Basingstoke Rural West Covering the wards of: Baughurst and Tadley North; Kingsclere; Sherborne St John; Burghclere, Highclere and St Mary Bourne; East Woodhay www.hampshire.police.uk Welcome to the Basingstoke Rural West newsletter, September 2019 Your neighbourhood policing team includes: PC Simon Denton PC Jon Hayes PC Martyn Evans has been promoted and moved to a new role as a sergeant at Yateley. You can contact the team at
[email protected] — though this address is not monitored every day. For reporting crime, call 101 or go to the Hampshire police website. Community priorities The current neighbourhood priority is burglary. The number of burglary reports has been low throughout August , albeit there have been cases of opportunist theft in other adjacent areas. Tractor parts have been stolen from Binley, and garage breaks have been reported at Wells Lane in Whitchurch, and in Laverstoke. On 1 August, a burglary was reported at Franklin Avenue in Tadley. Five days later, a property was broken into in Sydmonton. The latter incident occurred during the morning. The resident reported seeing an old Land Rover driving around in suspicious circumstances. Now that summer is coming to an end, why not take the opportunity to make security marks on your garden machinery and lawnmowers before you put them away? You should also check if the access to you garden is secure. For further security, consider putting alarms on your outbuildings. Theft in rural car parks update Did you know? We have continued to receive reports of goods being stolen from vehicles parked in rural car We have been running a ‘Paint it Pink’ parks at Beacon Hill, White Hill, Jonathan Hill campaign for batteries.