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Thames Valley Police will be increasing police officers’ presence and working with partners to tackle urban crime to ensure people feel safe on our streets

Thames Valley Police’s Oxfordshire Neighbourhood Policing teams were out on Sunday (13/7) alongside the Roads Policing Unit and Safety Camera Teams in a joint effort targeting reckless driving.

Oxfordshire County Council’s planned changes to our local recycling centre will increase fly tipping. Add your name to my campaign to oppose these changes at stopflytipping.org.

The aim of the strategy is to promote a consistent approach to crime education across the Thames Valley with a focus on prevention and improving trust in policing.

Thames Valley Police received 135 reports of courier fraud in the last financial year, the second highest number of reports in the UK after the Metropolitan Police and a total loss of over £2 million.

Last year I warned about the impact of cuts to victims funding by the Ministry of Justice. Follow comments by Bracknell’s MP I have written to him today asking him to back my calls for a better funding.

In what is set to be Oxfordshire’s greatest political upheaval in a generation, the organisational map of the country is set to be redrawn. The Oxford Clarion have allowed me to use their virtual pages to set out my views on local government reorganisation.

Our priority is to protect children and we found that working in partnership and reaching out to those who work with children and young people can make a huge difference.

• 13% reduction in neighbourhood crime

• The number of funded neighbourhood police constable posts more than doubled – from 149 in 2023 to 328 in 2025

• Knife crime down by 7%

• and more…

I am pleased to support this year’s ASB Awareness Week, which aims to encourage communities to take a stand against ASB and highlights the actions that can be taken by those experiencing it.