Your safer neighbourhood team
Your area is policed by the local Safer Neighbourhood Team. They are based nearby at a police station within the borough or district and they work to prevent crime and anti-social behaviour in this area. They also conduct regular patrols and hold surgeries to share crime prevention advice and respond to issues or concerns. They work to solve underlying problems that cause crime and anti-social behaviour.
Other units also work in this area, responding to emergency calls and investigating crimes such as burglary. You can make an appointment to see someone from the Safer Neighbourhood Team by calling 101 or via the contact us tab. If it is an emergency, you should always call 999.
Crimes and priorities
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Action taken:
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Priority:
Anti-social behaviour at the Griffiths Way retail park between 5pm and 9pm.
Action taken:
This is a new neighbourhood priority following reports of anti-social behaviour at the retail park. We will be working to address these issues with businesses including McDonald’s, Sainsbury’s, Aldi and The Range.
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Priority:
Drug dealing and drug use along the Alban Way between Morrisons and Orient Close between 12 noon and 4pm.
Action taken:
We have been conducting regular high visibility patrols along this stretch of the Alban Way. Operation Scorpion and the Neighbourhood Policing Team conducted a drugs warrant at an address in Lycaste Close. No-one was arrested and no drugs were found at this address, however information led us to Dellfields where a 45-year-old man was arrested for being concerned in the supply of a Class A drugs. The man has been charged and remanded for drugs offences. Drugs, cash and phones were recovered.