Every neighbourhood in Thames Valley has a dedicated Neighbourhood Policing team.

Neighbourhood Policing teams can be contacted via 101, the Thames Valley Police non-emergency number. Always call 999 in an emergency.

Neighbourhood Policing teams…

• Are led by senior police officers and include police community support officers (PCSOs), often together with volunteer police officers, volunteers and partners.
• May serve one or several neighbourhoods.
• Work with local people and partners to identify, tackle and prevent local, low-level crime, anti-social behaviour, and any ongoing concerns.
• Provide you with a visible, accessible and accountable police service and aim to make your neighbourhood safer.
• Have been present in every Thames Valley neighbourhood since 1 April 2008.
• Focus all of their efforts on their dedicated neighbourhoods, building relationships with local people.

Neighbourhood Policing…

• Needs you to tell us about the issues that concern you in your area.
• Has transformed policing at a local level, to meet the needs of local communities.
• Is known as ‘Safer Neighbourhoods’ in Milton Keynes.

From the start of 2010, Thames Valley Police extended its neighbourhood consultation by introducing a wider range of publicised opportunities to meet neighbourhood teams.

We will provide open monthly meetings to allow the public to influence our priorities. These meetings will be branded as Have Your Say opportunities, and in many cases will be held in conjunction with partners.

• View Have Your Say summary and flowchart (PDF 40 Kb - opens new window).

Once local priorities have been identified, a broader ‘toolkit’ of problem-solving tactics is being made available to ensure crime and anti-social behaviour is tackled effectively.

Across the Thames Valley area, there are many successful Neighbourhood Action Groups which will continue to deliver local problem solving, but the introduction of Have Your Say meetings will allow neighbourhood teams to identify more quickly those specific local priorities that need attention.

Thames Valley Police views the introduction of Have Your Say meetings as a positive step in tackling issues that matter most to the public. I welcome your support and engagement in this endeavour.

• Read more about Have Your Say meetings.

Contact Details

• website: https://www.thamesvalley.police.uk
• twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tvp_bracknell
• youtube: http://www.youtube.com/thamesvalleypoliceuk
• telephone: 101
• e-messaging: https://www.thamesvalleyalert.co.uk/
• facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thamesvp
• email: [email protected]

Neighbourhood Priorities

Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) that has a significant impact on the community,
Identified locations include playparks, local shopping precincts, town centre cinemas and the Point complex.

Issue Date Thursday 1st June 2023

The Neighbourhood Team work in conjunction with the partner agencies and landowners to deter incidents and identify offenders.
18 June 23 – Neighbourhood Officers called to assist with a number of youths been disorderly within Cineworld, one youth was racially abusive and was arrested for assaulting an officer.
19 June 23 – Neighbourhood Officers called into the town centre dealt with a drunken female who was arrested as she had assaulted a male member of public by biting. A adult male who had been reportedly seen carrying a knife, and a group of youths for trespassing on the roof of a Lexicon store.
06/06/2024 - Town centre patrols are conducted throughout the week and we have responded to incidents of Anti Social Behaviour (ASB) reported within the town. We continue to work with management and security of The Lexicon and Bracknell Forest Council to combat issues as they arise, we have conducted patrols targeting the unlawful e-scooter riding and related issues, seizing a number of the e-scooters.
We have also dealt with inappropriate riding of mopeds by delivery riders, seizing 5 mopeds which did not have necessary Insurance cover, and issued other riders with formal warnings, known as Section 59 Warnings.
The team have also assisted with arresting a number of offenders for shoplifting, or breaching court orders banning them from specific stores or the entire town centre, imposed after previous convictions.

Action Date Thursday 6th June 2024

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