Overview
- Councillor David Henwood and volunteers have begun night patrols in Littlemore using hyōshigi, traditional Japanese wooden clappers.
- The group says the sound signals vigilance to residents and potential offenders, and Henwood claims early crime reduction.
- Patrols currently cover four streets roughly every other evening, with messages of thanks and at least one new volunteer.
- Thames Valley Police are investigating multiple vehicle tyre slashings on Giles Road on December 23, 28 and 30, describing them as targeted, and no arrests have been made.
- A man in his twenties stabbed on December 11 remains in hospital in a stable, non-life-threatening condition, and police have not indicated a wider public threat.