Safer Streets event in Hatfield

Officers in Welwyn Hatfield are joining together with local partners to host a community event as part of the ongoing Safer Streets project.

The event will take place in Goldings Crescent, Hatfield between 1.30pm and 4.30pm on Tuesday 4 June.

The Safer Streets project is a multi-agency initiative that aims to reduce reports of vehicle crime, county line drug dealing, criminal damage and associated anti-social behaviour. It focuses on hotspot areas in Hatfield* and measures include upgraded CCTV along with regular patrols (Operation Oarlock).

A wide variety of local partners from the local Community Safety Partnership** are involved in the project including the Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner, Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council and housing providers.

Neighbourhood Policing Inspector Amy Sheldon said: “The event in Goldings Crescent will give the community a chance to speak to us and our partners about the project. We’ll be providing crime prevention advice to locals and encouraging them to sign up to our new community messaging platform, Herts Connected.

“We’re working really hard to tackle criminality in the area and you may have already spotted us out and about on our Operation Oarlock patrols. This is another opportunity for you to say hello and tell us your thoughts on the work we are doing. Please do come along as we want the public to be involved in the project. We want to know your views as it helps us to target our activity in the right places.

“At the event, we will be encouraging people to sign up to our new community messaging platform Herts Connected. If you have not yet signed up, now is a great time as will be posting regular updates about the project.

“We are looking forward to hosting the event with our partners and we hope to see lots of you there.”

*The project focuses on Goldings House, Goldings Crescent, Link Close, Wood Close, Wood Vale, Deerswood Avenue, Northdown Road, Garden Avenue, Roe Green Lane and St Albans Road West. Find out more on our website.  

**The Community Safety Partnership (CSP) is a group of local organisations that share the same goal to keep the Welwyn Hatfield community a safe place to live, work and study. It includes Hertfordshire Constabulary, Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council, Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service, the University of Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire County Council, East and North Hertfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group and justice services.

Join our new community messaging platform Herts Connected where you will receive free local police messages. You can also choose to receive messages from Neighbourhood Watch, Action Fraud and the Police and Crime Commissioner if that’s what you select when you sign up. 

You can report information online, speak to an operator in our Force Communications Room via our online web chat or call the non-emergency number 101.

Alternatively, you can stay 100% anonymous by contacting the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or via their untraceable online form.