Something Strange in your Neighbourhood

Something Strange in your Neighbourhood

Have you heard of cuckooing:

There are different types of cuckooing:

using the property to deal, store or take drugs

using the property to sex work

taking over the property as a place for them to live

taking over the property to financially abuse the tenant

The most common form of cuckooing is where drug dealers take over a person’s home and use it to store or distribute drugs.

Signs that cuckooing may be going on at a property include but are not limited to:

an increase in people entering and leaving

an increase in cars or bikes outside

an increase in anti-social behaviour

increasing litter outside

people coming and going at strange times

damage to the door/the door propped open

unknown people pressing buzzers to gain access to the building

you haven't seen the person who lives there recently or, when you have, they have been anxious or distracted

You can call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 to give information about cuckooing. It is anonymous, you won't be asked for your name and you may help reduce criminality in your community.

This is the first message I have sent in relation to cuckooing in your area. However, you may receive messages like this in the near future. We are always striving to find new ways to gather intelligence to protect vulnerable members of your community, and I may use this type of message to target locations where we believe cuckooing to be occurring.

Kind Regards

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Paul Griffiths
(Police, PC, York City/Guildhall)