Last updated on: Thursday, December 24
The Safer Neighbourhoods Team responsible for Hartley Wintney is:
PC Mick Ames (far right) and PCSO Dan Bright (left).
We are based at the Hart Neighbourhood Centre in Hook.
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 current priorities for Hartley Wintney are:
- The speed of traffic through the village, especially on the A30 and Bracknell Lane towards Reading.
Residents are also concerned about the speed and volume of traffic around the schools in the village.
- Anti-social behaviour of groups disturbing local residents with noise and leaving litter where they congregate.
Residents have identified the Cricket Green, St Johns Road, Mitchell Avenue play area and West Green Common as areas where this is an issue.
- Fly-tipping and environmental crime in secluded rural locations.
Especially the dumping of household and commercial waste around Borough Court Road, Ivyhole Lane and Grange Lane.
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.
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Action we have taken in relation to your priorities
Our priorities are set in consultation with local residents. Please make contact with a member of the team if you would like to discuss any of the issues or you would like to bring any other issues to our attention.
We review our priorities every three months and we will provide you with regular updates on what we have been doing to tackle these issues.You can also download a Your Voice Counts form at the bottom of this page. Once you have completed the form please feel free to make contact with a member of the team to arrange a convenient means of collection. Forms are also available at the Parish Council Offices, the doctor's surgery, the Post Office and Rosefield Court.
You said: Stop speeding traffic on the A30 and Bracknell Lane
We did:
You said you wanted us to prevent speeding traffic throughout the village, especially on the A30 and Bracknell Lane. Residents are also concerned about the speed and volume of traffic around the schools in the village.
We have consulted with Hart District Council Highways about the placement of a Speed Indication Device which you may have noticed on the A30.
You said: Stop anti-social behaviour in the area
We did:
You told us groups in the area were causing anti-social behaviour by disturbing local residents, making noise, leaving litter where they congregated and generally being a nuisance to the community.
You identified the Cricket Green, St Johns Road, Mitchell Avenue play area and West Green Common as hotspots, so our patrols have been stepped up in these areas and we hope this has tackled the issue.
However we will continue to monitor the problem until the anti-social behaviour is resolved.
You said: Stop fly tipping and environmental crime in secluded rural locations
We did:
Fly tipping takes place in the area especially the dumping of household and commercial waste around Borough Court Road, Ivyhouse Lane and Grange Lane.
We have been conducting targeted patrols in areas blighted with persistent fly tipping. We have been stopping commercial vehicles appearing to be transporting waste in an attempt to deter and disrupt those intending to dispose of waste illegally.
If you are aware of any areas persistently used for fly tipping please make a member of the beat team aware.
Farm Watch
PC Ames has recently taken the lead on the district's Farm Watch scheme. Farm Watch aims to connect farms, livery yards and rural businesses to enable them to share information on suspicious incidents, people or vehicles which may be used in all manner of rural crimes from poaching to the theft of farm machinery.
This information is collated by the police and then distributed via email and Short Messaging Services (SMS) to people who need it. This enables them to take necessary action to protect their property and livelihoods.
It is hoped this will greatly increase the flow of intelligence which we rely on to protect rural businesses and increase the confidence of the rural community in the police and our ability to prevent, deter and detect rural crimes.
If you are part of a rural business and would like to become a member of the Farm Watch scheme please contact PC Ames by contact PC Ames by clicking on this link.
Neighbourhood Watch Coordinators Meeting
On Wednesday, November 11 we held our quarterly Neighbourhood Watch Coordinators meeting at the Appleton Hall, West Green Road. We would like to thank the coordinators who attended for their valuable input on the issues discussed.
Some of the issues discussed included parking on Green Lane and the need for police to feed back good news stories. We will provide you with an update on these issues in the near future.
The date for the next coordinators meeting is Wednesday, March 10.
If you would like to raise any issues at this meeting please make your street coordinator aware. We would also like to remind Neighbourhood Watch coordinators to make our call-takers aware that they are members of Neighbourhood Watch when reporting any incidents in their streets.
Cycling Proficiency Course
We are aware that many parents are concerned by the volume of traffic around the schools in the village at the end of the school day. In an attempt to address this problem PCSO Bright will be jointly running a cycling proficiency course for Year six pupils at Greenfields Junior School.
This will enable pupils to safely cycle to school and hopefully reduce the amount of traffic on Green Lane, making the roads safer for all. Further courses are planned for early next year.
We are also considering extending the Cycle Proficiency Scheme to the Grey House School.
Community Events
PCSO Bright has attended the Oakwood Playgroup to speak to the children and he would like to thank both the children and staff at the Oakwood for welcoming him.
