Loughborough South

We will seek to identify the riders and drivers who are committing offences and deal with them

This will remain a policing priority over the coming months, The beat team have been dedicated to working with the community in order to pro-actively tackle nuisance motorbikes by listening to information provided by the local community and taking positive steps in order to trace offenders.

Police will aim to tackle vehicle related ASB through the use of Targeted patrols and Problem Management Profiles and work with partner agencies. This will be targeted patrols to disrupt the use of ASB with vehicles, disruption tactics on a wider scale using specialist officers.

Several bikes have been recovered and removed from use. This has partly been due to more reporting by the public on Neighbourhood Link and via 101.

Update from the previous 3 months:

The overall amount of incidents reported have been less, but patrols continue to be conducted. Vehicles continue to be seized, some after failing to stop for the Police with the occupants arrested.

Update:
The beat team have been conducting regular patrols around the beat and following up sightings of people on motorbikes in an attempt to identify them. Across Charnwood, colleagues from the Roads Policing Unit have been assisting in catching some of these individuals responsible and we thank the public for taking the time to report these matters.

Some good work last week from response officers who located two stolen bikes at an address on the Shelthorpe and arrested a male. A thank you to the community for assisting with our enquiries in relation to this.

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.

Increase in Anti Social Behaviour on Lea Drive

We have received an increase Anti social behaviour (ASB) in the area of Lea Drive since April. This has now become one of our beat priorities.
We will increase our presence in the area to discourage ASB behaviour and any associated criminal activity.
We will work to engage with all residents on the street to seek evidence and statements of ASB and reported offences and we will also work with partner agencies to address issues identified.
The Police continue to work with partners, instances of ASB are down and our work will continue until we have a successful outcome.