Sandwich & Woodnesborough Newsletter October 2025

Sandwich & Woodnesborough Newsletter October 2025

Welcome to the Sandwich and Woodnesborough Newsletter for October 2025.

I have recently sent out a survey to residents who are members of My Community Voice. This is a short questionnaire about the three main policing priorities in the area where you live. We ask residents to complete the survey to help us better understand and address the issues that matter most to you.

If you are not a member of My Community Voice, you can sign up for free through the Kent Police website.

In six weeks, we’ll review all responses and focus our patrol strategy on the top three priorities raised by the community. Your feedback will directly help shape the future of policing in your area.

Thank you in advance for completing the survey.

This month’s community engagements:

Coffee Morning , Eastry Village Hall

Friday 7th November 2025

10:00-11:00

Statistics for Sandwich & Woodnesborough

112 calls to Sandwich and Woodnesborough from 1st October to the 31st October

Incidents of note:

03/10/2025 – Burglary – Woodnesborough. Business premises broken into. The door was forced open and padlocks broken. A bicycle was stolen however located in a nearby field.

18/10/2025 – Nuisance Vehicles – A256 Sandwich. Multiple reports of large number of vehicles racing on the stretch of road. Officers attended and dispersed the group.

21/10/2025 – Anti-social Behaviour – Dover Road, Sandwich. Report of youths breaking into building. Patrols attended; however, the group could not be identified.

22/10/2025 – Criminal Damage / Public Order. Sandwich. Report of youths acting in an anti-social manner, kicking and the victim’s door and then when challenged was verbally abusive. The suspect was located a short distance away by patrols, admitted to the allegation made and was issued a community resolution, with conditions to write a letter of apology, and not to contact the victim or go to their property again.

Statistics for Sandwich & Woodnesborough

112 calls to Sandwich and Woodnesborough from 1st October to the 31st October

Incidents of note:

03/10/2025 – Burglary – Woodnesborough. Business premises broken into. The door was forced open and padlocks broken. A bicycle was stolen however located in a nearby field.

18/10/2025 – Nuisance Vehicles – A256 Sandwich. Multiple reports of large number of vehicles racing on the stretch of road. Officers attended and dispersed the group.

21/10/2025 – Anti-social Behaviour – Dover Road, Sandwich. Report of youths breaking into building. Patrols attended; however, the group could not be identified.

Roads Policing

On 10th October, officers from Dover Neighbourhood Team were joined by officers from the Road Safety Unit (RSU) , Immigration and Dover District Council on a joint traffic operation along the A256 around Sandwich. The purpose of the operation was to proactively target motorist who are not adhering to the road traffic act. The day resulted in:

4 x Traffic Offence Reports (TOR’s) for overweight vehicle’s

2 x Vehicle’s prohibited for being overweight

2 x TOR’s for Defective trailer brake

2 x TOR’s for vehicle condition likely to cause injury

1 x TOR for vehicle being in a dangerous condition

2 x TOR’s for illegal number plate’s

4 x TOR’s for no insurance policy in place

2 x Seizures under S165 of Road Traffic Act

2 x Disqualified driver’s stopped

5 x TOR’s for no MOT

4 x Seizure’s for no tax

2 x TOR’s for vehicle with an insecure load

4 x Vehicle’s stopped for dark window tints and tints removed

1 x TOR for bald tyre

2 x Section 59 warnings issued.

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