Hampshire Constabulary

Last updated on: Wednesday, September 2

The Safer Neighbourhoods Team for Liphook and Greatham is: PC Teresa Webster and PCSO Peter Tedder.

We are based out of Whitehill Police Station.

PC Read has been replaced by PC Teresa Webster who worked as a beat manager at Whitehill, Bordon and Lindford. She is a very experienced police officer and is looking forward to working with the local community of Liphook and Greatham.

The policing pledge and your local priorities

Click here to read the national policing pledge, which sets out the service you can expect from your local police force.

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 community priorities for Liphook and Greatham are:

• Underage drinking at Radford Park and the Millennium Green
  
• Anti-social behaviour at Liphook Railway Station

These are the priorities that people in your local area have agreed with the Safer Neighbourhoods team. You can influence these priorities by contacting your team, attending a meeting or speaking to members of the team when you see them out and about.

Action we have taken in relation to your priorities

Underage drinking at Radford Park and the Millennium Green

Underage drinking at Radford Park is more prevalent in the area because it is secluded. The Millennium Green in the centre of Liphook seems to be becoming a popular choice for teenagers to gather.

Local youths congregate in both these areas and are consuming alcohol which has been obtained illegally, and then they are generally behaving in an anti-social way. Anyone who is underage and caught drinking will be dealt with robustly.

Local Safer Neighbourhoods officers are still working hard to address the problem of underage drinking not only in Radford Park and the Millennium Green but throughout the area. Local beat managers and PCSOs continue to engage with local youths and when necessary alcohol is seized and disposed of.

This action is followed up by a letter from the community safety team to the parents of the youths and if necessary a member of the Safer Neighbourhoods Team will visit and speak to them. We also take positive action when we can identify where the alcohol has been purchased or given to the underage youths, with fixed penalty tickets in the first instance and then prosecution if the problem persists.

Continuing this theme and working with our licensing department, we have conducted local test purchasing operations. With the exception of one premise all the nominated licence premises passed the test.
 

Anti-social behaviour at Liphook Railway Station

Over the summer months, we worked with the British Transport Police and we can now see a decrease in recorded complaints in this area.

Anti-social behaviour can have a dramatic effect on the quality of life for the local community and Liphook Railway Station has seen an increase recently.

We increased our patrols at core times and took swift positive action with identified offenders. Most recently two local youths have now been charged with public order offences.

Other Information

Projects are underway to improve the security and look of the area. The provision of facilities to resurrect a youth club in the area is being looked into along with a project to improve the current skate park. 

How you can take action

Please take a few moments to read our advice to you:

• 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.
  

Designated Public Place Order tackles street drinking

Police officers from the Safer Neighbourhoods team will be carrying out a series of operations across the area to back up the Designated Public Place Order (DPPO) in the borough.

The operations ran throughout the summer and will now continue on to cover Halloween and Bonfire Night. This is to enforce the DPPO which provides officers with additional powers to deal with people in possession of alcohol in public places.

If, within the area of a Designated Public Place, an officer reasonably believes that a person:

• Is consuming alcohol
• Has been consuming alcohol
• Intends to consume alcohol

The officer may require that person:

• Not to consume anything which is, or which the officer reasonably believes to be, alcohol
• To surrender anything in his possession which is, or which the officer reasonably believes to be, alcohol or a container for alcohol

If a person fails to comply with any of the above requirements, they commit an offence.

ShopWatch

The Whitehill Safer Neighbourhoods Team has launched a new scheme in Bordon to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour in the town.

ShopWatch operates in Bordon and the aim of the scheme is to improve communication between retailers and police. It has been set up by police in partnership with East Hampshire District Council. Shops taking part are linked by radio to each other and to police so that any anti-social behaviour or crime in the area can be reported and dealt with quickly.

A total of 18 shops at the Forest Centre and in the surrounding area are involved in the scheme currently.

This scheme will be vital to retailers in Bordon and will help us to combat crime and anti-social behaviour. We want to work closely with everyone in our communities and the ShopWatch scheme will ensure that the Forest Centre is a safe place to visit for everyone.

Street Watch

Street Watch is now in place in the area with 11 members and we are looking to increase numbers over the coming months. You can visit the Street Watch website by clicking on this link.

We would like residents to join the scheme, so if you are interested please get in contact with PC Webster or PCSO Tedder for more information or an application form.

No Cold Calling Zone

Greatham is the latest addition to have a No Cold Calling Zone implemented within the neighbourhood. Bakers Field was selected by Trading Standards and the police to be consulted on the scheme which empowers people to say 'no' to people going door to door.

The No Cold Calling Zone does not make it illegal to cold call but by educating residents about cold callers and it gives them the confidence to say 'no'.

Whitehill Safer Neighbourhoods Team with Trading Standards spoke with local residents to get their opinion on the scheme which was welcomed fully.

Each resident was given an information pack with details of how to check people who do come to their door (such as the gas board, police, council) and each house has a No Cold Calling Zone sticker advising that they do not buy goods or services from their door.

This has been re-enforced by large notices on lamp posts at the entrance and along the street. Trading Standards are currently looking at other areas in the Longmoor district to be approached about the scheme.

Drugs warrants

Over the last few months the Safer Neighbourhoods Team have worked closely with the community and other partnership agencies obtaining information of both local drug activity and the storage and possession of stolen property.

This has resulted in the successful execution of a number of court warrants at  addresses in the local area.

We will continue to take positive action when required to improve the quality of life for the community, and urge anyone with any information to contact your local Safer Neighbourhoods Team.

If you want to remain anonymous you can contact the Crimestoppers charity on 0800 555 111. 

Youth events

There is a youth event that is often run from the Liphook Millennium Hall on the first Monday of the month at 7pm, with the support from our multi agency partners.

Beat surgeries

Come and tell us what is important to you in your neighbourhood, and play your part in setting local priorities. Contact your local Safer Neighbourhoods team using the details at the bottom of this page to find out about community meetings, beat surgeries or other events they may be planning.

If you wish to speak to a local officer to discuss any matter, please come along and have a chat. If we don't know your problems we aren't always able to help you with it. 

The following beat surgeries will be held in Liphook outside Sainsburys from 2pm until 3pm:

• Saturday, October 17
• Saturday, November 14
• Saturday, December 12
• Saturday, January 9

If you would like us to attend an event you are attending please get in touch with the team via the contact details given below. 
We often go into the local schools and nursery to talk with the children.

Thank you to the schools and nurseries for giving us permission to use these photographs on our website.

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Do you have a bike? - How well could you describe your bike?

It only takes a few seconds to steal one, so keep a record of your cycle details, and keep it secure to deter thieves.

Mark your bike with your postcode and house number Keep a note of the bicycle frame number. This will add identification should the cycle be recovered by the police.

Take a photo of your bike on your mobile or with a camera and store it in a safe place. This will help us return your bike if and when it is recovered.

Bike Safe Form - Please click on this link and complete your details.

Do you have an event you would like us to attend?

If you have any events such as school fetes, church or village fetes, nursery or school events, please let us know as we will be happy to attend, whether it be to talk to local residents or to speak  to students. All you need to do is contact us on the below details and speak to your local Safer Neighbourhoods team.

Your Voice Counts - community priorities

Your Safer Neighbourhoods team wants to hear from you. 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.

Volunteering

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

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How to contact us

If you would like to speak to any of the officers responsible for policing your local area, please call 101 or you can
 email the Liphook and Greatham Safer Neighbourhoods Team.