Over the past two months, there have been a number of graffiti attacks in Sibella Way, Sonning Common, and a window at the health centre and another at the neighbouring dental practice were smashed.
Tony Chandler, of Lea Road, claims the problem did not exist before lights were installed in the alleway.
In a letter to the parish council’s general purposes committee, he said: “Using excessive lighting and leaving it on all night are serious errors. Graffiti artists require light and the time required to commit a crime is greatly reduced in the presence of light. There can be few, if any, bona-fide members of the public who use Sibella Way after 11pm. It makes sense to have the lights off at this time, thereby reducing the late-night problems that have been encountered since the lights were installed.”
