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Completed Neighbourhood Priorities
- Criminal Damage Show details
Linked with antisocial behaviour (ASB) there is an issue with criminal damage and damage to property. This increases fear of crime and makes residents believe that parts of their neighbourhood are unsafe. This is linked with Youth ASB and Priority No.1 above.
Areas:
· Alwyn Rd, Denton Green area, Broxtowe
· Broxtowe Lane, Aspley Lane, Strelley Rd
area, Broxtowe, Aspley and Strelley.
· Atherton Rise area
· Shepton Crescent, Aspley
Our Response
The Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) will develop a plan to tackle this problem, involving:
Community engagement, to work with the community in solving this problem;
Increased community intelligence re specific nature of the problems and those responsible;
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Work with offenders and support for diversionary opportunities through partnership work, youth provision and community facilities
Where offenders are identified - use of criminal enforcement action where appropriate, also use of the five step process for tackling anti-social behaviour (which starts with warnings and can lead to application for an anti social behaviour order (ASB)
Planned patrols, including use of response officers, the Neighbourhood Policing Team, Specials, pro-active teams and the Council’s Community Protection staff.
Our Solution
Following the safer neighbourhood review and of the anti social behaviour plan for the policing area the issue of criminal damage will now form part of the anti social behaviour problem solving plan. This will avoid duplication. Please see current priorities on anti social behaviour for updates and information - Cannabis cultivation Show details
Operation Barnstormer now forms part of the City Street Team for the North Policing Area. This is part of the restructure that has happened within the boundary of Nottingham City Division. Part of the remit for this team is to respond to the community problem of cannabis cultivation on the Aspley and Broxtowe.
Following consultation with partners, feedback from the public and analysis of recorded incidents three Neighbourhood Priorities have been set for the six months starting 1st June 2011. These will be Criminal Damage, Anti Social Behaviour and Drugs.
As a result of Community Consultation and operational feedback from police teams it was realised that drugs production and supply on the Aspley Ward was a significant problem. Intelligence work carried out showed a strong correlation between ASB and Drug Production and Supply –namely cannabis cultivation (“Cannabis Grows”) in residential properties. In addition there were linked issues of criminality associated with offensive weapons and firearms being used to ‘protect’ these grows and money generated from the illegal sale of drugs.
By targeting the drug production, cultivation of cannabis and illegal supply through intelligence research, community intelligence and crime stoppers interventions in the form of warrants and arrests the aim is to reduce and ultimately eliminate this problem.
Through joint partnership working with Community Protection and Nottingham City Homes trust and confidence can be increased in the community through ‘You said we did’ style of police intervention in a timely and proportionate manner.
The aim being:
• Increase Trust and Confidence within the community
• Reduce drugs production and cultivation of cannabis
• Reduce dealing from houses and on the street
• Further reduce criminal activity and serious acquisitive crime linked to dwelling burglary, street robbery and autocrime
• Have a positive impact on the quality of life of the residents and community
• Improve the professional image of Nottinghamshire police.
Operation Barnstormer has been the vehicle by which we have tackled this problem for the past 18 months during that time they have completed some 230 warrants, seized nearly £2 million of illegal drugs and removed 91 Cannabis Cultivations from properties. Throughout this period the support and feedback from the local community and key individuals particularly ward councillors has been consistently high and full of praise and support for an issue they see as a key local problem.
Mapping of warrants executed by Operation Barnstormer show a clear overlap and correlation with ASB and the incidence of serious acquisitive crime as well as minor damage. By targeting drug production and possession resources are also in areas of other vulnerabilities and will thus have a deterrent effect.
Operation Barnstormer has been tasked to prioritise warrants on the following criteria
• Vulnerability of the premises to attack in order to seize the drugs by other offenders
• Where the drug activity is associated with a known burglar or connections to serious acquisitive crime
• Where the drug activity is associated with ASB
• Where the drug activity is associated with vehicle crime offending
• Other information
By targeting activity in this way we ensure resources are being directed and linked to local priorities driving down crime and increasing public confidence.
Our Response
UPDATE DECEMBER 2011
We have secured further funding to work with the Crime and Drugs Partnership to continue with intervention through taking out cannabis grows and dealing with the people who cultivate the drug. in addition we will be offering more sevices to take people away from this lifestyle of substance misuse.We continue to turn over information as quickly as possible
Our Solution
This is an ongoing issue that we will continue to drive. We will be reducing the Neighbourhood Priorities down to one across all three Ward areas. As a result Anti Social Behaviour will be the main Priority. It has been shown that there is a direct link between ASB and levels of recorded crime and the Cultivation of Drugs. By tackling ASB as our priority we will continue to drive other associated crime. Please see the update on ASB for further information. - Antisocial behaviour Show details
As a result of a meeting of the Broxtowe Safer Neighbourhood Group held on the 9th of December 2009. Members were consulted, and as a result of feedback from Local area groups, Councillors and our partners within Community Protection, and Housing. We also conducted community surveys to link in with the process. It was decided that Anti Social Behaviour should be nominated as one of our Neighbourhood Priorities for the area. A further meeting will be held again in March 2010, where we will review our progress.
