Suspicious circumstances

Yesterday 17th October 2025 police received a report of a suspicious male going door to door trying to sell goods in the Venn's acre location.

 These persons are commonly known as “Nottingham Knockers”, there are persons going door to door selling poor quality household goods who often use high pressure tactics and false claims about rehabilitation programs to trick people into buying their products.

If you have any further information about this incident, we’d like to hear from you. Please complete the following online form quoting incident Incident 171 17.10.2025  https://www.gloucestershire.police.uk/tua/tell-us-about/cor/tell-us-about-existing-case-report/

Alternatively, you can give information anonymously by contacting Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or reporting online: https://crimestoppers-uk.org/

You can find plenty of crime prevention advice on our website: https://www.gloucestershire.police.uk/cp/crime-prevention/

Please note, we're unable to accept reports of crime through Your Neighbourhood Alerts. You can report non-emergency crime online here. Always call 999 in an emergency.