Here is the latest update from the Henley Neighbourhood Policing team.     

Henley Sector comprises of Henley Town and the parishes of Goring, Woodcote, Goring Heath, South

Stoke, Whitchurch-on-Thames, Nettlebed, Swyncombe, Pishill with Stonor, Bix & Assendon, Stoke Row, Highmoor, Checkendon, Rotherfield Greys, Sonning Common, Rotherfield Peppard, Kidmore End, Mapledurham, Harpsden, Binfield Heath, Shiplake, Eye & Dunsden. 

Priorities

Anti-social behaviour (ASB) around the Henley Area

Working with the local town council, community groups, schools and housing officers to ASB. We have been focusing our response to ASB by increasing engagement with the local community to raise awareness of the effects that drugs and alcohol have on individuals, their families and the local community. We are working with local charity outreach services to engage with and support young offenders who find themselves in a position of vulnerability where they could be exploited.  

We are working closely with the local schools in Henley and surrounding areas to reassure and support them with education, information and positive intervention with the youths and their families. 

 Vulnerable Victims of Fraud

The Henley neighbourhood policing team have adopted a single point of contact within the team who manages the risk and vulnerability assessments of victims of fraud within Henley police area. This process has been embedded into the team’s structure in order to prevent further offences and avoid repeat victims of exploitation and fraud. We have built a good relationship with the financial business sector in the community and have been arranging fraud awareness, crime prevention events and talks. Generally victims of Fraud are elderly and therefore we have been able to sign post victims to support networks and charities who can provide ongoing services.

Action Fraud referrals: This is where a victim has contacted Action Fraud and they in turn refer the victim’s details to TVP for a vulnerability assessment visit. Numerous reports continue to get referred and all are contacted by PCSO Janice Smith, to receive advice and support.

In December PCSO Janice Smith presented a Fraud Awareness visit to residents at Bowling Court in Henley, this was well attended and enthusiastically received.

Partnership working

TVP working together with SOHA enabling them to repossess a property in Henley; this was necessary to stop and remove unwelcome males who had moved into the house and were using it for criminal activity.

Crime Reduction

We continue to experience reports of theft from vehicle and vehicle interference.  Offenders are accessing parked cars without causing damage which leads us to believe vehicles are left insecure by their owners.

Please remember not to leave valuables in your car and ensure you always lock the vehicle, even when leaving it for a short time. 

 If you have any information about this please contact the Neighbourhood team on 101 or by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 What the neighbourhood team have been doing in January 

During the busy Christmas period, the team were out on foot patrol in the town centre.  Due to a number of purse thefts high visibility of officers seemed to do the trick.  Two arrests were made and the males are currently on remand.

Whilst predominately a neighbourhood team, we are still deployable to serious incidents; this month we have also been busy searching and conducting re-assurance patrols for several missing persons.

We have had two tragedies involving persons entering the river at Henley in recent months.  The neighbourhood team were involved in searches and reassurance patrols. 

Rural Crime continues to keep the team busy, the hare coursing season being in full swing now.

In the lead up to Christmas, a number of males were in Henley town centre posing as homeless and begging.  These same males had been seen in other towns on the South and Vale.  By working together over the whole area officers stop checking and moving them on, a picture became apparent and it was clear this was a large organised gang none of whom were homeless. 

Following complaints from the public, three females aggressively collecting on behalf of a charity for the deaf were stopped checked in Henley town centre.  These females have not been seen in the area since.

Have Your Say Meetings

‘Have Your Says’ are held by PCSOs in the Henley Sector every month – these are an opportunity for the public to meet a member of the neighbourhood team and raise any Police related concerns. 

• • PCSO Tom Rudd – 10-11am Thursday 6^th February o/s Post Office Shiplake
• • PCSO Tom Rudd – 1130-1230pm Thursday 6^thFebruary o/s Village Hall Sonning Common
• • PCSO Tom Rudd – 2-3pm Thursday 6 February o/s The Arcade Goring
• • PCSO Claire Hewett - 6-7pm Friday 7^th February o/s Tesco Henley
• • PCSO Janice Smith - 12–1pm Friday 7^th February o/s the Village Club Nettlebed
• • PCSO Chris Apps - 4-5pm Saturday 8^th February in Market Place Henley

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I am emailing you to advertise the upcoming 2020 tour dates of our waste facilities here in Oxfordshire, to distribute to your members, put in your parish magazines/publications, or give to anybody within your community you think would be interested.

