Lyndhurst, Emery Down and Bank Areas Neighbourhood Watch September/October 2005

Hampshire Constabulary

Me again,

No dwelling burglaries reported, or assaults.
Not really too much to talk about this time, no specific patterns of crime and not many crimes reported.

Another shed burglary in Emery Down with gardening equipment stolen.

Its worth considering putting your post code on your electrical/petrol driven garden machinery either with a magic marker, paint, scratched or stamped in if you keep it in a shed.

You will see that thefts from sheds are on these newsletters/Crime Summaries every time – particularly Emery Down, Bank areas – so its just possible your shed may be next and these items are rarely recovered as they are so easy to move on through boot sales, markets etc.

Clearly someone had it in for Vauxhall cars overnight on the 24th Sept. Three vehicles broken into in various locations with one of them being driven or rolled into a bus parked up in the main car park.

Please note that quite a few crimes go unreported, and the same applies across the country. This can be either due to the aggrieved thinking ‘I won’t bother the Police with this, they have enough on their plate’ to ‘what’s the point, the Police won’t find them/do anything or if they do the Courts will give them a slap on the wrist’.

I can understand this, but at the very least – if the Police don’t know about something then we can’t do anything. As for the Courts – that is something always out of our control. 

There are always cases where we all know what has happened and who has committed the crime but due to lack of hard evidence- statements, clear video footage etc, the offender gets away with it.

This is demoralising for all concerned, not least the victim but if you don’t report the crime, the Police have no chance of finding the offender and a distorted view of crime levels in the area.
 
I am running a Police Surgery / drop in at the Community Centre roughly once a month and each date will be advertised on the outside notice board of the Community Centre and would be happy to see you for any queries etc.

PC 1615 Steve Ennew
Lyndhurst Community Beat.

DWELLING BURGLARIES

Nil

BURGLARIES (NOT DWELLINGS) i.e Sheds, Garages etc.

1. Between 1800 15/9 and 0800 16/9. someone has entered the unlocked shed/storage place for a High Street charity shop and stole some clothing.
2. Between 1800 30/9 and 0730 1/10, someone broke into a garden shed in Silver Street Emery Down and stole a strimmer.
3. At 0240 10/10, someone broke into the New Forest Golf Club but nothing was taken.

VEHICLE CRIME (Not including Forest car parks)

1. Between 1800 21/9 and 1200 22/9. someone broke a rear window of a parked car in Romsey Road, nil stolen from it.
2. Between 0001 and 0430 24/9, someone stole a Vauxhall Cavalier and drove/rolled it into an adjacent bus in the High Street car park before making off.
3. Between 1700 23/9 and 1000 24/9, someone broke into a Vauxhall Cavalier in a car park in Dearing Close. Nil stolen.
4. Between 0001 22/9 and 0900 25/9, someone broke into a Vauxhall Vectra parked in the High Street car park. Nil stolen.

THEFTS (not shoplifting)

1. Between 0100 and 0800 17/9, someone stole a camera and video equipment that had been left unattended overnight in a room of a High Street hotel.
2. Between 1350 and 1400 20/9, someone stole a purse from a handbag worn by someone in a High Street charity shop.

ASSUALTS

Nil

MISC.

1. Between 1100 7/9 to current date, a Pikes Hill resident suffered a banking fraud/theft where money was drawn from a new account without permission. Believed due to banking documents being delivered to incorrect address. Suspects known and investigation ongoing.
2. Between 1000 30/9 and 0845 3/10, someone broke windows at the Community Centre. No entry gained.

PC 1615 Steve Ennew
Lyndhurst Community Beat

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