THESE are the crimes that police need your help to solve in Oxfordshire this week. 

To report any information relating to these cases, call the non-emergency number 101 or go to thamesvalley.police.uk.

Bank card thefts

Police released this CCTV image on Thursday.

Oxford Mail:

It shows a woman officers wish to speak to in connection with the theft of two bank cards which were stolen from a care home in Shillingford on October 30. 

The cards were used at branches of Halifax and Nationwide in Oxford to withdraw an amount of cash.

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Attempted rape in Kidlington

A 21-year-old woman went into a park in Kidlington and was approached by a young male who attempted to rape her before she got away from him.

The incident happened on Friday, February 15 between about 8.30pm and 9.35pm in a park off Benmead Road.

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the incident.

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Oxford Mail:

14 vans targeted by tool thieves

Police revealed that 14 vans in Didcot were broken into or damaged during break-in attempts between Wednesday, February 6 and Monday, February 11.

Officers issued an appeal for witnesses on Monday following the spate of thefts.

One van had been parked at Tesco car wash when it was ransacked, and another had its window smashed while parked on a residential road.

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'Aggressive men' refuse to leave library

Police were called to Oxford's central library on Tuesday upon receiving reports that 'aggressive men' were refusing to leave. 

Three men were arrested in connection with the incident with passers-by reporting a large police presence by the entrance to the Westgate Centre. 

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Oxford Mail:

Attack outside Town Hall 

A man was punched in the face during an altercation outside Chipping Norton Town Hall.

The victim, 30, was approached by two men outside the town hall between 9.15pm and 9.30pm on Sunday.

They exchanged words and as the victim started to walk away he was punched in the face by one of the men.

He sustained a cut to his eye but did not need hospital treatment.

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Oxford Mail:

Callous thieves strike at charity shop 

A charity shop for Oxford’s Helen & Douglas House children’s hospice was raided by callous thieves.

Burglars broke into the Banbury store in Church Lane, in the town centre, sometime between 5.30pm on Saturday and 8am on Tuesday, taking a safe and a laptop.

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