Neighbourhood Watch is the largest community safety organisation in the country and works by developing close liaisons between households in a neighbourhood and the local police.
UPDATED 2026 – JANUARY
One of the advantages of being part of the WENDLEBURY recognized village scheme is that you can put this on your house/contents insurance, if asked by your insurance company or broker.
You can review crimes in our immediate Bicester area. There is a useful website which has links and details about our immediate area. A map will come up with crimes recorded and you can choose the month and year: https://www.police.uk/pu/your-area/thames-valley-police/bicester-rural/
How to report crime anonymously: If you want to report a crime, but you do not want to be identified to the police, call Crimestoppers. Staff will record your information and pass it on to the police so that it can be used to solve the crime. Your call will not be traced, and you won’t have to testify in court or give a full statement, no matter how useful the information turns out to be. You can contact Crimestoppers on line at any time or call on 0800 555 111.
On 27 September 2025 we had a visit, to the Village Hall, from the Bicester Neighbourhood Team for Thames Valley Police. It was stressed that a non-emergency report online to www.ThamesValley.Police.UK may be more effective than queueing on a phone to report something on 101. With reference to Wendlebury in particular it was stated that there are regular visits to new Langford Lane where there have been report of anti-social behaviour. Sometimes police visits are in an unmarked car. The Police Community Support Officer also mentioned that casual salesmen selling at the door might be returning.
Most villages have problems with SPEEDING, but WENDLEBURY certainly has problems. Volunteers in Wendlebury started in September 2025 to check speeds of vehicles through the village. This is part of www.communityspeedwatch.co.uk If you want to follow up on this please follow the link.
I am the village coordinator registered with the NW system. Until September 2020 volunteers received ALERTS and passed on, if they deemed relevant, to a number of properties as section coordinators. This system ceased with changes in technology and post Covid.
janeburrett8@gmail.com, or telephone 01869 241823 (you can leave a message)