Tours are limited to 15 people per date, and places will be allocated on a “first come, first serve basis”. With this in mind if you are interested in any of the below dates, please send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the name of the attendees, contact numbers for attendees, and an emergency contact. All tours start at 10am.

Viridor Energy Recovery Facility, Ardley (Black Bin)

• Monday August 24^th
• Tuesday October 6^th
• Wednesday December 2^nd

Severn Trent Green Power Anaerobic Digestion Plant, Wallingford (Food Bin)

• Thursday June 11^th
• Wednesday September 9^th
• Tuesday November 17^th

Here is the latest update from the Henley Neighbourhood Policing team.

Priorities
Anti-social behaviour (ASB) around the Henley Area
Working with the local town council, community groups, schools and housing officers to ASB. We have been focusing our response to ASB by increasing engagement with the local community to raise awareness of the effects that drugs and alcohol have on individuals, their families and the local community. We are working with local charity outreach services to engage with and support young offenders who find themselves in a position of vulnerability where they could be exploited. We are working closely with the local schools in Henley and surrounding areas to reassure and support them with education, information and positive intervention with the youths and their families.

Vulnerable victims of Fraud
The Henley neighbourhood policing team have adopted a single point of contact within the team who manages the risk and vulnerability assessments of victims of fraud within Henley police area. This process has been embedded into the team’s structure in order to prevent further offences and avoid repeat victims of exploitation and fraud. We have built a good relationship with the financial business sector in the community and have been arranging fraud awareness, crime prevention events and talks.
Generally victims of Fraud are elderly and therefore we have been able to sign post victims to support networks and charities who can provide ongoing services.
Action Fraud referrals: This is where a victim has contacted Action Fraud and they in turn refer the victim’s details to a TVP officer to visit either telephone or on-line fraud victims. Seven referrals were received this month, all visited by PCSO Smith, given advice and support. PCSO Janice Smith will be giving Fraud Awareness visits to sheltered housing in the Henley Sector,
starting with Goring.
If you have any information about this please contact the Neighbourhood team on 101 or by
email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Partnership working
Rotherfield Peppard Parish Council volunteers utilised our Speed Indicator Device (SID) for two days during October. 15 vehicles identified speeding during a thirty minute period. On another day 12 vehicles speeding during a thirty minute period. Many of these vehicles travelling at a speed of up to
42mph in a 30mph residential zone.
Community Speed-Watch: If you are a parish council and would like more information about
this please contact the Neighbourhood team on 101 or by email at
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Henley Sector

What the neighbourhood team have been doing in October
Whilst predominately a neighbourhood team, we are still deployable to serious incidents; this month we have also been busy searching and conducting re-assurance patrols for a missing female. During October the team also took part in a week-long operation run nationally relating to County Drug Lines. PCSO Smith & Hewett contacted all B&B’s, Hotels and Taxis Companies to alert and raise their awareness.

TVP also ran a week-long Rural Crime operation during 6-13th October. This included:
 Extra rural crime reduction signage being put out across the LPA
 Attending 9 hare coursing incidents, 5 suspicious circumstances, 3 fear for welfare or wanted
persons Attended 1 possible Fox Hunting report
 Visiting 83 farms across the LPA to engage with landowners and farmers.
 Responding to 10 reports of fly tipping working with the S & V Envirocrime team
 Over 14 beauty spots visited during daylight hours – preventing vehicle crime
 Stop checks: 64 vehicles stopped and checked, some vehicles with multiple passengers.
 Six farmers/gamekeepers worked with us for two nights acting as spotters for rural patrols
 Working alongside west Berks officers for one night - 4 arrests, 1 dog seizure, 1 vehicle seizure.
West Berks seizing a second vehicle linked to above the next day.
 One stolen caravan recovered & one stolen speedboat recovered.
 Two further arrests and two dog seizures
 One cannabis search/seizure.
Overall huge amount of work carried out by TVP officers, Landowners and partnership agencies.

