Hucclecote Abbey and Upton St Leonards

Our strategic priorities are set quarterly in consultation at with key partners and stakeholders at the Community Safety Partnership (CSP) meeting (also known as Stronger Safer Gloucester Partnership - SSGP)

This forum enables us to work collaboratively and provide a multi-agency approach. The priorities do not replace local priorities that are raised through community meetings. We will update our priorities quarterly.

The Gloucester Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) covers;

· Gloucester City Centre
· The Quays
· Kingsholm
· Wooton
· Longlevens
· Elmsbridge
· Barton
· Tredworth
· Matson,
· Robsinwood
· White City
· Abbeymead,
· Abbeydale,
· Upton St Leonards
· Coney Hill, Barnwood
· Hucclecoat
· Coppers Edge (some areas covered by Tewkesbury NPT)
· Chequers
· Quedgeley
· Huntsgrove (some areas covered by Stroud NPT)
· Hardwicke
· Hardwick
· Elmore
· Longley
· Kingsway
· Tuffley
· Grange
· Linden
· Podsmead
· Hempstead

At the CSP/SSGP meeting held on the 9th July our priorities are;

· RETAIL CRIME
· CREATING SAFE SPACES IN PARTIUCLAR FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS
TACKLING ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR (ASB)

· CREATING SAFE SPACES IN PARTIUCLAR FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS

Operation Ash provides high visibility patrols in areas with over 300hrs conducted in June. Local Authority have reviewed feedback from the Safer Spaces Survey. Gloucester Park has been highlighted as an area where people don’t feel safe. Neighbourhood officers will continue to patrol as part of Op Ash and Night Angels (predominately support women and girls) will also patrol when they are out at weekends. Police/Local Authority are in the final stages of setting up an office so personnel can work and be visible/point of contact should the public wish to raise any concerns.

Op Comet took place in June. This is a proactive policing operation by Police officers (both high visibility/plain clothes) paying particular attention to tackling ASB in our night time economy, Drugs, Violence against women and girls & knife crime working in partnership with licenced premises, night safe officers, night angels, city safe etc; the outcome of this operation was;

22 x Stop Search powers exercised
3 x suspects dealt with for possession of Class A drugs
4 x Community resolutions for possession of Class B drugs
1 x suspect dealt with for possession of a knife
1 arrest for breach of the peace
1 domestic abuse assault arrest.
1 arrest for 3x assault police

· TACKLING ANTI SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR (ASB)

Operation Ash remains throughout the City with hot spot locations being patrolled daily thanks to home office funding specifically to tackle ASB. Operation Shield is in place for July, August and September - this is a pledge to making our towns and cities safer. Multi Agency Problem Solving meetings occur weekly where repeat perpetrators are discussed and signposted accordingly. There have been over 300hrs worth of patrols conducted in hot spot areas in the month of June. SOLACE have 28 live injunctions for persons persistent on causing ASB in the city.

PD (Police Dog) Ollie and PC Shields remains committed to providing high visibility patrols throughout Gloucester combatting ASB.

Please see above reference Op Comet.

A closure order was placed on a retail premise on Barton Street due to persistently being linked to ASB.

Officers deployed to the area of Sinope Street to challenge persons using the car park as a mechanics work shop.

Drug offences;

Class A drug offences - increased by 19.1%, positive outcomes increased by 30.65% (means offenders are being held accountable for their actions)

Possession of Cannabis - increased by 18.3%, positive outcomes increased by 29.7% (means offenders are being held accountable for their actions)

Whilst an increase in numbers may be seen as a negative, that this demonstrates is officers are exercising their powers within stop and search to tackle offenders who are committing crimes in relation to the misuse of drugs.

· RETAIL CRIME

Over the last 12 months (July 24-25 v July 23-24) Shoplifting offences have reduced here in Gloucester by 6.7% (The national average is over 20%)

Positive outcomes for victims have increased by 14%, positively disposing of 399 offences compared to 350 the previous year.

Overall crime is down in Gloucester by 5.48%.

Partners including Police, CPOs, BID, City Safe, SOLACE (to name a few) continually to work in partnership to tackle shoplifting offences/business crime and this is evidenced by the figures provided above.