Current areas identified:MAY 2010
Denewood Crescent, Bilborough. Groups of children and youths causing problems late afternoon and into the evening. This occurs most evenings throughout the week and into the weekend.
Graylands Road and Hoylake Crescent / Chidlow road Bilborough.
The problem occurs where groups of youths aged between 12 and 16 years of age, congregate in these areas most evenings between the hours of 5.30pm until 11.30pm. There have been reports of rowdy behaviour and some incidents of criminal damage. This causes the local community to feel intimidated.
Wollaton Park,Seaford Avenue Park and Torville Drive Park.
Attention to open spaces to prevent Anti Social Behaviour
Wollaton East Beat
At the LAG meeting held on the 10th of March 2010, you told us that a concern was as the lighter nights approach the Neighbourhood Policing team for Wollaton East patrol the open spaces where youths have traditionally congregated in the past. To prevent incidents of anti social behaviour and related issues with drinking.
Park,Rushford Drive,Wollaton
Attention to open spaces to prevent Anti Social Behaviour
Wollaton West Beat
You told us that you were concerned about groups of young people starting to congregate on the Park after hours. As the Park is not secured during the evening. This has been a problem in the past. The Council have refused to lock the gates during the evenings. The Park is currently undergoing a refurbishment and this could attract more groups as the lighter nights approach. Residents raised concerns regarding possible Anti Social Behaviour.
Our Response
OUR RESPONSE
·We will increase uniform presence from Police and our partners at Community Protection by patrolling these areas.
·We will direct Patrols to the area using intelligence led policing.
·We will work with our partners to increase diversionary opportunities for those aged under 18. In particular Youth Intervention, we will set up projects aimed at giving Young people in the area alternatives. This will be in partnership with our Schools, Extended Schools Services, and Youth Services.
·Where premises are identified as selling alcohol to underage persons we will mount test purchase operations.
·We will make use of CCTV cameras at hotspots to gather evidence and discourage anti social behaviour.
·We will consider making use of civil alternatives for example, Acceptable behaviour contracts and antisocial behaviour orders being made at court.
·We will respond to calls in relation to anti social behaviour on a more frequent basis and attend as urgent (60 minutes) or immediate (15 minutes) dependant upon the severity of the behaviour at the time.
·Where individuals are seen and spoken to on the street all information will be passed to our partners at community protection and Housing for action.
·We will work with housing officers from Nottingham City Homes, private landlords to invoke measures to deal with issues relating to tenants causing Anti Social Behaviour.
CURRENT UPDATE MAY 2010
The teams continue to address this issue by conducting high visibility patrols and working closely with our partners to control the behaviour of the people responsible.
We will always try to allow the people identified for Anti social behaviour the opportunity to alter this themselves. Any failures to do so will always be progressed by our teams. We have some good links with all of our local Schools and are working to educate young people about the effects of Anti Social Behaviour on the community. Our patrols on the open spaces around the Wollaton area have taken place however we have not had to speak to anyone regarding their behaviour. The calls have been very few. The only incident of note was year 11 students from local Schools causing problems into the night after being told it was their last official day before exams. We are in the process of discussing this with the Schools.
If you require more information regarding these issues or you would like to attend some of our local events please look at the individual Beat pages for, Bilborough, Denewood, Wollaton East, and Wollaton West.
UPDATE APRIL 2010
Officers from the Neighbourhood Policing Team took part in Operation Portcullis on the 20/03/2010.Our response was to carry out patrols with Youth services in the areas identified for Anti Social Behaviour. Please click on the beats for Bilborough, Denewood and Wollaton West for a more detailed update. Wollaton West has recently been added as a result of requests from the local community at a recent LAG meeting. Please see Wollaton West beat for further details.
UPDATE JANUARY 2010
For a recent update regarding our actions and responses to anti social behaviour in these areas please click on the beat areas for Bilborough and Denewood using the links below.
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Our Solution
Details from this priority have not been completed but have been added to the current open priority around Anti Social behaviour to simplify updates.For information about ASB on the Broxtowe and Wollaton area please see current ASB priority. - Nuisance Motorcycles Show details
As a result of a meeting of the Broxtowe Safer Neighbourhood Group.
