North Walsham Safer Neighbourhood Team

NORTH WALSHAM SAFER NEIGHBOURHOOD TEAM ANTINGHAM, FELMINGHAM, GIMINGHAM, KNAPTON, NORTH WALSHAM, SKEYTON, SUFFIELD, SWAFIELD, SWANTON ABBOTT, TRUNCH, WESTWICK AND WORSTEAD www.norfolk.police.uk JULY 2020

WE ARE YOUR SAFER NEIGHBOURHOOD TEAM – WANT TO GET IN TOUCH? YOUR LOCAL BEAT MANAGERS CONTACT US – E: [email protected] TEL: 101 FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA FACEBOOK: North Norfolk Police

TWITTER: @NorthNorfPolice PC 1378 PAUL GWYNN PC 970 EMMA DREW UPDATE FROM YOUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OFFICER WHAT’S HAPPENING IN YOUR AREA?

PC 313 PETER DAVISON

TEL: 07970 458 204 Welcome to your new look newsletter, some time has been taken to review the layout and ensure that you’re aware of who your local E: [email protected] Beat Manager is and how you can contact them.

Do you know about Courier Fraud? Do your loved ones? We It has been a very busy month as we see an increase in visitors as continue to see fraudsters deliberately targeting older and the lockdown restrictions are eased. Officers have been continuing vulnerable people in our area. Courier fraud happens when a their routine patrols to ensure that your neighbourhood continues to fraudster contacts a victim by telephone claiming to be a police be a safe place to live, work and visit. officer, bank or government agency. A number of techniques are A big thank you to all that got involved with our #GrowYourSupport adopted in order to convince the victim to hand over their bank campaign for our emergency services and key workers. The team details or cash, which may then be passed on to a courier. Police have passed out many packets of sunflower seeds to those and/or banks will NEVER ask you to withdraw money, purchase displaying our sunflower posters in their windows. items, ask for your PIN, bank card or bank account details over the phone – NEVER give these details to anybody. Police and If you’re aware of any issues in your neighbourhood the team would banks will NEVER send a courier to collect money or bank cards love to hear from you. Feel free to get in touch via the email address from you. Please let us know if you have received a similar type above, online at www.norfolk.police.uk or via telephone on 101 and of telephone call or have any information about these incidents. always 999 in an emergency. Finally, please keep talking to your friends, parents and

grandparents and make sure they know about #CourierFraud.

CURRENT NEIGHBOURHOOD PRIORITIES DATES FOR YOUR DIARY  RURAL CRIME INITIATIVE  SNAP PRIORITY SETTING MEETING – DATE TBC  ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR OUTSIDE MASTERS COURT &  LOCAL ENGAGEMENT SURGERY – DATE TBC BLOOM COURT, NORTH WALSHAM 

CRIME UPDATES - 1st to 30th June

Offence Numbers What could this entail

Arson 0 Damage caused as a result of fire.

Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) 2 Harassment, alarm or distress is caused in a non-crime incident.

Burglary business and community 0 A person commits theft in a building or structure that is not lived in.

Burglary residential 0 Entry and theft in a building or a structure that is lived in.

Criminal Damage 7 A person destroys or damages property belonging to someone else.

Domestic 12 Domestic incidents where a crime has not occurred. Parties are aged 16 or over and have been intimate partners or family members regardless of sexuality.

Hate Incident 0 Any incident where a crime has not occurred which the victim, or anyone else, thinks is based on someone’s prejudice towards them because of their race, religion, sexual orientation, disability or because they are transgender.

Race or Religious aggravated public fear 1 Any crime determined to have a hate element as per above.

Possession of controlled substance 2 Unlawful possession of a drug classified in class A, B or C.

Possession of weapons 0 Unlawful possession of an article used as a weapon.

Public fear, alarm or distress 6 Public order offences e.g. from a verbal altercation to offences just short of violence.

Robbery 0 Includes a range of offences where force is used, threatened or the victim is put in fear.

Theft from a motor vehicle 2 Any item stolen that was in, on or attached to a motor vehicle.

Theft or unauthorised taking of a motor vehicle 1 Any motor vehicle including those abandoned.

Theft of pedal cycle 1 From a public place, if stolen form a shed or garage this would be a BOTD.

Theft from a person 0 Purse being taken from a handbag, or a mobile phone from a

shopping basket.