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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Priority:
Action taken:
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Priority:
Dangerous and illegal use of vehicles around the Western Ward continue to be reported and raised as concerns by local residents. Speeding, E-bikes and E-Scooters and dangerous parking outside Primary Schools have all been highlighted.
Action taken:
May was successful with two planned Operations by officers in plain clothes and Uniform resulted in Escooters and a Pit Bike being seized and removed from out streets.
June's operations are planned to further continue this work. -
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Retail crime continues to be a problem for our shops across the Western ward which is causing staff to feel unsafe whilst at work.
Action taken:
A prolific female shoplifter has been arrested for a number of offences and was sent to Court where she was sent to Prison. This will improve the safety of Shop workers in the Community.
A regular Male shoplifter is currently being sought. -
Priority:
The community in the area of Styon Road, Kemp Road and Lamen Road tell us that youths are regularly causing Anti-Social Behaviour in and around the grassed Play area. Motorcycle gatherings causing excessive noise, Vandalism/damage to Property, targeting of a vulnerable residents and incidents of animal cruelty have all been reported.
Action taken:
Following our patrols and actions issues in Styon Road have greatly reduced. No reports of ASB were reported at the location during May. We will continue to provide a presence to re-enforce the situation and deter any new offending.