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Balloon Woods

The area of Balloon Woods is situated to the West of the City Centre of Nottingham, within the City Boundary . The Beat is split into two areas.

The first area being the two housing estates which are located at the top of Wollaton Vale on the left as you approach the junction of the A609 and A6002. The second area of the beat is located to the left and right sides of the top end of Trowell Road again near to the junction of the A609 and A6002. The side on the left is called the Firbeck Estate, and the one on the right covers part of Bilborough.

Within the Beat area there are two Primary Schools these being Firbeck Primary & Nursery and Portland Primary. There is also the Wollaton Play Centre on Coventry Lane.

The main shopping area for the Beat is on Cockington Road Bilborough.

The three agreed Priorities for the Neighbourhood Policing Area are:

Under the Policing Pledge, this is an urban beat and has a 15 minute emergency response time. For an explanation of what this means click here.

Beat Officers

PC Richard Hardy (1255) Phone: 101 Ext 855 5671
Mobile: 07792 437350
Email PC Richard Hardy
PCSO John Ife (6688) Phone: 101 Ext 855 5670
Mobile: 07815577023
Email PCSO John Ife

Beat Events

March
- 22nd Street Briefing
  Cockington road J/W Birchover road, 3:00pm - 3:45pm
  A member of the Neighbourhood Policing team will be at this location as part of our regular patrol, but also on hand to discuss crime prevention or any other issues that concern you in the area.

Beat Update

CURRENT UPDATE FEBRUARY 2012

I AM PLEASED TO TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE HAD SOME EXCELLENT RESULTS REGARDING CRIME REDUCTION OVER THE PAST YEAR 2011 - 2012.CRIME ON BALLOON WOODS BEAT HAS BEEN REDUCED BY OVER 30% COMPARED TO 2010-2011.
BURGLARY IS DOWN BY OVER 80% - VEHICLE CRIME IS DOWN BY OVER 23%
BURGLARY OTHER IS DOWN BY OVER 33% - CRIMINAL DAMAGE IS DOWN BY OVER31% - FRAUD DOWN BY OVER 60% - THEFT DOWN BY OVER 21%.
STUNNING RESULTS.
THE ONLY AREAS WHERE WE HAVE SEEN IN INCREASE HAVE BEEN AROUND ROBBERY UP 14% WITH 8 OFFENCES REPORTED DURING THE WHOLE YEAR.
VIOLENCE AGAINST THE PERSON HAS INCREASED BY 24%, RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT MUCH OF THIS CAN BE LINKED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE INCIDENTS.
JANUARY HAS CONTINUED TO SHOW GREAT REDUCTIONS WITH ONLY 6 CRIMES REPORTED FOR THE WHOLE MONTH 1 VEHICLE CRIME, 1 CRIMINAL DAMAGE, AND 4 REPORTED VIOLENCE OFFENCES WHICH WERE DOMESTIC RELATED.THERE WERE NO IDENTIFIED HOT SPOTS OR SPIKES IN OFFENDING IN JANUARY FOR BURGLARY – AUTO CRIME – BURGLARY – DAMAGE – ASB – ROBBERY.THE TEAM HAVE SPENT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME MANAGING THE RISK AROUND THE VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC INCIDENTS.THIS DOES HAVE AN IMPACT ON THEIR ABILITY TO TACKLE SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES REPORTED TO US.

THERE HAVE BEEN SOME EXCELLENT RESULTS DURING JANUARY. WE HAVE CARRIED OUT 24 DRUG WARRANTS SEIZING OVER £103,000 WORTH OF DRUGS ACROSS THE WHOLE AREA.WE WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS TO ENSURE ANY PERSON WE DEAL WITH IS EVICTED FROM THE PROPERTY.

We are trying to encourage the Alert system in the area. By registering with Alert you will receive up to date information from us to help you prevent crime by being aware of what is happening in your area. Linking you with your Neighbourhood Policing team and making sure were all working together to make Balloon Woods safer.