HTC UPDATE December 2024

On the 10^th November the whole team were in the town for the Remembrance parade and service. As always this event is well attended by local people showing their respect. PC Marsh laid the wreath this year on behalf of the team

12^th November some members of the team along with a representative from Trading Standards spent the morning at the Town Hall with the U3A. We shared a short presentation on scams and various Frauds and took plenty of questions.

13^th November as part of VAWG (Violence against women and girls) the team were in the High Street raising awareness, handing out leaflets and answering questions.

On the 14^th November as part of Op Sceptre (a national campaign around the dangers of carrying knifes) the team carried out knife sweeps in Hungerford. Thank you to Mayor Helen for joining us.

As December rapidly approaches the team are looking forward to the annual Christmas light switch, the Extravaganza and the festivities that this time of the year brings.

For the month of November

2 reports of ASB.

2 reports of Criminal damage. Both of these relate to separate incidents of car tyres being slashed.

Sometime overnight 24^th-25^th a van parked on the High Street was broken into and a number of tools were stolen. If anyone witnessed anything or has any information please get in touch quoting crime number: 43240569855. There continues to be a spate of van breaks across West Berkshire. We will look to hold some tool marking events in the town soon.

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.

NOTE: There is a difference in the crime figures in this report compared to those on the Police website This is because the team are only giving figures in the report for crimes relevant to the neighbourhood area (e.g. Car crime, ASB related, criminal damage) crimes that effect the community and relevant to the neighbourhood policing team. They are not including any domestic related assaults, domestic assaults, crimes within the same households because these crimes are irrelevant to the neighbourhood team and do not generally affect others living in the area.