Loughborough South

Retail theft on the beat has increased significantly compared to last year.

The beat team will work with local retailers to ensure the offences are reported to us and evidence gathered in a timely manner to pursue persistent offenders.
Officers have visited the stores that are suffering the most thefts, providing a visible presence. They have been ensuring all evidence is collected in a timely manner to ensure investigations proceed without delay once offenders are identified.

At the beginning of April 2024 a new beat priority was created for Theft from local stores, in the three months this has been a priority for local beat officers we have continued to work with many stores within shelthorpe mainly along Park road.

Police enforced a full closure order on an address on park road and from there the council then sought possession of the property back, this was partly to do with theft from local stores and we had very positive feedback from the stores due to this.
The police have held meetings with management from stores in order to build working relationships and improve tactics in order to reduce offending.
A male who had been targeting One Stop, Ling Road over a number of days, committing over 15 thefts was caught and remanded into custody. We will continue to support our retailers, continue with our regular patrols and tackle those who cause harm.

The beat team continue with patrols and gathering evidence. Thefts compared to last month are down 40%, mainly due to some prolific shop lifters being caught and sentenced by the courts.

Shoplifting across the beat is down 75% compared to last month which is very encouraging. This is in part related to the arrest of prolific offenders, increased patrols and better working with the retail businesses.

We've seen a small increase in retail theft across the beat and are working closely with one of our large retailers to target these individuals and hope to identify them soon.

We have had an increase in inconsiderate parking around schools during drop off and pick up

The team have been conducting patrols during drop off and pick up times outside Mountfields Primary school and have been working with the school to address the problem. The council have been informed and enforcement officers will visit the area.

There is an issue with drugs and an increase in reporting of their use and dealing.

The team have been gathering evidence and working with partners to identify persons of interest and will develop intelligence around them.