Not in my neighbourhood week (2-6 November)

The Royal Borough's community safety partnership is supporting the Home Office national campaign Not in My Neighbourhood Week which runs from Monday 2 November to Friday 6 November by taking its crime fighting activities straight to the streets.

The partnership is using the week to raise awareness about what is being done to tackle crime in the borough and highlight the work of the partnership on a daily basis to keep communities safe from crime.

Throughout the week community wardens, police and housing associations will be out and about in the borough, hosting information stands with crime reduction advice, providing mobile housing association offices in the community, carrying out visibility patrols by the police and community wardens and carrying out clean-up days.

Cllr Colin Rayner, cabinet member with responsibility for community safety, said: "It is important that the council and its partners support these national initiatives. They present really good opportunities to raise awareness of how we and residents can work together to ensure our community is a safer one.

"The week is not a one off. We are working together throughout the year to tackle the issues that matter to residents and to ensure that incidents of crime and anti-social behaviour go down.

"Anti-social behaviour will not be tolerated and we will use the powers available to us to stamp it out. We are working very hard with Thames Valley Police to make sure they adopt a zero tolerance policy towards crime and anti-social behaviour in the borough. We want the Royal Borough to be a safe place to live, work rest and play.

"I would urge anyone living in or visiting the borough to visit one of the events to learn more about the work we are doing. They will also be able to find out about some simple but effective means to avoid becoming a victim of crime."

Please see attachment highlighting the activities taking place during Not in My Neighborhood Week.

Tim De Meyer, local police area commander for Windsor and Maidenhead, said: "We have a much better chance of reducing crime if we work together to keep young people out of trouble, look after the vulnerable and keep property safe. This week demonstrates how we go about it and I would urge people to get involved."

Peter Hatch, director of operations at Maidenhead and District Housing Association, said: "These activities will help to create greater awareness about how the partnership works to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour. We hope they will inspire more residents to get involved in making the community safer for everyone."