Wood Norton Village

We now have the whole village covered by the Home watch scheme with the two co-ordinators listed below.

Stan Jones for the top part of the village along the B1101

Paul Marchant ([email protected]) for the main part of the village

 

Here is the Village version of instructions to register for information from Home Watch:

The new system is now up and running!!!!!! It is the Community Messaging System and can be accessed by all members of Home Watch.  Members can register to have E-mails direct from the system. The details of crimes pertinent to our particular area will be provided.

You can register by going to www.norfolk.police.uk and select: “Safer Neighbourhoods”, scroll to the bottom, select “Sign Up” then select “Register here to receive messages from POLICE DIRECT”. Follow instructions.

Operation Radar

An intelligence led operation targeting Rogue Traders, distraction burglars and metal/fuel thefts.

The main reports are of diesel/oil thefts, mainly from industry and farms, bogus charity collections at the door and bogus household checks on utilities.

 

Main crimes recently consist of:

Fakenham:

Criminal damage.
Cycle theft x 2.
Vehicle damage x 2.
Shed burglary x 2.

Holt:

Arson (garden Shed) x 2.

Stibbard:

Wood Norton road, criminal damage around 20.15 hrs on 5th Sept. A wing mirror of a car was deliberately broken off and thrown onto the roof of the village hall. Also, criminal damage on Guist Bottom Road between 1100hrs on 5th and 1100hrs on 7th September, a wooden garden chair was stolen from a front garden and later found smashed.

 

Cycle theft in UK between January and August this year is 1,327; 194 in Great Yarmouth and 69 in North Norfolk.

Plastic card tip!!!! Unless you are making a purchase online or by telephone, DO NOT disclose the 3 digit security number on the back of the card for any reason.

Also, remember your bank will never ask you for PIN number(s).

In 2008 the Chair of the Parish Council suggested that “we” on the Holt Road may wish to form a Home Watch scheme. After some lengthy communication with the North Norfolk Constabulary, a liaison was formed with the Fakenham Safer Neighbourhood Team. This progressed to a brief on the 27th April 2009 from the Fakenham Safer Neighbourhood Team which certified that we had sufficient support to enter the scheme. Following this brief the household members present agreed to form a Home Watch Scheme for the Holt Road area of the village (between Rectory Road and Stibbard Road). Stan Jones was elected as Co-ordinator with Julie Cullum as Deputy Co-ordinator. Applications for the appropriate signage were completed and we now await delivery.

Stan Jones

It was decided that two signs would be purchased at a cost of £50. The cost is to be shared between the eight homes participating. Since the meeting, the Chair of the Parish Council has offered to request the PC to fund these signs. I will on our behalf ask him to progress this and keep us informed of the outcome. The signs are to be located on the B1110 on BT poles just prior to Stibbard Crossroads (Guist Side) and the Hindlveston side of Rectory Road. Repeater signs (£25 each) can be purchased if required for use on intermediate poles. Stickers for household gates, doors and windows will be provided following our registration. The doubts over permission to locate signs on poles have been resolved as BT has a nationwide policy to allow placement of signs with certain caveats. These are no problem to us!! We are not allowed to attach them to traffic signs or sign posts

We have responsibility to attach signs to the designated poles and subsequent maintenance.

The majority suggested that future meetings could be held at members’ homes to remove costs of Village Hall hire.

We discussed the marking of personal belongings to prevent theft. It was suggested  that visible etched markings (POST CODE) was the better option as the thief could see the markings which hold obvious disadvantages to them. The use of Ultra Violet marking is deemed to be a vehicle for returning retrieved stolen goods. Best we prevent the theft in the first instance. The Police approved etching system is SELECTAMARK, this can be purchased from the Police. Details will follow.

A Police security survey of our homes was discussed. PC Paul Willis on 01692 401095 is the man for this. He will visit at no cost to asses your home and advise on security needs to further protect your property

Discussion on the use of force against intruders was light hearted and source of some humour. The Crown Prosecution Service, following some high profile cases, have produced a leaflet.