To think we have had an usually high number of police visits?

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And this may be, in part, why the neighbour has it in her head that I am running some kind of hoarded crackhouse for teenagers?

In the last 2 or 3 years we've had them at the door once to return a lost phone, twice to return a lost bank card, once because I reported a crime, 2/3 times when DD1 was a victim of a crime, and twice when DD2 was witness to a crime (same crime with two visits to gather evidence/statements.)

It feels like there is a police car outside my house every few months.

Whete do you live that they send police to return lost bank cards? Or phones for that matter.

North East. No one else I know has had lost property returned to them personally by a uniformed police officer. I think we've just been lucky. The guy today said he lived close to us so was returning it on his way home from work.

I had the police drop round with my sisters bank card! I was shocked they did that. Clearly wasn’t a one off. They did get me to call her so they could check she was happy for me to take it.
it does seem quite a lot op but it’s great you are getting a response from the police

I've been in my house 13 years and they haven't been here yet.

We live a fairly quiet life though, keep our heads down, stay out of trouble. Although DS is getting older and more independent. Plenty of time yet 😀

I could only dream of such service OP.

It does sound a lot but if the police actually responded to anything round here might not be so outside the norm.

I have never had police at my door.
One place we lived they did turn up and sit in their car opposite our house at least twice a day, every day though. But we went to one of their community sessions and asked what was going on; between the lines a suspected major drug dealer lived in the massive mansion house at the end of the road (small cul de sac).

I'm not complaining about the service, btw. I am grateful they take the time to return things to us. I was just wondering what the neighbours must think of us. I've never noticed police cars parked outside other houses in the street (although we have frosted windows so I only really see the street when I am outside).

Lived here 20 years and haven't had the police at the door once. I'm amazed they will pitch up to drop your bank card off when they won't come out for vandalism, robbery, shoplifting, assault....

North East England?

I'm also quite surprised about the returning of Bank cards and phones.

I've had the police at my house three times in 35 years. Once to take a statement when I'd witnessed a crime, once to identify some stolen goods from the place I worked and once to take a statement after a RTC.

I used to be a Special Constable. Not once did I ever return anyone's lost or stolen property as part of my duties.

The crime I reported was an attempted break-in in a neighbouring property. They were in my garden but my dog chased them off and they got stuck in the garden behind mine.

The police were really good actually. 5/6 of them turned up within ten minutes. Unfortunately, they missed the would-be burglars by a few seconds. They did go off looking for them. They never came back so IDK if they caught them.

Wow, couldn't even get the actual police to our house when we were broken into. Nice to know they're dealing with real emergencies

The only time I've ever had the police at my house was 8am on a Tuesday morning, investigating a near neighbour on suspicion of terrorism.

Said near neighbour had always come across as a perfectly reasonable, if rather quiet and private, person.

I was late to work that day and I don't think my boss entirely bought my reason why. 😄

I had police at my door when my husband was admitted to hospital after an accident.

I'd panic if I saw one approaching again

In 46 years I've only ever had police at the door once. When I was about 10 or 11 and they came to interview me about an arsonist in my school who kept (4 times) setting fire to my year groups classrooms. I knew nothing of use to them but turns out it was indeed one of the kids!

I have only had the Police call to me twice. Once it was because a crime had taken place in my street and they wanted to know if I heard anything, they called to everyone.

The second time I had lost a kindle. My name is quite unique locally and through my work I had come across a number of Police Officers. I had my name and contact number written in the cover and one of the officers I knew well called on his way home to check if it was mine. He lived nearby.

I've been taken home by a police car several times. (After incidents that I got assaulted by ex) They also came here taking statements multiple times.
I've never had a neighbor asking what happened etc. I'm glad they didn't!

In my teens the police were outside my house every weekend, but that was because my neighbour was a custody sergeant and Police Federation rep.
The riot van would be parked up outside for early evening and in the early hours for coffee between driving circuits around town.

On one occasion I was walking home in the early hours and was stopped as a suspicious teen carrying a rolled up carrier bag of tools.
Having satisfied their curiousity and given my address they left me to continue my walk - to find them parked up outside

For actual police visits, a police car turned up to confusingly go to my door - informing my parents I was at casualty and making the van driver who knocked me off my motorbike deliver it home, next to take a formal statement after finding a deceased friend.

A friend had a few visits following her son losing his phone on the bus. It was confirmed to have been handed in to the driver on the local Facebook group - but it never made it to lost property - and conveniently the bus CCTV was cleared the day before she arrived at the bus station office
The police made numerous visits - statements etc and to be the phones IMEI number as the box had been kept - which were getting nowhere, until the officer concerned kept a track on whether or not the phone ever became active again
Once active, and accompanied by obtaining the new phone number of a sim used in it she visited the bus drivers address, then phoned the number ….

How on earth did they know where you live?

They won't come out here unless it's an absolute necessity.

Do you live in Trumpton, in the county of Trumptonshire?

We’ve only once had the police come round and that was because someone locally had their car stolen and they were asking if anyone had cctv or heard anything.

Christ on a bike. I don't think I've ever seen one in real life.

I assume from when DD2 was witness to a crime. I guess they would have her details in the police system? Although, I don't know how they got her address details in the first place. Could the school have given them our address?

She received messages on social media from a convicted sex offender. She hadn't replied and had blocked him but they wanted screenshots of the messages on her phone and a statement from her about how many times he had contacted her/if she knew him from RL etc.

One came to my house once.
Brought my passport which someone had handed in to the local police station when we still had a manned one. Would have been about 1979.

One night we had a riot van, squad car, fast response car and ambulance. For our house, there was a lot of blue lights and curtain twitching.

A party guest was having a suspected heart attack. However, as alcohol was involved, they needed to send police as well. The riot van was closest.

I agree and it does not seem its the correct procedure

I found a bankcard in our close a few years back

I knocked around a few doors and no one recognised the name.
In order to find out who it belongs to you need to ring the bank!
It takes time and I'm staggered cops are doing that. The bank tells them to destroy the card, which i did

The next day a knock on the door, the woman that car belonged to she said i heard you found a card - i told here what the bank had asked me to do

so the poice turning up with a bank card, not in the south of England or anywhere for that matter AFAIK