Members were consulted, and as a result of feedback from Local area groups, Councillors and our partners within Community Protection, and Housing. We also conducted community surveys to link in with the process. It was decided that Nuisance Motorcycles, such as Scooters and Quad bikes that are being ridden dangerously on our roads and public parks should be nominated as one of our Neighbourhood Priorities for the area. A further meeting will be held again where we will review our progress.
Our Response
OUR RESPONSE
•We will increase uniform presence from Police and our partners at Community Protection by patrolling these areas.
•We will direct Patrols to the area using intelligence led policing.
•We will work with our partners to increase diversionary opportunities for those aged under 18. In particular Youth Intervention, we will set up projects aimed at giving Young people in the area alternatives. This will be in partnership with our Schools, Extended Schools Services, and Youth Services.
•We will make use of CCTV cameras at hotspots to gather evidence.
•We will respond to calls in relation to Nuisance Motorcycles on a more frequent basis and attend as urgent (60 minutes) or immediate (15 minutes) dependant upon the severity of the behaviour at the time.
•Where individuals are seen and spoken to on the street all information will be passed to our partners at community protection and Housing for action.
•We will work with housing officers from Nottingham City Homes, private landlords to invoke measures to deal with issues relating to tenants causing Anti Social Behaviour in this way.
. We will work closely with local garages and petrol stations to identify individuals ridding these Scooters and Quad bikes illegally.
. We will work closely with our Schools to promote safety.
. We will prosecute individuals identified to us, seize the bikes and also ensure Housing action is taken against anyone who repeatedly comes to our notice regarding this issue.
CURRENT UPDATE OCTOBER 2010
Operation Cacogen has also been initiated and will involve a dedicated response to deal with Anti Social behaviour; it will supplement the patrols being completed by your Neighbourhood Policing teams. The officers involved will actively patrol areas identified by the community as having concerns around Anti Social behaviour. Providing a high visibility deterrent together with positive action against those involved. This will support operation Bifurcate and the work currently being done by the Neighbourhood Policing team. We have seen a reduction in the number of calls received however we are still intent on prosecuting anyone who decides to put their own and the publics safety at risk in this way.
UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2010
The Neighbourhood Policing Teams for Balloon Woods, Bilborough, and Beechdale have been working hard on this priority even though Operation Bifurcate, which was set up to help tackle this priority, is still in its early days.
If I could encourage members of public to keep telling us about these nuisance bikes and letting us know who is riding them and where they are coming from. We will use your information in the strictest of confidence and will act upon any such information we receive.
Our Solution
Due to the efforts of the teams and the change in weather conditions reports of incidents across the area have reduced significantly.We will continue to monitor all reports and act accordingly .However it will for the time being remain local issues for the Balloon Woods, Beechdale, and Bilborough beats it will be removed as a Neighbourhood priority due to the reductions incidents.We will ensure that when the weather improves into next year we have a plan to tackle any emerging problems. - CRIMINAL DAMAGE Show details
Criminal Damage appears as a common theme of complaint through all of Broxtowe and Wollaton Neighbourhood Policing area and features as an issue through community engagement. Damage takes on many forms and affects the quality of life of residents in varying degrees across the whole Ward. Feedback from the community through Local Area Group Meetings (LAG), street briefings, revisits, and Neighbourhood Priority surveys, confirm Criminal Damage should be included as one of our Neighbourhood Priorities for the next six months. We have consulted with our Councillors who confirm their agreement and commitment to adding Criminal Damage as a Neighbourhood Priority for the next six months.
This is fully supported by the data collated from our systems and that of our partners in the Crime and Drugs partnership. There are clear links between Anti Social Behaviour and criminal damage, which is often a visible indicator of problems some residents have to cope with. To include Criminal damage together with ASB as the second of our Neighbourhood Priorities will ensure that we are focused and working together on the key issues to improve the quality of life of our residents, and make a significant impact on reducing crime.
Crime pattern analysis supports the areas identified overlap with areas where much of the serious acquisitive crime occurs (Dwelling Burglary, Auto Crime and Robbery). By targeting the criminal damage and the perpetrators resources are being doubly utilised to tackle both ASB and Criminal Damage thus there should be a reduction in calls for police and the additional patrols and systems put in place to tackle the issue will also assist in the prevention and detection of other linked crimes.
These areas rank in the top three for recorded crime across all the beat areas for Broxtowe and Wollaton NPA. During 2010 – 2011 Aspley recorded 769 crimes, Broxtowe 659 and Bilborough 489 during this period. In comparison to other beat areas this is in some cases more than three times their recorded crime.
