Police - Fitzhead Village

Phone Scams

20/08/2023 admin Communication, Community, Crime, Police

Avon & Somerset Police and Crime Commissioner, PCC Mark Shelford has welcomed a national rollout of free call blocking units to help protect people falling victims to phone scams. Led by the National Trading Standards

Courier fraud

27/11/2022 admin Crime, Police

Avon and Somerset Police are warning to look out for courier fraud. A resident received a call from someone who claimed to be a London police officer working in Paddington station (which closed some time

Shop safely online

27/11/2022 admin Crime, Police

Avon and Somerset Police are advising about shopping safely online this Christmas. With Christmas around the corner, online shopping can save you time, effort and money. However, don’t be caught out by convincing fake online

Check on neighbours advice

28/06/2022 admin Police

Avon and Somerset Police have issued this advice to Neighbourhood Watch teams: Dear Coordinators and Members, Wiltshire Farm Foods, a supplier of home meal deliveries has had their computer system damaged in a cyber attack,

Holiday and travel related fraud

28/05/2022 admin Police

Avon and Somerset Police warn that as travel restrictions become more relaxed, Action Fraud, the national reporting centre for fraud and cybercrime, is warning the public to remain vigilant against holiday fraud when booking flights or accommodation

Avon and Somerset Police payment diversion fraud alert

21/03/2022 admin Crime, Police

Payment Diversion Fraud, spikes annually in March because of increases in business activity associated with company’s financial year-ends. The aim is to raise awareness of this type of fraud and deliver key protect messaging to

Avon and Somerset Police theft alert

21/03/2022 admin Crime, Police

An outbuilding/stables have been subject of an attempted theft between 3pm and 4pm on the 15 March in West Bagborough. The offenders gained entry and removed a quad bike into a yard, where it was

Avon and Somerset Police Covid scam alert

06/03/2022 admin Police

Criminals are once again using Covid to try and steal your money. Since 1 January, 412 victims have reported losses totalling over £531,000. Fake text messages pretending to be from the NHS are circulating, so

Avon and Somerset Police key safe advice

12/02/2022 admin Police

Key Safes are a useful way of allowing authorised people access to a key to enter a property. They could be used by medical or healthcare professionals and by holiday lets or where a number

Catalytic converter theft

23/01/2022 admin Crime, Police

There to help ‘clean’ the exhaust gas from vehicles, the metals catalytic converters are made of are becoming more and more valuable, some being more valuable than gold! They’re easy to steal. Organised criminals have

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