Villagers have made another bid to get better policing in their community.

A questionnaire has been sent out with every copy of the village newsletter at Haddenham, near Thame, asking if people want a police station and seven-day-a-week policing.

The move, backed by the village parish council, follows years of pleas for better policing in the village.

The parish council already collates crime figures - and police response rates - because it does not trust the official breakdowns.

Parish council member Michael Whitney said: "It is hard to get across the sense of disillusionment there is in this village with the police. People who normally would have trusted and supported the police in everything now question whether it is worth reporting anything."

A police spokesman said Haddenham's problems were small compared to other villages, and police simply did not have enough men to do what the village wanted.