there is a neighbourhood watch team at thames valley police who email crime reports and security and police advice out to all the local neighbourhood watch co- odinators
they ( the local co-ordinators) then pass on the information to all the local residents/ members of the neighbourhood watch area via word of mouth or they forward the emails to your email address so all local residents are informed....
the big thing malc, is you need to find out if there is a neighbourhood watch area that covers your property, you also need to sign up to it too.... then you will probably get the crime updates !
what they dont want is everyone getting hold of the intelligence or the crime reports.... as it could in theory get into the wrong hands, they are looking for locals who have signed up to the neighbourhood watch scheme to fill in the blanks in the local crime reports...to help the police to catch the rogues !