Category: News

Secure Your Garden and Home

Dear Watch Member,

To paraphrase Michael Caine, “Not a lot of people might know this”, but this week is National Gardening Week. Which seems an appropriate time for me to remind you of how important it is to secure the outside of your property this summer.

Doing so not only keeps your valuables safe in your shed and garage, but is often the first line of defence against burglars trying to enter your home via rear access points.

Keep them out with the following tips:

  • At the front of your house, hedges and walls should be kept low to increase natural surveillance and give burglars nowhere to hide;
  • Side and rear hedges, walls and fences should be higher and topped with trellis, thorny plants or other suitable anti-climb topping;
  • Ensure side gates are locked at all times; open gates are an open invitation for burglars to easily access the rear of your home;
  • Keep power tools and bicycles inside a locked and secured shed.

If you are green-fingered, planting particular shrubs along walls and fences can create a natural defence against burglars and make it harder for them to access your property or even deter them completely.

View the attached document for ideas of what to plant. For further burglary prevention advice, please click here.

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Regards,
Lee O’Brien
Pinner Safer Neighbourhood Team
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 020 8721 2775

Harrow Council’s Tall Building Consulation – Our Response

At our AGM some of the people attending raised concerns over Harrow Council’s Tall building consulation. Please click on the link below to view our response.

Tall Building SPD – PA response – April 2023

Time Set for Emergency Alerts Test

Dear Watch Member,

Please read the attached document containing information about the forthcoming Emergency Alerts Test.

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Lee O’Brien
Pinner Safer Neighbourhood Team
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Neighbourhood Watch: 2023-24 Crime Survey for England and Wales

Dear Watch Member,

We have been informed that Kantar Public, on behalf of the Office for National Statistics, will be conducting the 2023-24 Crime Survey for England and Wales.

The Crime Survey asks adults in England and Wales about their experiences of crime. The Crime Survey and police recorded crime are a complementary series and together provide a more comprehensive picture of crime than could be obtained from either series alone. The Crime Survey includes crimes that are not reported to police.

The survey is conducted throughout the year across all areas of England and Wales and it will be coming to Pinner on the following dates in April:

  • Wednesday 12th;
  • Friday 14th;
  • Saturday 15th;
  • Sunday 16th;
  • Tuesday 18th.

The interviewer carrying out the Crime Survey in the area may visit you as late as 9pm. All interviewers who work on the survey will carry a Market Research Society Interviewer Identity Card, an example of which is attached. This card includes the interviewer’s name and photograph and a number to call to verify their identity.

If you require any further information about the survey, please call the Crime Survey Information Line at Kantar Public on free phone 0800 051 0882 during office hours or email [email protected].

You can also visit the Crime Survey for England and Wales website: www.crimesurvey.co.uk.

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Regards,
Lee O’Brien
Pinner Safer Neighbourhood Team
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Tel: 020 8721 2775

Consultation Event on a “Public Spaces Protection Order” for Harrow Borough

Harrow Council are consulting on whether to implement specific restrictions in our town centres and urban centres and parks and opens spaces such as:

  • Intimidating and/or aggressive begging
  • Obstructing access to business premises during opening hours
  • Leaving commercial waste in public spaces for an unreasonable length of time
  • Use of amplifiers or loud speakers without permission
  • Financial Agreements on the Street from a set stand only
  • Placing of tables, stands, or other furniture / fixings
  • Distribution of leaflets
  • Illegal or Unauthorised Street Trading
  • Feeding of Birds and Vermin

For more information see:

Harrow Public Spaces Protection Order | MyHarrow Talk

As part of the consultation process, Harrow Council Environmental Health Officers will be in and around Pinner town centre on:

  • Tuesday 18th April 10:30 – 12:30

Officers will be walking around the area engaging with residents and sharing a QR code for residents/businesses to scan to access the above consultation.

 

Harrow Public Spaces Protection Order consultation

Dear Watch Member,

Harrow Council want to crack down on anti-social behaviour and people who make the borough a dirty and unpleasant place – you can help by taking part in the Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) consultation.

Please take 5 minutes to take part and make Harrow a safer place to live and work

https://www.harrow.gov.uk/news/article/11199/restoring-pride-in-harrow-have-your-say-on-borough-wide-protection-order

 

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Regards,
Louise Nicholson
Watch Liaison Officer
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Warning: Pickpockets in Pinner

Dear Watch Member,

We are currently investigating a series of recent pickpocket offences in Pinner. The most recent ones have occurred in Café Nero, Lidl, Marks & Spencer and WHSmith, where the victims have had their mobile phone and / or bankcards stolen from coat pockets, handbags or purses.

Although many of the pickpocket victims are elderly females, anyone can be targeted by thieves who often dress smartly to avoid being detected. Some thieves work alone; others with an accomplice.

Wherever you go it’s important you don’t make yourself an easy target by following this advice:

• Look out for people who get too close to you in a queue;
• Never leave your phone, wallet or purse in an open pocket;
• Never leave your handbag / rucksack unzipped and carry your bag in front, preferably diagonally across your body;
• Don’t leave your phone or other valuables unattended or out of sight, such as in a trolley;
• Don’t leave bags hanging on the backs of prams and chairs;
• Always cover the keypad when entering your PIN;
• Don’t become distracted when using an ATM; ensure that any money you withdraw is safely secured;
• Don’t keep your house keys with any document showing your address.

For more personal safety advice please click here.

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Regards,
Lee O’Brien
Pinner Safer Neighbourhood Team
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 020 8721 2775