Your dedicated neighbourhood team
I am Inspector Matt Allingham, I have been a police officer in Leicestershire since 2004. I have worked in a variety of roles across Leicester and Leicestershire in that time. I joined the job to protect people and prevent crime and 20+ years later that is still the reason I do this job. In the early part of my career this was mainly done by arresting people myself and getting them into court ... as an Inspector I now support and direct the officers and staff who do the arresting and investigating so that we can use our resources to give the best service we can to the people of Blaby.
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I first joined Leicestershire Police in 2010 as a Police Support Volunteer where I was based at Braunstone Police Station.
In October 2016 joined as a Police Community Support Officer starting in the Market Bosworth area before moving to the Braunstone Town and Thorpe Astley beat at the start of 2017. Before moving in 2018 to the Leicester Forest East, Kirby Muxloe and Glenfield beat team.
In November 2022 saw me move to the Enderby, Narborough, Littlethorpe and New Lubbesthorpe beat. I have recently moved (May 2023) the Blaby, Whetstone, Glen Parva, and Cosby beat. I am looking forward to working with the local community and tackling issues that affect you. If you see me out and about stop me and raise any issues or concerns you may have.
Crimes and priorities
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Priority:
Action taken:
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Priority:
General ASB, congregating youths e-scooters
and bikes.Action taken:
Holmes Park, Whetstone – 30 youths climbing onto the private site – Group of youths climb onto locked football pitches – Officers attended and dispersed the group from the site. No damage was caused.
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Burglaries both residential and commercial.
Action taken:
We’ve had 2 reported burglaries within Blaby and a commercial break at Hayes travel. CCTV, house to house and forensics have all been considered and the investigation continues.
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Road Safety including car cruising, anti-social driving and vehicle safety has been highlighted by the public as an issue.
Action taken:
We have received reports of a nuisance driver in a vehicle, driving up and down at speed and driving without tax. The Beat team are aware and are actively looking to seize the vehicle.