Have Your Say Meetings
‘Have Your Says’ are held by PCSOs in the Henley Sector every month – these are an opportunity for
the public to meet a member of the neighbourhood team and raise any Police related concerns.
 PCSO Claire Hewett - Friday 15th November between 4-5pm at Henley Sports Centre
 PCSO Chris Apps – Friday 22nd November between 1030--midday at the Christ Church
Centre, Henley
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TRAFFIC REGULATION NOTICE
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT, 1984

Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 14(2) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act, 1984, that the Oxfordshire County Council

TEMPORARILY PROHIBITS THE USE OF THE HIGHWAY
BY ALL MOTOR VEHICLES

LOCATION: Henley on Thames, Stoke Row, Newlands Lane

REASON: To facilitate BT access to overhead cables to install a new customer connection

DURATION: 21 January 2020 between 09:30 and 15:30
(Traffic Regulation Notices cover a maximum of 5 consecutive days.)

ACCESS: Limited access will be maintained for emergency service vehicles and for frontages within the closed section of road, subject to the progress of the works

SUGGESTED ALTERNATIVE ROUTE: via Nottwood Lane- unnamed road through Stoke Row, Newlands Lane and vice versa

TRAFFIC REGULATION NOTICE

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT, 1984

Notice is hereby given pursuant to Section 14(2) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act, 1984, that the Oxfordshire County Council

 TEMPORARILY PROHIBITS THE USE OF THE HIGHWAY BY ALL MOTOR VEHICLES

           LOCATION:         Checkendon, Uxmore Road

                    REASON:            To facilitate clearing of blocked road ducts for BT

 DURATION:         Starting on 17 January 2020

                                        The anticipated completion date is 19 January 2020 (date included). Road Closure between 8:30 to 17:00

                                       (Traffic Regulation Notices cover a maximum of 5 consecutive days.)

           ACCESS:             Limited access will be maintained for emergency service vehicles and for frontages within the closed section of road, subject to the progress of the works

 SUGGESTED ALTERNATIVE ROUTE: via Uxmore Road-A4074-Horsepond Road-Stoke Road- Stoke Row-Uxmore Road-vice versa

On the 27th-29th of November between the hours of 8.00am and 4.30pm parts of Stoke Row will undergo a deepclean.  This is being carrried out by SODC and one of the target areas is the pavement running opposite Stoke Row Stores and Cafe. 

To enable this to be effective we need the road to be clear of parked cars and are requesting that cars are not parked along this stretch of road on either side to allow traffic to pass while SODC workers are completing their work.

Signs reminding people will go up in advance.

Thank you very much for your understanding and cooperation.

Ina Chantry (Parish Clerk) 

My name is Ina Chantry and I have been Parish Clerk since September. I previously worked as a teacher in the secondary sector. I am  involved with a charity working with autistic children and I am also a parish councillor for my parish of Bix and Assendon.

I go to the Stoke Row Stores and cafe on a Monday afternoon between 2-3pm. If for any reason I cannot make that time I will let Nikki at the cafe know and usually arrange a different day.

I look forward to getting to know the parish, the people and working with you all. if you would like to raise a concern please come along to the cafe.

Henley Sector comprises of Henley Town and the parishes of Goring, Woodcote, Goring Heath, South

Stoke, Whitchurch-on-Thames, Nettlebed, Swyncombe, Pishill with Stonor, Bix & Assendon, Stoke Row, Highmoor, Checkendon, Rotherfield Greys, Sonning Common, Rotherfield Peppard, Kidmore End, Mapledurham, Harpsden, Binfield Heath, Shiplake, Eye & Dunsden.

Priorities

Priority 1 - Violent Crime, Drug dealing and ASB around the Henley Area

PCSOs Hewett, Smith, Wyatt and Apps all attended Makins Playarea after a member of the public was subjected to abuse whilst there with his young child. Three young males were spoken to and they voluntarily had their bags searched and strong words of advice were given.

PCSO Apps found a hidden BB gun in the undergrowth at Makins Playarea whilst on routine patrol.

The neighbourhood team continue to conduct pro-active patrols. We will respond to intelligence provided by partners and the community. Please continue to tell us what you know and we will act upon it.

Priority 2 – Burglary Dwellings

Overnight 22^nd/ 23^rd September Penelope’s Doggy Boutique in Goring was burgled and their cash register taken from the premises – on-going investigation.

On 10^th September it was reported that a Sonning Common a residential property had an intruder in the early hours of the morning – nothing taken.

Station News in Henley – offenders broke into the property on 3^rd September and alcohol and cigarettes were taken – on-going investigation.

