Hampshire Constabulary

Last updated on: Thursday, June 2

The Safer Neighbourhoods Team for Kingsclere, Hannington, Ashford Hill and Headley is:

PC Brian Dixon and PCSO Rachel Harrison.

We are based out of Tadley Police Station.

Locally, we work with your community to find out what matters most where you live. We will work with you and our partner agencies to agree the main priorities for the area and how we will work together to tackle them.  

The neighbourhood priorities are:  

• Speed enforcement throughout the villages
  
  
• Anti-social behaviour in Kingsclere
  
  
• Burglary non-dwellings to outbuildings and sheds  
  
  
• Parking issues in Kingsclere  

Country Watch

Please click here for more information about the Country Watch scheme in this area.

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Action we have taken in relation to your priorities

You said: Speed enforcement throughout the villages
We did:

As part of our initative to decrease shed and garage breaks we have been running operations within the area. The information you passed on to us meant that we have stopped and checked over 100 vehicles. As a result a number of these have been seized due to no insurance and fixed penalty tickets have been issued for drivers carrying waste for which they do not have a license.

Please let us know if there are any other locations where speeding is a problem so that we can add them to our patrols.

You said: Anti-social behaviour in Kingsclere

We did:

Concerns were raised by members of the public at the Saturday, April 23 beat surgery as to the management of certain public houses within the area.

We make regular patrols around the villages at varied times to deter any anti-social behaviour and provide the community with a high visibility presence.

We will also be working with local residents to ensure we are concentrating on the areas that have been reported to us as having a problem with anti-social behaviour.

You said: Prevent burglaries especially to outbuildings and sheds

We did:

Since the beginning of January we have had 11 burglaries to non-dwellings (sheds, garages and storage units.) Could we please ask for your vigilance and ensure that as neighbours you are keeping an eye on each other's properties. We do also rely on information from local residents coming in about suspicious people or vehicles so that we can gather as much information as possible.

We have regular local patrols to ensure that the back and main roads are patrolled and vehicles are regularly stopped and searched during the hours of darkness.

Our advice to our local residents is that they make a list of serial numbers of any machinery and equipment they have so that we can make reference to it should we need to.

We are again encouraging people to set up more Neighbourhood Watch schemes around the villages and information on how to go about this can be sought from us on the details below.

You said: Parking issues in Kingsclere

We did:

We regularly speak with and move on drivers who we find parked on double yellow lines. In the past few weeks we have noted 13 vehicles that have been parked on double yellow lines. The majority have been spoken to, however letters will be sent out reminding people of the rules relating to double yellow lines.

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Neighbourhood Watch schemes

We have created five new schemes this year already and are proactively encouraging people to set up schemes in their local area.

Neighbourhood Watch schemes are a very good way to help look after you and your neighbours by keeping an eye on people’s properties and people who are coming into the street.

It is also a good way of getting information to the police and your local police team keeping you informed of what has been happening in the area and any information that they feel would benefit you to know.

Reduce vehicle crime

We regularly patrol hotspot areas for this type of crime during our shifts, checking the areas in both daylight and after dark hours.

Thefts from vehicles

Please read the below advice on thefts from vehicles:

• Don’t leave anything in your car – if it’s not there, then it can’t be stolen.
• Choose a stereo that can be removed and make sure you take it with you!
• You should also mark it with your registration number or postcode, in case it is stolen.
• Thieves aren’t picky, so don’t leave even low-value items.
• Often thieves will smash and grab first and look later to see if what they’ve stolen is valuable.
• Don’t hide it – if you hide items under the seat or in the glove box, chances are someone will have watched you. If you cannot avoid leaving something in your car, put it in your boot before you begin your journey.
• Don’t leave valuables in your car even for a minute – it only takes a thief a few seconds to smash a window and get what they want, so don’t take the chance.
• Your car isn’t safe on your driveway – nearly half of all incidents where items are stolen from cars happen when they are parked overnight, close to the owner’s home.
• Don’t leave your house keys or anything with your address on it in your vehicle - someone could steal your keys and then let themselves into your home.  

How you can take action

Your Voice Counts - community priorities

Have your say on what the policing priorities should be for your area by clicking here to download a copy of the form and send it back to your local team.

Your Voice Counts 2010
In an effort to hear what you would like our policing priorities to be for the forthcoming year. We have been actively engaged in rolling out the ‘Your Voice Counts’ forms to as many locations as possible.
 

Beat Surgeries

There is a beat office in Kingsclere Village Hall and a police surgery is held there:

• Every Saturday morning, staffed by the village’s own Special Constable, Stewart Packham. 

Please contact us on the details below for more information regarding the Mobile Police Office and to find out when it will next be visiting the area.

Finally, looking at planning ahead, if you have any community events or activities that you would like your beat team to attend, please let us have as much notice as possible so as to ensure we are on duty and that we don’t double book ourselves in the diary!  As always, we look forward to seeing you all out and about.

You could also volunteer to help the teams working in your local area and make a real difference to your neighbourhood.  Click here for more information about police support volunteers.

Crime mapping and local performance information

 How to contact us

If you would like to speak to the officers responsible for your local area please call 101 or
 email PC Brian Dixon and PCSO Rachel Harrison