noon. Heywood Farm Barns, Waltham Road. Thieves broke into an outbuilding / garage and stole tools and copper piping. The property has been recovered.
15/11 Thursday 1.30 p.m. / 2.15 p.m. College, Burchetts Green Road. Attempt to force driver’s door lock. No entry gained.
 
BOYN HILL, COX GREEN & WOODLANDS PARK:
maidenheadsouthnhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk
Neighbourhood Page:
http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/yournh-tvp-pol-area-n108
14/11 Wednesday 10 p.m. / 11 p.m. Boyn Valley Road. Car passenger window smashed – Briefcase containing documents stolen. If you see one discarded anywhere can you please contact us immediately on the 101 number ?
13/11- 14/11 Tuesday 10 p.m. / Wednesday 5.20 a.m. Culley Way, Cox Green. Burglary. Entry BY UNKNOWN MEANS - The owner awoke to find sets of house and car keys, along with a grey Renault Scenic (now recovered from Barrett Crescent, Wokingham) mobile phones X 2, wallet and contents stolen.
15/11 Thursday 1 p.m. / 2 p.m. Breadcroft Road, Woodlands Park. Then owner had someone at the door offering to do gardening work, which they accepted !!!!! When it came to payment, they wanted more cash than the owner had on them. As she has problems writing, she handed them her cheque book to write the cheque which she signed. Later she noticed 2 other chequers were missing. Far too much here to go into – we do not buy goods and services at the door, handing over cheque books to complete strangers etc. etc. etc. if you have a vulnerable neighbour like this, I hope you would offer your help ? In this circumstance, ‘Repair with Care’ can always assist with Trustworthy Tradesmen.
 
RIVERSIDE & BELMONT:
maidenheadcentralnhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk
Neighbourhood Page:
http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/yournh-tvp-pol-area-n192
14/11 Wednesday 1.30 a.m. / 8 a.m. Belmont Crescent. Burglary. The owner came down in the night and noticed their side door to the garden open. They pushed it back shut and thought no more about it. There was nothing apparently out of place. Later she noticed her purse was missing along with car keys, but the car was still on the driveway. Purse and contents, jewellery and bank cards stolen. The householder was concerned that because the side door had been left INSECURE, the Insurance company would probably not pay out – exactly right !
14/11 – 15/11 Wednesday 10 p.m. / Thursday 8 a.m. Ellington Park. car scratched and dented. Minor damage to the lock in an attempt to force it – no entry gained.
 
INNER MAIDENHEAD:
maidenheadcentralnhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk
Neighbourhood Page:
http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/yournh-tvp-pol-area-n193
14/11 – 15/11 Wednesday 9.15 p.m. / Thursday 6.30 a.m. Sounding Archway. Car passenger door top forced over to access the car. Attempt to hotwire it and the ignition and steering column damaged. Car not stolen.
 
OLDFIELD & BRAY:
maidenheadsouthnhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk
Neighbourhood Page:
http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/yournh-tvp-pol-area-n206
15/11 Thursday 7.25 p.m. Guards Club Road. Car rear windscreen smashed – 2 LAPTOPS AND BAGS PLUS AN EXTERANL HARD DRIVE AND A TABLET STOLEN. They may have been disturbed – BECAUSE OTHER VALUABLE ITEMS, WERE LEFT BEHIND !!!!!
 
PINKNEYS GREEN & FURZE PLATT:
maidenheadwestnhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk
Neighbourhood Page:
http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/yournh-tvp-pol-area-n213
14/11 – 15/11 Wednesday 9 p.m. / Thursday 8.30 a.m. Edith Road. A car which had been written off and was to be collected by an Insurance company stolen from the driveway.
14/11 Wednesday midnight / 7.15 a.m. Courthouse Road. Burglary – possibly using a key from the keysafe outside to gain entry – it is not known how this was done – handbag and contents stolen. The handbag and a couple of the bank cards were recovered abandoned in a nearby garden.

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