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Safer Spondon Neighbourhood Team - Monthly Beat Report

Recent updates from the Safer Neighbourhood Team include:

  • Ozbox sessions have started on Wednesday evenings at Spondon Village Hall. Ozbox is a police initiative to engage young people in non-contact boxing training. The Neighbourhood Board have financed the hall and the police are staffing the event. This allows the Police to engage with the young community of Spondon and show them that we are not nasty, but willing to help the young people to be neighbourly. We are looking for members of the community to become involved as trainers for the event as we want the whole of the community to be involved.
  • We will be continuing the use of our Speed-watch equipment in areas which have been identified by members of the community. These areas included Locko Road, Dale Road, and Sandringham Road, we will be checking speeds of vehicles and dealing with drivers who are found to be committing road traffic offences.
  • Operation Eason is continuing in Spondon to tackle auto crime in the local area with high visibility deterrent patrols and covert patrols to detect and arrest offenders. This has even included patrolling Spondon on mountain bikes in the early hours of the morning as we are determined to catch criminals in the act. Nominals seen in the early hours in Spondon are stopped and searched and positive action is taken where offences have been committed.
  • During November the Spondon Safer Neighbourhood team made referrals to the Anti Social Behaviour Team. Over the last three months we have submitted a total of 21 referrals. Anti Social Behaviour in Spondon has been at a general low for all areas of Spondon, but appears to be increasing. As a result Spondon SNT continues to patrol areas which have been identified as potential problem areas and continue to submit ASB referrals when appropriate.
  • The current figures show that the following offences have all fallen in numbers compared to the same point last year:
    - Violence offences with injury
    - Robbery
    - Drug offences
    - Non Dwelling burglary

    The following have risen slightly so will receive greater attention from us:
    - Dwelling burglary
    - Auto crime

    Local shops in Spondon have been spoken to regarding their policies towards shop lifters. Further work will be carried out with staff at the shop to try and reduce the number of shop thefts.

    • Download November's full beat report from the Spondon Safer Neighbourhood Team via the link below

    Downloads
    Monthly Beat Report November 2012.doc