Royston Community Team

Rural Watch

December 2011

PC 431 Paul Marina PCSO Amy Rainbird PCSO 6522 Brabrook

Police are urging people to give cold callers a frosty reception this winter in a bid to prevent distraction burglary and related doorstep crime.

Frozen pipes, burst water mains and general problems with the water supply – these are just some of the excuses doorstep conmen, who are otherwise known as distraction burglars, will give this time of the year to try to con their way into someone’s home to steal.

Police are urging residents, particularly the elderly, to be aware of these tricks and not to let anyone into their homes.

Now a high-value commodity, heating oil is often stolen at night

§ MOVE IT: If the tank is located away from the house, move it closer where you can keep a better eye on it

§ SCREEN IT: If the tank can be seen from the road, then screen it with fencing or hedging.

§ CAGE IT: Consider building a metal cage around it with a secure entrance gate.

§ CONCEAL PIPE WORK: Reduce the locations that it can be attacked. Conceal external pipe work.

§ CUT THE POWER SUPPLY: Ensure that any electrical control boxes or switches are in a secure environment. (Your house?)

§ BLOCK VEHICLE ACCESS: Keep vehicles as far away from your tank as possible, Use locked gates, parking posts or hooped barriers. Install a driveway alert monitor

§ INVEST IN GOOD LIGHTING: Fit movement activated lighting and consider the type that activates a buzzer in the house when it switches on. Adjust the sensitivity to prevent false alarms.

§ CHECK YOUR HOME INSURANCE: Ensure that your home insurance covers you for the loss/theft of your heating oil.

Hinxworth	High Street	24/11/11 1400 - 1430	17 veh / 34 mph / 23.4 mph
Newnham	Ashwell road	28/11/11 1300 - 1330	24 veh / 36 mph / 26.8 mph
Bygrave	Upper Bygrave	23/11/11 1500 - 1530	27 veh / 41 mph / 27.6 mph
Ashwell	Station Road (40 limit)	29/11/11 1730 - 1800	22 veh / 47 mph / 36.7 mph
Ashwell	Newnham Way	15/11/11 0900 - 0930	31 veh / 38 mph / 33.25 mph
Weston	Hatch Lane	23/11/11 1225 - 1255	14 veh / 33 mph / 24.9 mph
Therfield	Causeway	15/11/11 10.00 – 10.30	20 veh/ 33 mph / 25.6 mph

G4E; - Ashwell, Hinxworth, Bygrave, Newnham & Caldecote

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G4/11/903	Burglary (House)	Ashwell	01/11/11
G4/11/962	Burglary (Factory)	Newnham	24/11/11
G4/11/963	Burglary (Factory)	Newnham	24/11/11

G4D; - Barkway, Barley, Reed, Nuthampstead, Newsells, Kelshall & Therfield

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G4/11/941	Theft	Barkway	15/11/11
G4/11/947	Possession Drugs	Reed	19/11/11
G4/11/948	Possession Drugs	Reed	19/11/11
G4/11/949	Possession Drugs	Reed	19/11/11

G3C; - Sandon, Wallington, Rushden, Clothal & Weston

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G3/11/578	Theft (Motor Vehicle)	Weston	13/11/11
G3/11/592	Possession Drugs	Clothal	25/11/11
G3/11/	Burglary (Factory)	Sandon	29/11/11

Reported Hare coursing Incidents in our area.

	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	April	Total
02-03	10	12	30	10	8	12	9	8	100
03-04	3	13	28	3	8	13	9	3	80
04-05	4	13	4	0	4	0	1	0	26
05-06	0	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	6
06-07	0	4	4	6	1	0	2	0	17
07-08	3	10	4	6	9	2	4	3	43
08-09	7	5	2	4	4	4	2	1	29
09-10	3	3	10	3	1	1	2	1	24
10-11	0	2	2	4	1	1	0	0	10
11-12	2	1	1

Number of Sunday Hare Coursing and Nuisance Vehicle Patrols Carried Out to Reduce coursing Nusience Motor cycling and Nusience 4 X 4 use, patrols per months, early start preferred, 7am or 8am.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	July	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
07								3	3	3	0	3
08	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	3	1	4
09	1	1	3	2	1	3	2	1	1	2	3	2
10	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
11	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

Last time we attended

RUSHDEN	28/09/10	SANDON	01/12/10
THERFIELD	06/09/11	REED	06/07/11
BARKWAY	11/04/11	BARLEY	04/10/10
KELSHALL	11/04/11	NUTHAMP	15/06/11
ASHWELL	02/06/10	BYGRAVE	07/02/11
CALDECOTE	28/03/11	WESTON	12/08/10
RADWELL	10/05/11	WALLINGTON	28/09/10
HINXWORT	01/09/11	CLOTHALL	13/12/10

Area	Last Meeting	Next Meeting	Location and Time 8pm
G4E	Thursday 11th August 2011		Parish Rooms, Ashwell
G4D	Tuesday 21st June 2011		Fordham Hall, Therfield
G3C	Thursday 11th August 2011		Village Hall, Rushden

G4E; - Ashwell, Hinxworth, Bygrave, Newnham & Caldecote

G4D; - Barkway, Barley, Reed, Nuthampstead, Newsells, Kelshall & Therfield

G3C; - Sandon, Wallington, Rushden, Clothal & Weston

Locality

Members

Martin Dingemans, Howard Marshall, Simon Holtom, Robert Law, Teddy Faure-Walker, Steve Jarvis, Andrew Young, Tony Hunter, Keith Bone

1. Tackling incidents of hare coursing and nuisance vehicle use within the rural community on Saturday & Sundays between the hours 06.00 – 19.00 (G4D, G4E, G3C).

2. To improve/increase intelligence gathering in relation to suspicious vehicles/persons and attend incidents when reported. (G4D, G4E, G3C)

3. To tackle speeding - locations West end / Newnham Way Ashwell, Station Rd, Ashwell. Upper Bygrave Rd, Bygrave, London Road, Barley, Cambridge Rd Barkway, The Causeway, Therfield, Ashwell Road, Newham, Damask Green Road, Weston, Outside the Moon and Stars public house, Rushden and High Street, Hinxworth. To carry on with trials up until a covert monitoring device can be installed. Then speed watch to carry on with speed detection for a year and then another covert check to take place.

http://snt.herts.police.uk/aCMS/team.php?nptID=63&dID=5

Please click on the below link to meet some of the people we wish to becomes friends with.

http://www.herts.police.uk/hertfordshire_constabulary/help_us_fight_crime/cctv_images.aspx

Rural Watch

December 2011

Jan

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RUSHDEN

SANDON

THERFIELD

ASHWELL

BYGRAVE

CALDECOTE

Please click on the below link to meet some of the people we wish to becomes friends with.