Thames Valley Probation Area



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Thames Valley Probation

We work with people who have committed different types of offences such as burglary, violence, car crime and sex offences.

We provide probation supervision, offending behaviour programmes and specialist support services, which aim to stop people committing further offences.

Single Equality Scheme
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Community Payback

Offenders subject to an Unpaid Work Requirement carry out almost 300,00 hours of free work for Thames Valley communities each year. We call the work Community Payback. If you have a community project which may benefit from our help, please look at our Community Payback page here. For information on this work throughout England and Wales, please visit the website Direct.gov.uk

Click to watch our Community Payback videos

MAPPA (Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements)
To read the latest Annual Report and Press Release issued
26/10/09 click here

NEWS: Feb 12, 2010, click here to for announcement of our new Oxford office location


		Information about the Probation Service and its aims. Plus details on our Board Members, performance and where to find us in the Thames Valley.

		About us


		If you've been sentenced... We have information for those sentenced, their families and friends

		Been sentenced?

		So you think probation supervision is a soft option? Find out more about probation supervision, the orders, programmes, reports, Approved Premises and our work in prisons at Probation work - our pages for magistrates, court staff, voluntary agencies and others involved in our work

		Probation work

We work to

	Provide information to Thames Valley's courts to help sentencing decisions

	Safely supervise people serving their sentence in the community

	Ensure people complete their community sentences and take them back to court if they don't

	Prevent people from committing more crimes

	Prepare prisoners for release

	Supervise prisoners who are released into the community on licence

	Liaise with victims of serious crime.


		Thames Valley Probation Head Office Kingsclere Road Bicester Oxon OX26 2QD Tel: 01869 255300 Fax: 01869 255355 Email: info@thames-valley. probation.gsi.gov.uk

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