Your dedicated neighbourhood team
Your Dedicated Neighbourhood Team (DNT) is a group of local police officers dedicated to serving your community. The team is made up of officers based in your area, supported by additional officers from the wider area.
We work closely with local authorities, community leaders and residents to decide our policing priorities for the area. This helps us to find useful, long-term solutions to local problems, while maintaining our wider focus on reducing crime across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
Crimes and priorities
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ASB - dirtbikes and scrambler motorbikes racing around the villages of Groby and Ratby as well as the Martinshaw woods.
Action taken:
We have seen an increase in the number of reported incidents of Anti - Social Behaviour in the recent weeks in the Ratby area, involving teenagers. This ASB has now increased in nature to Criminal Damage and other offences. We have seen issues at the following locations: Use of Illegal of E-bikes/E-scooters and off road motorbikes on Jenny's Way and through Martinshaw Woods; Smashed windows at Ratby Primary School; Criminal damage to Ratby football club storage containers; Vandalism to the changing rooms at Ratby Cricket Club and Vandalism at Pear Tree Allotments. This is just a small number of the incidents so far with other locations not listed but we are aware of. Patrols have increased in Ratby, crime prevention devices have been given out already to some locations with more to be visited. Parents, can we ask that you are aware of where you children are in Ratby and what they are getting up to. It is only a small few that are sadly spoiling things for everyone else. If people are aware of who's involved or have information that might help stop this behaviour from escalating further, please contact Leicestershire Police and the beat team will happily look into this as a matter of urgency.
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Overweight vehicles are driving through restricted areas causing problems for villages and getting stuck.
Action taken:
We are working with local villages and parish councils to understand the issue, identifying companies that are repeatedly committing these breaches and will be taking a phased approach to resolving the matters via awareness and enforcement. Proactive operations are planned to take place in hot spot areas where offending vehicles will be dealt with positively.
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Crimes of burglary from dwelling through the rural villages beat.
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To combat this you can expect your local police team to be out on high visibility patrols. Where victims of crime are identified, visits to neighbouring properties have been completed to explore all possible lines of enquiry and to ensure that crime prevention advice and equipment is provided to reduce the risk of future victims.