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_wokingham
• youtube: http://www.youtube.com/thamesvalleypoliceuk
• telephone: 101
• e-messaging: https://www.thamesvalleyalert.co.uk/
• facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tvpbracknellandwokingham
• email: [email protected]

Neighbourhood Priorities

Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) in Wokingham Town Centre and the area around the Norreys.

Issue Date Monday 15th January 2024

The Wokingham Neighbourhood Teams have carried out foot and cycling patrols around the Wokingham area to increase their visible presence and deter anti-social behaviour. They also carried out knife sweeps in locations where items may have been discarded as part of Op Sceptre, focusing on knife-related crime.

The Neighbourhood Team have conducted targeted patrols with Wokingham Borough Council's ASB team and are also working with partner agencies to target harden areas and perform intervention work with schools and the Youth Justice and Prevention Service.

Action Date Friday 17th May 2024

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Tackling thefts in the Wokingham Town Centre & Embrook/Woosehill & Norreys areas

Issue Date Monday 15th January 2024

We continue to work with local businesses to help ‘target harden’ their premises and support the Wokingham Shop Watch scheme which allows businesses to share information regarding incidents and offenders with each other and report them to the Police.
The Neighbourhood team continue to target individuals that cause the most demand and look for opportunities to arrest them at the earliest opportunity. We are also working with our partner agencies to offer support and preventative work with individuals where appropriate. We are also looking at further longer term measures to help prevent issues occurring in the first place.
We have arrested and charged individuals for thefts from shops and thefts of pedal cycles, with convictions at court for these offences.

Action Date Friday 31st May 2024

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Concerns around the use of E-Scooters/E-Bikes

Issue Date Monday 15th January 2024

The Wokingham Team have conducted an operation around the anti-social use of bikes in the Wokingham area. This was centred around their use off-road. Two e-scooter warning letters were issued and if seen again, the scooters will be seized.
Two warnings were given under S59 Police Reform Act which relates to anti-social use of a motor vehicle.
One vehicle was also seized under the S165 Road Traffic Act for having no insurance.

We have made the public aware of the rules around e-scooters through social media campaigns, ensuring people are aware that: privately owned e-scooters can only be used on private land, they are illegal on any public highway, pavement or in a public space, and you cannot get insurance to ride them on the road.

Action Date Friday 31st May 2024

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