Police News - Rochdale North

Insp Michelle Hughes

"Priorities this week continue to be around reducing burglaries and ensuring we continue to support victims of domestic violence," said Inspector Michelle Hughes.

Burglaries

We have had 13 burglaries reported this week throughout Rochdale North.

This includes both residential premises, sheds, outbuilding and commercial premises.

Breakdown of burglaries per beat:

Central - 0
Bamford - 4
Norden -3
Spotland and Falinge - 4
Healey - 1
Milkstone and Deeplish – 0
Town Centre - 1

We remain committed to doing everything we can to prevent burglary and the movement of stolen goods, we continue to target offenders and promote initiatives to prevent offences taking place

I would also urge residents to be vigilant and report any suspicious people, vehicles or activity in their neighbourhood. You know your own neighbourhood and what looks right and what is out of place.

Recent Arrests

A 20-year-old male has been charged with possession of a controlled drug, following his arrest earlier this week. He has been bailed to appear at Bury and Rochdale Magistrates in April 2015.

A 39-year-old male has been charged with burglary and possession of a controlled drug following his arrest earlier this week. He has been remanded in custody and will appear before Bury and Rochdale Magistrates court on 27 February 2015.

A 21-year-old male has been charged with burglary and theft following his arrest earlier this week. He was remanded in custody and appeared before Bury and Rochdale Magistrates court on 26 February 2015.

A 19-year-old male was arrested on 27 February on suspicion of theft, he has been bailed pending further enquiries.

On Friday 20 February officers executed a warrant at an address on Shawclough Way. Once inside officers discovered approximately 40 cannabis plants. Nobody was present at the address at the time and investigations continue to trace the offender(s).

Information received from the general public is key to our success and helps us with our commitment to make your communities a safe place to live.

If anyone has any information about any groups or individuals who are involved in criminal activity, then they should contact the Rochdale North Neighbourhood Policing Team on 0161 856 9961. Alternatively you can ring the independent charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111

Bin the Blade

Saturday 28 February 2015 marks the last day of our ‘Bin the Blade’ campaign, a month long knife surrender running throughout February.

The Bin the Blade campaign was launched in support of the British Ironwork Centre’s, Save a life, Surrender your knife initiative.

Knives can be surrendered at any of the police stations with the surrender bins in place, including Rochdale Police Station, The Holme, The Esplanade, Rochdale OL16 1AG.

Crime Prevention- Property Marking

Marking your property is a quick and effective way of protecting your property. It will make it less attractive to thieves to steal it in the first place as they know that marked property can be easily identified by the police.

In addition, the traceable property may be more difficult for them to 'cash in' with another criminal or to a willing purchaser of the item. Of course it also greatly enhances the chances of you being re-united with the item which is important too.

You can make a real difference in protecting your property by ensuring that you use a UV marker pen to postcode all your valuable items, any other valuable item which has a hard surface. You should also keep a note of the serial number of the item, and note the place where you have written the postcode.

Items can also be registered for free using the website:

https://www.immobilise.com

If you require any further information or advice in relation to property marking, please contact your local Crime Reduction Officer on 101.