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This review acknowledges and celebrates the strong partnership between Nottinghamshire Police and Ashfield District Council throughout 2024.
The past year has witnessed a strong collaborative effort, marked by effective communication, shared intelligence, and joint initiatives aimed at enhancing community safety and improving the quality of life for our residents.
We are proud of the significant achievements realised through this partnership, including the continued growth of Operation Springboard, the close work to reduce the impact on the most vulnerable communities and the strong reduction in crime rates across the whole of Ashfield.
Building upon this foundation of success, we are committed to further strengthening our partnership in 2025.
Dedicated high-visibility patrols conducted by police and council officers across Ashfield on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays between 3pm and 11pm.
Targeted work to manage perpetrators, support victims and to 'target harden' places and localities throughout Ashfield.
Maximise both police and council tools and powers to manage trends and emerging issues.
Patrol plan reviewed fortnightly at Neighbourhood Tasking Meetings, co-chaired by a Police Sergeant and Community Safety Team Leader.
Each month this initiative sees over 200 police and council officers' hours dedicated to this joint working.
Operation KIA has grown from the fantastic work undertaken by the VASS (Vulnerable Adult Support Services) project on the Coxmoor Estate.
Operation KIA’s introduction is to continue the good work from the VASS, aiming to reduce ASB, Crime and Disorder with a target of making the Coxmoor Estate a safer place to live and visit, whilst aiming to improve the quality of life for its residents.
Key areas (properties, alleyways, green areas etc) with high levels of ASB, Crime and Disorder within the Coxmoor Estate were identified, using street surveys, information gathered from other agencies and the community, and other interventions used to gather evidence, to reduce ASB, Crime and Disorder.
Police Officers, Community Safety Officers, Anti-Social Behaviour Officers and the Complex Case Team worked together to address identified issues, offering support to perpetrators and then moving into enforcement / criminal / civil action being taken against perpetrators who did not engage with services.
Actions taken included:
Action days targeting waste on land;
Closure Orders on multiple properties;
CCTV placed in key areas identified as being high risk;
Gating Orders used to close off pathways that were identified as having issues with ongoing ASB and criminal activity taking place.
Individual had been referred to the Operation KIA Tasking Group due to high levels of ASB and criminal activities. They had been in and out of prison for most of their life. Prolific offender of multi-issues consisting of theft offences, drug use and dealing, domestic violence, assaults and public order offences, and cuckooing.
Concerns were raised that the individual had a strong hold over the community and is feared by most. They were also using known juveniles to run drugs and recruit others in the area.
The individual was in prison for multiple offences and was released early on set conditions. Within hours of release, it was identified that the individual had breached their conditions.
Within 24 hours, the individual was traced and arrested for the breach of the conditions and recalled to prison.
Three weeks later, the individual was again released early with set conditions and again breached within hours. The individual was traced, arrested and recalled to prison to serve the remainder of his sentence within 36 hours.
During this period, we have been able to identify the juveniles affected by the individual, safeguard them and provide ongoing support.
Through the Operation KIA task group meetings, the individual was highlighted as presenting a high risk to the community and the outlying area. Agencies worked together on an action plan to reduce the risks of their activity and identify anyone who needed further support.
Over the last twelve months the police, in conjunction with Ashfield District Council, have gathered themselves a good reputation for having a robust model around properties being used in criminality.
Closure orders have allowed the council and police to target problematic addresses and people to put an immediate stop to the negative behaviour.
The results from this work have been fantastic and residents have made numerous comments about how good the work has been and how their faith has been restored in the police and local authority.
In the last twelve months the partnership has closed ten properties linked to criminality and removed the problem tenants from the area.
Clear, Hold, Build is a nationally piloted approach across 41 of the 43 police force areas aimed at bringing together key stakeholders to deliver a whole systems response to serious and organised crime.
The approach seeks to galvanise partners and the community to fully consider both the causes and impacts of organised crime to communities and develop a structured and ultimately sustainable approach to achieve positive change.
In 2023 the Ashfield neighbourhood team agreed to pilot the initiative in Hucknall.
The Clear phase within Hucknall commenced in April 2024 after a successful launch event in March involving key stakeholders from across the district.
Following extensive intelligence gathering by Nottinghamshire Police a high-level targeted week of action was executed in April 2024.
Four warrants were executed along with dedicated proactive police work over the first six to eight weeks resulting in:
Eight individuals being arrested through warrant execution;
Seven further arrests over the period from proactive police work both overt and covert with persons currently released from custody under investigation;
Three closure notices successfully issued on problem premises and tenants removed;
Numerous mobile phones seized as part of investigations;
A significant reduction in calls for service relating to drug supply and ASB during this period;
Large increase in intelligence submissions from the community which allowed us to more quickly identify and get authorisation for further warrants.
The implementation of the Clear phase was high impact, and a highly visible
intervention taking place in a relatively small geographic location within a tight knit community.
We have worked closely across the partnership this year on the Immediate Justice Scheme.
Launched this year to tackle ASB, we have already seen some great work and several referrals to the scheme.
The area has the second highest number of referrals to the scheme, coming only a close second to Mansfield.
Over the last year the teams have continued to look for opportunities to work with wider partners.
One of those teams that have worked within the partnership recently are partners within immigration.
This partnership has seen a number of operations targeting criminality around slavery, working conditions within restaurants and dealing with criminal offences where necessary.
The last operation conducted resulted in a £60,000 fine issued to one business owner for allowing an asylum seeker to work within their restaurant.
Police officers from across Ashfield often visit local primary schools to carry out presentations relating to staying safe (knife crime / drug use / ASB).
In the last year these visits have been carried out in partnership with council officers (CPOs).
This allows the opportunity for CPOs to introduce themselves and their roles.
This has been impactive in earlier years settings where CPOs can be presented as a safe stranger, building trust in people that help.
Over the course of the last 12 months the police have worked closely with Ashfield District Council to help deliver a number of community events.
These events have helped bring communities closer together and continue to show Ashfield as a place to live and work safely:
Sutton Christmas lights switch on;
Kirkby Christmas lights switch on;
Ashfield Show (Sutton Lawn);
Sparks in the Park;
Hucknall Food Festival;
Hucknall Fest.
The partnership work has resulted in some excellent results for the local community.
Over the last 12 months we have seen:
2.5% reduction in violence;
24% reduction in harassment;
19% reduction in theft offences;
9% reduction in burglary;
31% reduction in vehicle thefts;
2% reduction in other burglary offences;
34% reduction in bike thefts;
19% reduction in criminal damage;
8.5% reduction in robbery offences;
17% reduction in public order offences;
7% reduction in drugs offences;
An overall reduction of all crime of 10%