Royston Community Team

Rural Watch

September 2010

PC 431 Paul Marina PCSO Amy Rainbird PCSO 6522 Brabrook

Covering Arbury, Ermine, Weston & Sandon Wards.

Twenty Seven homes in Weston and Halls Green were visited by officers from Royston Safer Neighbourhood Team on Saturday, August 7. Residents were also able to visit a surgery hosted by members of the North Herts Crime Prevention Panel. The event was staged to raise awareness about crime prevention and about how to keep homes and property secure. PCSOs Chris Brabrook and Amy Rainbird called at 27 homes and carried out nine crime prevention surveys.

We have recently had a massive increase in fraudulent emails. One, which is allegedly from the Tax Office (HMRC) looks extremely genuine and claims to be offering the recipient a tax rebate. The mail provides a link for the user to take to a website which looks VERY like the real thing, but isn't. You would then be asked for all manner of personal information. We would STRONGLY advise you NEVER to submit your details upon reply to any unsolicited emails, even if you believe them to be genuine, without first checking with a trusted contact number, sourced from previous documentation which you know to be genuine. Incidentally, if they really had a business relationship with you, they would address you by name and not as "dear valued customer" etc. Any email which directs you to a website should raise a question mark and if at all in doubt, Google the site they are claiming to be directing you to, to ensure that you are definitely using the genuine website. There is also a very convincing looking Hotmail email which invites you to take a link to a bogus site - please be very cautious over anything which arrives in your in box uninvited.

There has been a spate of incidents recently in which thieves have stolen the catalytic converters (part of the exhaust system) from cars, vans and trucks because they contain a high-value metal.

Vehicles can be a target anywhere, be it at home on the drive, at commercial premises, in hotel, supermarket or retail car parks. When parking, we urge motorists to be vigilant both in regard to their own vehicle and others. If you see someone under a car it may be that it belongs to them and it has broken down. However, if you see anyone under a vehicle and you consider their behaviour to be suspicious, please contact us – it could be someone stealing the catalytic converter.

Thieves generally seem to target 4x4s and trucks which are parked nose-first into car parking spaces at the edge of large retail parks and other similar areas. Vehicles parked close to bushes have been targeted, perhaps because the thieves can operate away from people and CCTV cameras.

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Hinxworth	High Street	19/08/10 1215 – 1245	20 veh / 34 mph / 20.2 mph
Newham	Ashwell road	20/08/10 1130 - 1200	23 veh / 37 mph / 29.8 mph
Weston	Damask Green Road	20/08/10 1450 – 1520	28 veh / 36 mph / 22.4 mph
Bygrave	Upper Bygrave	19/08/10 0910 - 0940	22 veh / 38 mph / 25.3 mph
Ashwell	Station Road (40 limit)	26/08/10 1720 – 1750	27 veh / 55 mph / 38.2 mph
Ashwell,	Newnham Way	26/08/10 1630 - 1700	33 veh / 35 mph / 25.8 mph

Date & Times	Location	Cautions	Fixed fines	Prosecutions
18.08.10 08.10 – 08.50	Barley Camb Rd	5	1	0
24.08.10 09.45 – 10.15	Barley London Rd	2	0	0
18.08.10 09.00 – 09.40	Therfield Rooks Nest	3	2	0
24.08.10 08.25 – 09.00	Therfield Rooks Nest	3	0	0
18.08.10 10.30 – 11.00	Mill End Rusden	2	0	0
24.08.10 13.45 – 14.15	Mill End Rusden	3	1	0
18.08.10 11.15 – 12.15	Barkway Camb Rd	4	2	0
24.08.10 09.00 -09.30	Barkway Camb Rd	3	1	0

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

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Date
G4/10/578	Theft	Newnham	01/08/10
Offender(s) stole sound equipment.

Crime no.	Offence	Location	Time & date
G4/10/580	Fraud-False representation from account holder	Bygrave	19/07/10 – 02/08/10
Offender(s) have used account details to obtain a loan

Crime no.	Offence	Location	Time & date
G4/10/590	Damage and Destroy	Ashwell	05-06/08/10
Offender(s) have tried to gain entry to rear of property, but were unsuccessful.

Crime no.	Offence	Location	Time & date
G4/10/602	Theft	Radwell	08/06/11
Offender(s) have removed wheel clamp and stolen a caravan.

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G4/10/615	Theft from motor vehicle	Baldock	13/08/10
Offender(s) have stolen a magnetic beacon from a vehicle

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

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G4/10/587	Theft from Motor Vehicle	Royston	06/08/10
Offender(s) have removed a catalytic convertor from a vehicle.

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G4/10/603	Criminal Justice Offence	Barley	11/08/10
Offender(s) entered the country illegally offender(s) had no documentation or identification.

Crime no.	Offence	Location	Time & date
G4/10/625	Burglary	Barkway	16/08/10
Offender(s) have stolen petrol from a container.

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G4/10/635	Theft	Reed	21/08/10
Offender(s) have cut padlock to a compound and stolen electric cable.

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

Crime No.	Offence	Location	Time & Date
G3/10/456	Theft from motor vehicle	Weston	22/08/10
Offender(s) have stolen front and rear number plates from a vehicle.

Reported Hare coursing Incidents in our area.

	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	April	Total
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
08-10	3	3	10	3	1	1	2	1	24

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

Last time we attended

RUSHDEN	08/07/09	SANDON	22/04/09
THERFIELD	14/04/10	REED	04/03/09
BARKWAY	23/06/10	BARLEY	01/06/09
KELSHALL	20/04/09	NUTHAMP	09/06/09
ASHWELL	02/06/10	BYGRAVE	14/01/09
CALDECOTE	05/05/08	WESTON	12/08/10
RADWELL	10/05/10	WALLINGTON	08/07/09
HINXWORT	03/09/09	CLOTHALL	02/07/08

Area	Last Meeting	Next Meeting	Location and Time
G4E	Monday 26th July 8pm		Parish Rooms
G4D	Wed 3^rd February 2010	Weds 1st Sept 8pm	Barkway Village Hall
G3C	Tue 2^nd February 2010	Weds 25th August at 8pm	Rushden Village, Hall.

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 , Charlie Snowdon

Meeting

20/01/10

Tasks set

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. 10 Speed checks a Month. From June 09 to Sep 09 to have a temporary trial on monthly enforceable checks in Barley, Therfield & Rusden.

Surgeries all times 10.30 – 12.00
Barkway – Reading Room. Barley – Church. Weston – Post Office. Ashwell URC Hall. Sandon Cecil Sales
Weds 8^th Sept - Weston	Thurs 2^nd Sept - Barley	Fri 3^rd Sept - Ashwell
Weds 13^th Oct - Sandon	Thurs 14^th Oct - Barkway	Fri 1^st Oct - Ashwell
Weds 3^rd Nov - Weston	Thurs 11^th Nov - Barley	Fri 5^th Nov - Ashwell
Weds 8^th Dec - Sandon	Thurs 9^th Dec - Barkway	Fri 3^rd Dec - Ashwell

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

http://www.herts.police.uk/CCTV/gallery.htm

Rural Watch

Jan

RUSHDEN

SANDON

THERFIELD

ASHWELL

BYGRAVE

CALDECOTE

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