PC Ames and PCSO Bright were also invited to the Little P. U. M. As group, to teach the children about making 999 calls.We are always happy to come along to any clubs or groups in the village so please feel free to get in touch.
Please take a few moments to read the advice below:
General home security
Keep valuable items out of view – if you have electrical equipment worth hundreds of pounds, don’t keep it by the window where passers-by can see it
- Never leave a key under a doormat or on a string through the letterbox – it’s the first place any burglar will look
- Make sure tools and ladders are kept in a secure place – burglars will happily use your own garden equipment to break into your home
- If you’ve taken extra security precautions, let would-be burglars know. If you have an alarm, make sure the box can be clearly seen. If you take part in a Neighbourhood Watch scheme, display a sticker in your window, and if you have a dog, put up a warning sign
- Hide financial documents and keys – if someone does break in you don’t want them to also steal from your bank account or take your car
- Make sure you secure all your doors and windows every time you leave the house, even if you are ‘just popping out’
- If you are in the garden or upstairs, make sure your downstairs doors are locked – in the summer burglars can often just open the front door and help themselves
The outside
- Lock garden gates in the centre of the gate with a closed shackle lock.
- Put trellis along the top of fences and gates where there is rear access.
- Plant thorny/prickly vegetation under windows, at the base of drainpipes and around perimeters of your home – a natural deterrent
- Secure sheds and garages with a shed alarm and/or a personal attack alarm attached to the inside of the door. It can be hooked across to the shed wall to prevent external hinges being removed and use strap hinges secured by coach bolts
- Secure tools inside with a strong chain. Keep side gates locked.
- Consider using security lights
- Ensure there are no tools lying around the garden that people could use to get into your home. Secure tools to the wall and bolt ladders securely to the wall or garage roof where design allows
- Park your car in the garage if you have one!
Speeding
Even though we do not have speeding as a current priority we have continued to work with the Roads Policing Unit to enforce speeding within the village on various roads with some success.
As some of you may have seen there is a speed checking and warning device on the A30 next to Victoria Hall, with another by the golf club. We are awaiting the feedback from these figures as to how we deal with any peaks in time and dates for speeding.
Neighbourhood Watch
Neighbourhood Watch goes from strength to strength with new schemes starting within the village. We recently held our four monthly co-ordinators meeting which was attended by 25 different schemes.
Guest speakers included one on installation of alarms and another from a lock smith on best use of locks to secure your home.
If you are not in a Neighbourhood Watch, why not join today and make your effort to keep the village safe? Contact us on the details below for more information.
Youth Club
We hope to get the club up and running now that the schools return and evenings are drawing in.
Parish Council
We try to work alongside the Parish Council with any issues within the village and to that end please visit the Hartley Wintney Parish Council website to see what they do for the village.
Soccer@six
We have again run this scheme in the village giving kids the chance to come along every Thursday, from 6pm until 7pm for an informal kick about arranged by a coach from Supersportz. Get the kids along and get them tired!
No Cold Calling Zone
Following the success of the No Cold Calling Zone recently set up in Oldfield View we are looking to extend the scheme. After consulting with Hartley Wintney Parish and Hampshire Trading Standards we have identified four more roads which will benefit from the scheme. We will shortly begin consultation with residents and as long as no objections are raised the schemes should be up and running in the near future. No Cold Calling Zones aim to empower residents to say no to people and organisations selling goods and services door-to-door.
Whilst many peddlers legitimately sell goods and services, some are forceful or deceptive in their sales techniques. If you have any concerns we advise residents to contact Trading Standards.
For more information on your rights as a consumer and No Cold Calling Zones please visit Hampshire Trading Standards web page. You can read more about the No Cold Calling Zone here.
If you would like more information about setting up a No Cold Calling Zone in your street please feel free to get into contact with a member of the Safer Neighbourhoods Team via the details below.
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How you can take action
Beat surgeries
Please come and meet us at the village beat surgery.
These are held on:
- The second Saturday of each month, from 10am until noon
They are held at The Victoria and Appleton Halls, West Green Road
They run in conjunction with the parish council and district council who both have councillors present.
Come and tell us what is important to you in your neighbourhood and play your part in setting local priorities.
We will be holding further Street Surgeries around the village in the coming months.
Please check here regularly to see when we will be in a street near you.
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
Hampshire Constabulary has joined with partner agencies in the two counties to provide you with local information about crime and disorder, using a system called CADDIE. On the bottom left hand side of this page, you can enter your postcode into CADDIE to view information about your local area.
You can also view details of how we are performing against certain key criteria in your local area. Click here to see your 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 the Hartley Wintney Safer Neighbourhoods Team
