HTC UPDATE March 2025

February has flown by, unlike January which seemed to go on forever.

On the 11^th we received reports of an individual with a weapon in the Fairfield’s Close area. One male has been arrested and the investigation is ongoing. If anyone has any information please contact us and quote crime number: 43250070910

17^th The team carried out a test purchasing operation in the town with Trading Standards. Unfortunately one of the shops failed and sold a vape to a 15 yr old. The premise is now being dealt with my Trading Standards.

The team have been working alongside Sovereign Housing and have carried out visits to several properties in the town. One property in Fairfield’s Close has now been secured. There is ongoing work to be carried out in Chestnut Walk.

The team are currently focusing their activities on tackling drug dealing in the Hungerford and Downlands area. We encourage you to report your concerns to Police so we can build up our intelligence picture of what is happening and where.

For the month of February

0 reports of ASB

2 shopliftings from Tesco

0 reports of Criminal damage.

1 Burglary (to a garage)

3 Theft. One of these was tools from a work van.

The Team

The current set up of the Hungerford and Downlands Neighbourhood Police Team is 1 x Inspector, 1 x Sergeant, 3 x Police Constables and 4 x Police Community Support Officers.

The team are contactable by email but this should not be used in an emergency or for reporting crime as it is not monitored 24/7.

HungerfordandDownlandsNHPT@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk

Please keep reporting incidents to us via 101, the TVP website (www.thamesvalley.police.uk) or 999, in an emergency.