Ashfield North
Not only one of the largest Neighbourhood Policing Areas in the county, Ashfield North is also one of the busiest outside the city of Nottingham.
The Neighbourhood Policing Area incorporates the former coalfield towns of Sutton-in-Ashfield and Kirkby-in-Ashfield, nearby Huthwaite, Stanton Hill, Teversal, Woodhouse and the rural parish of Annesley.
Ashfield North is currently divided into 10 beats each with their own named Beat Managers and Police Community Support Officers offering visible and effective policing.
Key priorities across the Neighbourhood Policing Area continue to be house burglary, auto-crime and violent crime. Anti-social behaviour and other issues affecting local communities are also very high on our agenda.
Neighbourhood Priorities
Through consultation with the members of the public in this neighbourhood we regularly set out a number of priorities to be tackled.
- Sutton in Ashfield Priorities Show details
A Priority Setting Meeting was held in December whereby the following priorities were agreed:
1 To reduce incidents of Shop Theft in Sutton in Ashfield Town Centre
2 To reduce Vehicle related nuisance in Sutton in Sutton in Ashfield Town Centre
3 To reduce Anti-Social Behaviour on High Hazels Drive and Huthwaite market place.
The dates for the Sutton in Ashfield priority setting meeting have been agreed. They are:
01/03/2012 time and venue to be confirmed
07/06/2012 time and venue to be confirmed
06/09/2012 time and venue to be confirmed
06/12/2012 time and venue to be confirmed
Please come along to discuss your concerns and set the new priorities for Sutton in Ashfield.
We will do number 1 by working with the business in the Town Centre so that people who commit shop theft are not allowed in shops. We will also work with the business and our partners to prosecute offenders caught shop lifting and use the various tools and powers available if they will not rehabilitate, to keep them away.
We will do numbers 2 and 3 by conducting reassurance patrols at key times and dealing with anyone causing ASB positively. We will work with partner agencies to divert people from causing Anti-Social Behaviour. If people continue to commit Anti-Social Behaviour we will then work with partners to enforce the various tools and powers we have under legislation.
Our Response
Update 19th January 2012
Priority 1:
During December and January the beat team have been working with the shops to reduce shop theft. We have done this by plain clothed and uniformed patrols targeting known shop lifters.
During the plain clothes operation we arrested 3 people for various offences and gained lots of intelligence that will assist us with other matters.
We will be continuing this for the foreseeable future.
Priority 2
Sutton Town Centre has seen a fall in the number of vehicles causing nuisance over the last month. This is a culmination of working with our partners and targeted patrols with enforcement action in the Town Centre. We are continuing to monitor this closely and should it reoccur will take positive action.
Priority 3.
The partnership between the police and Ashfield district Council has secured a Dispersal Zone within Huthwaite. Full details on the area it covers is on the Sutton West Web page.
To date we have had no breaches and it has significantly cut the number of reports of anti-social behaviour on the area.
In relation to High Hazel Drive. We are working with Ashfield District Council Community protection service and the relevant landlords to reduce the anti-social behaviour on the street. Targeted patrols have been conducted by the 2 teams.
- Kirkby in Ashfield Priorities Show details
In January 2012 a priority setting meeting took place to decide the 3 Kirkby in Ashfield Priorities.
These were agreed as:
1:Anti-Social Behaviour on Beacon drive.
2: Anti-Social Behaviour in Kirkby in Ashfield Town centre.
3: Traffic & Parking issues in the Kirkby in Ashfield Town Centre and surrounding streets.
The priority setting meeting dates have now been set for the next year. They are:
Wednesday 11/01/2012 Time and venue to be confirmed
Wednesday 11/04/2012 Time and venue to be confirmed
Wednesday 11/07/2012 Time and venue to be confirmed
Wednesday 10/10/2012 Time and venue to be confirmed
Please come along to have your say in the 3 priorities of Kirkby in Ashfield
We will do numbers 1 & 2 by conducting reassurance patrols at key times and dealing with anyone causing ASB positively. We will work with partner agencies to divert people from causing Anti-Social Behaviour. If people continue to commit Anti-Social Behaviour we will then work with partners to enforce the various tools and powers we have under legislation.
We will do number 3 by working with the District and County Councils to problem Solve hot spot locations with community information. We will also take enforcement action in line with legislation as part of the overall problem solving plan.
Our Response
Update 22nd Jan 2012
In relation to Priority 2.
The Police and Ashfield District Council have secured a Criminal Anti-Social Behaviour Order on Shaun Vince. He is currently banned from Kirkby in Ashfield Town Centre until December 2012. Full details are on the Kirkby East/Kirkby Town Centre Web pages.
Policing your neighbourhood
Shown below are the beats in the Ashfield North area of Nottinghamshire along with the names of local officers, their telephone number and details of any engagements they hold where you can speak to them in person. Beat officers should not be contacted for emergencies (when you should ring 999) or to report crime (when you should contact your local police station).
Neighbourhood Watch
Have your say Neighbourhood Priority Survey
Local Councils
- Ashfield District Council
- Bassetlaw District Council
- Mansfield District Council
- Newark & Sherwood District Council
- Nottingham City Council
- Nottinghamshire County Council
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