During 2010 – 2011 there were a total of 4310 crimes recorded for the Broxtowe and Wollaton Policing area. 894 of these reports were for Criminal damage; thus criminal damage accounted for just over 20% of all recorded crime. Interestingly the areas already identified in the plan for ASB, (Aspley, Bilborough, and Broxtowe) recorded a total of 422 criminal damage reports between them (nearly 50%). Thus by targeting these areas we should by association impact on other recorded crime. For example a majority of damage reports will be to buildings and vehicles and are often indicators associated with Burglary and Vehicle crime, by tackling Criminal Damage we will be paying additional attention to the preventing escalation to these offences.
Reviewing crime for last year reveals that Criminal damage is prominent on the crime figures of all the beat areas. A recent CDP survey showed that you are more likely to become a victim of criminal damage than any other offence. Although the focus is on Aspley, Broxtowe, and Bilborough in this plan criminal damage is a wide spread complaint across the whole NPA.Implementation of this plan will have a positive effect on the performance and quality of life of residents for the whole area.
We have consulted with our Area Managers and Local Councillors who support the inclusion of criminal damage as a priority for the next six months
Much work has already been done to reduce these levels and also to improve public perceptions. This has involved all partner agencies and will continue to do so. This cohesive partnership approach is required to;
• Increase Trust and Confidence within the community
• Further reduce ASB related activity
• Further reduce criminal activity
• Increase the quality of life within the neighbourhood
• Improve long-term community engagement
Our Response
DECEMBER 2011 UPDATE
CRIMINAL DAMAGE
November figures showed some disappointing reading. Aspley and Broxtowe have seen an increase in reported damage compared to last year. All other beat areas have either remained level with last year or seen slight reductions. We are currently involved with the individuals responsible and they have been identified and dealt with. They are responsible for a vast amount of damage to vehicles in and around the Broxtowe area. All efforts are being made to control their behaviour. We still need the help of the community to provide evidence to the courts.
This increase in damage links with reported ASB in the Broxtowe area and we have concentrated our patrols with operation Darnell to ensure we disrupt and positively deal with these individuals.
We have seen a promising start to November, and currently criminal damage is down by over 27% compared to this point in November 2010 for the whole of the Aspley and Bilborough Police area with just three offences reported so far in Aspley, Broxtowe and Bilborough put together( as of 04/11/2011).
BREAKDOWN OF PRIORITY BEAT AREAS
ASPLEY
Main Streets
Harwill Cr- Allendale Ave- Welstead - Sherbourne - Tenbury Cr - Minver Cr
BROXTOWE
Main Streets
Lindfield Rd - Beckley Rd - Frinton Rd - Withern Rd - Woodfield Rd
BILBOROUGH
Main Streets
Melford Road - Melbury Road - Chetwin Road - Bramerton Road
There is a clear link with ASB and Criminal damage. This is prevalent on the streets above. We will address this by increasing patrols on these streets on Friday and Saturday evenings and nights. Through more engagement with young people we hope to reduce the instances of street ASB and therefore low level damage.
•We will increase uniform presence from Police and our partners at Community Protection by patrolling these areas.
•We will direct Patrols to the area using intelligence led policing.
•We will work with our partners to increase diversionary opportunities for those aged under 18. In particular Youth Intervention, we will set up projects aimed at giving Young people in the area alternatives. This will be in partnership with our Schools, Extended Schools Services, and Youth Services.
•Where premises are identified as selling alcohol to underage persons we will mount test purchase operations.
•We will make use of CCTV cameras at hotspots to gather evidence and discourage anti social behaviour.
•We will consider making use of civil alternatives for example, Acceptable behaviour contracts and antisocial behaviour orders being made at court.
•We will respond to calls in relation to anti social behaviour on a more frequent basis and attend as urgent (60 minutes) or immediate (15 minutes) dependant upon the severity of the behaviour at the time.
•Where individuals are seen and spoken to on the street all information will be passed to our partners at community protection and Housing for action.
•We will work with housing officers from Nottingham City Homes, private landlords to invoke measures to deal with issues relating to tenants causing Criminal damage
Our Solution
This is an ongoing issue that we will continue to drive. We will be reducing the Neighbourhood Priorities down to one across all three Ward areas. As a result Anti Social Behaviour will be the main Priority. It has been shown that there is a direct link between ASB and levels of recorded crime and the Cultivation of Drugs. By tackling ASB as our priority we will continue to drive other associated crime. Please see the update on ASB for further information.
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