Awareness message from Northants Police 

Southam farm watch has received this awareness message from our colleagues in Northants. 

It is a timely reminder as thieves have no respect for borders and if it's happening there it will soon be happening here. 

Daventry area, Northants is experiencing an increase in rural burglaries and theft. This often involves such items as Tack, Quad or other off road vehicles, 4 x 4s, trailers and horseboxes, diesel, agricultural plant and tools. 

Often a precursor to these types of offences will be a suspicious incident involving the potential offenders identifying their target. 

This can be in the form of a vehicle 'finding' its way onto a farm premises. When challenged the occupants will often use an excuse or distraction such as; 

· Looking for somewhere to exercise their dog 

· Looking for grazing land 

· Wanting to purchase hay 

· Wanting directions to another location 

A burglary or theft often follows and this can happen anywhere between 2 weeks and 6 months. 

We do get many calls in relation to suspicious persons or vehicles, however we would like to encourage you to always have our number to hand, even under a 'hotkey' on your mobile phone so that you can report an incident immediately. 

Police officers often respond to 'gut instinct'. If you feel something is wrong with a person or vehicle then you are probably right. Tell us about it. We need as much detail as possible about the vehicle registration and description of the occupants. 

This gives us the opportunity to collate information on those persons that target our rural locations and in turn we can feed back information to you to increase your awareness. 

If you have any information about a suspicious incident please e-mail ' southamfarmwatch@warwickshire.pnn.police.uk' or please ring 01926 415000 and ask for the Communications Centre. Please tell them that you are ringing in response to a message or call Crime Stoppers 0800 555111

SOUTHAM FARM WATCH 

Southam Police Station 

High Street 

Southam 

Tel : 01926 415000

Email : southamfarmwatch@warwickshire.pnn.police.uk