This is a Community Message from Thames Valley Police, Aylesbury Watch Office.
Dear resident,
So far this year we have had another impressive reduction in crime, especially around acquisitive crime reduction, this is generally the crime which is fuelled by drugs and includes burglaries, robberies and car crime.
The only category which has not seen a reduction and stands at no change this year is theft from motor vehicles. We see this in a variety of forms from valuables within vehicles (such as sat navs, bags etc on display) being stolen, to wheel trims and also number plates. Number plate theft accounts for nearly 20% of our vehicle crime, they are often used on other cars to commit further crimes – this form of identity theft can be a real nuisance to the original owner – aside from the cost of replacing the number plates.
We are therefore running a number of events across the town where crime prevention advice and leaflets will be available and there will be free supply and fitting of anti-theft number plate screws – it takes under a minute to do this. The events will be held in partnership with Halfords Auto Centre based on Gatehouse Way, who are giving their time free to fit the screws. The first sessions are being held at Tesco Broadfields Car Park, Aylesbury on Wednesday 13 July, between 4pm and 8pm and on Thursday 28 July between 10am and 2pm.
If you would like to contact your local Neighbourhood Policing Team, please contact the 24 hour Police Enquiry Centre on 0845 8 505 505.
