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 joined Leicestershire Police in June 2007 and since then have worked at Wigston, Blaby and now Braunstone Police Station, where I have been part of the beat team for Braunstone Town and Thorpe Astley since 2019.
I am committed to improving the area, keeping it safe and a nice place to live in, work or visit. If you see me around then stop me and let me know about anything I can do to improve the area or sort out an issue you have. You can also email me or leave me a voice mail message.
I am a Police Community Support Officer for the Braunstone Town and Thorpe Astley neighbourhood team.
I work with my colleagues to proactively tackle anti-social behaviour and lower crime in the area.
If you have any problems feel free to speak to me and let me know of any issues you have.
Crimes and priorities
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General anti-social behaviour has been raised as a priority by local residents this includes nuisance by youths at Meridian Leisure Park
Action taken:
The beat team attended the Braunstone Town Fete, our patrols were not just limited to the event however. Meridian Leisure Park has had some issues recently and we included patrolling there and the wider greenspace around Mossdale Meadows. There was a group of youngsters that thought it was a good idea to hang around the edge of the event with their E-bikes. Police left the area with one of their E-bikes (which was actually an E-Motorbike) after the rider Failed to Stop but was then cornered and arrested for that offence (face drop, attitude change) and taken home. £400 of bike crushed.
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Burglary has been raised as a priority by residents this will primarily be residential but there a few commercial premises in the NH19 area as well.
Action taken:
Burglary and Vehicle Crime hotspot patrols have been conducted with CCTV and house to house enquiries.
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Road Safety include off road motorbikes, speeding and other general road safety issues raised a priority by Neighbourhood Link
Action taken:
EMH are looking into potential changes to the layout of the area to help reduce the number of motorbikes traveling through the green space in the area of Burdet Close. Braunstone Town Council are looking into potentially supporting this too.