Crime in twyford, wokingham

This issue was discussed with community members at our stand during the Twyford Annual Parish meeting. During these discussions it became clear that there is a general reluctance to report these matters to Police, as they are not thought to be important enough.

We have added this location to our patrol plans for general focus on the weekends now that term time has resumed. It is important to us that such issues are reported to best inform how we patrol this community space.

This issue has previously been explored by the team, and has included discussions with the parish and borough, as well as the local secondary school, as we work together to try and find a long term solution.

Over the past year we have undertaken periodic enforcement activity related to unnecessary obstruction at peak times.

This will continue as we try to explore the root cause of an increasing prevalence of this issue.

UPDATE 26/04/2026 - PC Bogdanova and PC Young have met with a local borough councillor, who is going to research a solution that may have been implemented elsewhere in Wokingham, to see if this has been effective, the cost and process of this implementation.

This issue has been added onto the local patrol plan for May, with specific attention paid to evenings.

PCSO Ruby Maguire is leading a clear car initiative and will be exploring opportunities to engage with the public to share target hardening advice on how to avoid keyless car theft. She is in the process of delivering leaflets to raise awareness of this trend.

During our public engagements, we have been advocating, and where possible, providing simple faraday pouches to the community, to try and reduce vulnerability to this offence type.