If you have any information about any of these please contact the Neighbourhood team on 101 or by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Anti-social behaviour

The neighbourhood team continue to routinely patrol Freeman’s Meadow, Henley skate-park and Makins play area to combat anti-social behaviour, drug use and supply.

What the neighbourhood team have been doing in September (twenty shifts each officer)

• Action fraud referrals - this is where a victim has contacted Action Fraud and they in turn refer the victim’s details to a TVP officer to visit either telephone or on-line fraud victims. Six Action Referrals were received this month, all received advice and support.
• 10^TH September there was an arson attack on the Scouts Hut on Greys Road, Henley, fire attended and police informed – on-going investigation.
• 10^th September PCs Taylor and Betts attended an address on the Reading Road, Henley and a local male was arrested for Public Order offences.
• 11^th September PC Taylor. PCSOs Hewett and Smith, a dog handler, the police helicopter and officers from nearby areas, were involved in an area search for a young suicidal male in Sonning Common. Male was located and taken to a place of safety.
• 23^RD September PCSOs Smith & Hewett stop-checked a silver Honda Rav on the Stonor Estate parked suspiciously; the vehicle had been reported earlier for shooting at birds near Swyncombe
• September The ‘hare coursing’ season has started. The last two weekends of September Police have received calls from landowners/farmers regarding vehicles driving on their land, males seen with dogs and an incident of illegal pheasant shoot.
• The Henley area has had two incidents of Travellers setting up camp; one on the Peppard Common village green and a second on private land at Crays Pond. Court proceedings succeeded in moving on the Travelling Communities.
• September – a number of vehicles parked on the highway between Wallingford, North Stoke, South Stoke, Goring, Crays Pond and Whitchurch have suffered rear and front windscreen damage. A golf club is thought to be used to break the glass- nothing removed from the vehicles.   On-going investigation.  
• If you have any information about this please contact the Neighbourhood team on 101 or by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

• Staff news

  We are pleased to welcome PC Hailey Goodwin and PCSO Tom Rudd to the Henley Neighbourhood Policing Team. Hailey has worked for TVP for 15 years and worked in neighbourhood policing when she was with Chiltern and South Bucks. Tom has just finished his training as is now being tutored on area by PCSO Chris Wyatt. You will get a chance to meet both Tom and Hailey at Have Your Say meeting soon that will be advertised.

  Crime reduction 

  Autumn is here and the days are shorter; we urge the public to check their windows and doors when leaving their property. It’s easy to forget that open window!  Even if you are just popping out, please remember to secure your home. Make your property look as if someone is at home with light timers.  

  Community Speed-Watch

  If you are a parish council and would like more information about this please contact the Neighbourhood team on 101 or by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  Have Your Say Meetings

  ‘Have Your Says’ are held by PCSOs in the Henley Sector every month – these are an opportunity for the public to meet a member of the neighbourhood team and raise any police related concerns. 

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Higher value vouchers now available:

There is a new, higher value full fibre broadband voucher scheme available to residents and business in rural areas. This is known as the Rural Gigabit Voucher Scheme and offers voucher values of £3,500 for SME’s and £1,500 for residential premises. Please see the link below to access the full details and conditions.

In summary, these vouchers can be used when the location is rural and the existing available speed is below 30Mb/s. The online tool automatically determines if the postcode entered qualifies for the rural voucher scheme. An application may only be made when there is more than one premise listed in the application. If the online tool evaluates that the rural voucher is not applicable, then the standard Gigabit Voucher Scheme will currently remain in place and the website will direct you to the details of that scheme.

Both of these options are funded by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and will operate until funds are exhausted.

Find out if you are eligible by using the postcode search, which will also list suppliers that are active in your area and be able to advise of your eligibility and guide you through the process. Full fibre broadband is a fibre-optic cable directly to your premise from the telephone exchange that is future proof and will offer the fastest and most reliable speeds available of 1 gigabit, which is the same as 1,000 megabits.

For further information regarding the Rural Gigabit Voucher scheme, please visit: https://gigabitvoucher.culture.gov.uk/rural

Please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. should you have any questions about the scheme.

You may have seen bus timetables appearing at stops and/or notice boards in the village advertising a new bus service to Henley operating on Thursdays from 25th April.

Services are timed to connect with trains at Henley (and Goring), buses to Reading at Peppard Common (Unicorn) or at Woodcote so passengers are not restricted to just going to Henley or Goring, where the service starts.