Crime in Hanworth, Bracknell Forest

The Bracknell South Neighbourhood Policing Team will be implementing the following measures:

-Targeted Speed Enforcement - high visibility operations utilising the handheld speed gun device. This will take place in known speeding hotspots, helping to promote safe driving.

Officers have been conducting speed enforcement across the borough.

To tackle the issue of illegal E-scooters and E-bikes. The Bracknell South Neighbourhood team are taking a multi-pronged approach:

-Vehicle Seizures - Officers are actively seizing illegal e-scooters and modified e-bikes being used on public roads.
-Targeted Enforcement - Police are responding to public complaints about reckless riding and excessive speeds by conducting patrols and enforcement operations in hotspot areas.
-Education Campaigns - Neighbourhood officers are working with schools, parents and local businesses to raise awareness about the legal restrictions on e-scooter and e-bike use. These efforts aim to prevent illegal use and inform potential buyers about the risks and regulations.

Officers have conducted operations to tackle illegal E-Bikes and E-Scooters. As a result, we seized numerous E-Scooters and and Illegal E-Bike.

We will continue to conduct these operations during the coming months.

March Activity:
20/03/2026 - Operation completed 7x E-Scooters and 1 x Illegal E-Bike seized
09/04/2026 - E-Motorbike seized outside Co-Op, Jennett's Park

-High-visibility patrols during peak evening hours to deter ASB and drug-related activity.
-Engage with individuals suspected of causing issues.
-Stop and search operations where appropriate, based on intelligence and observed behaviour.
-Plain clothes patrols and officers on bicycles to increase coverage and gather intelligence discreetly.

These efforts will be part of an ongoing strategy to reduce anti-social behaviour and drug-related crime, with continued community engagement and intelligence gathering at the heart of the approach.

Please report ASB to us through 101 or the following link: https://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/area/your-area/local-policing-team-contact/triage/v2/contact-your-local-policing-team

March Actions:
20/03/2026 - Operation completed. 2 x Males issued Community Resolutions for possession of cannabis
26/03/2026 - Partial Closure Order granted for 2 addresses in Birch Hill following multiple reports of ASB and Drugs. This closure will last for 3 months.
29/03/2026 - Officers stopped a vehicle linked to drugs, driving through Great Hollands. Driver arrested for possession with intent to supply Class A. Male has been bailed pending further enquiries.

April Actions:
07/04/2026 - 37 year old male searched and arrested for possession with intent to supply Class B - Cannabis. Released under investigation due to ongoing enquiries.
10/04/2026 - Partial Closure Order Granted at court for an address on Gainsborough, Birch Hill
15/04/2026 - 5 x Males arrested from within the Gainsborough address (subject to Closure Order). As a result, we are seeking a full closure order on the address today at court.
16/04/2026 - Full Closure Order granted at court for an address on Gainsborough, Birch Hill
22/04/2026 - Male issued a Community Protection Warning (CPW) to prevent his behaviour and attendance at an address in Easthampstead due to ongoing ASB issues
24/04/2026 - Male above, issued a Community Protection Notice (CPN), due to failure to comply with the CPW at an address in Easthampstead. Any further breaches will result in his arrest.
24/04/2026 - Foot patrols around Chaffinch Gardens, Jennett's Park and Holbeck, Great Hollands - regarding drug misuse. Nothing of note identified
25/04/2026 - Male arrested in Appledore for possession with intent to supple Class A and Class B following making off from police. A large quantity of drugs were seized from his home address. He was interviewed and bailed pending other investigation enquiries.
03/05/2026 - Male issued CPN on 24/04/2026 breached the CPN a number of times and was arrested today and charged with breaching a community protection notice. He has been bailed to attend court.
18/05/2026 - Male issued a Section 59 Police Reform Act 2002 warning for driving his vehicle on pedestrian area of Great Hollands.