Yesterday we received an 'intention to prosecute' notice from Avon and Somerset Police, for speeding. Name on address I'd never heard of - address; ours. The offence took place in Gloustershire, somewhere we've never been. Anywhy, vehicle wasn't registered to us. Today, two more letters: One from Metropolitan Police and another from North Yorkshire Police; again for speeding, differing registration numbers. Again, took place in places we'd never visited. All addressed to same name, at our address.
Obviously our address is being used for fraudulent purposes, but of the two police areas we've rung the response is 'return it, saying how long you've lived there', and 'if you want to include a covering note, do'. I can't help feeling they're going to write off these offences (no resources to follow up). It can be checked on the electoral roll who lives at our property, but I worry how many times has our address been used to defraud in the meantime. It may be unimportant in terms of crime, but it really bothers me that someone is using our address to avoid prosecutions. It also encourages people to evade the law when this type of thing isn't followed up, because there's too much pressure on the police service.