Inspector James Walker, Nottinghamshire Police
Minutes:
Inspector James Walker of Nottinghamshire Police gave a verbal update on policing in the area, comparing year to date statistics detailed in the table below. Where a large percentage increase is seen, the actual number of crimes is shown in brackets.
|
|
St Ann’s |
Mapperley and Wells |
Sneinton and Dales |
Force |
City |
|
All Crime |
- 7% |
-1.7% |
+ 6.3% |
-21.4% |
-23.8% |
|
Violence with injury |
No change |
-15.6% |
+20.9% (19) |
-22.8% |
-23.3% |
|
Robbery |
+88.9% (8) |
No change |
+18.2% (2) |
-37.3% |
- 33.7% |
|
Burglary |
-4.8% |
-23.9% |
+ 9.5% (4) |
-31.1% |
- 20.7 % |
|
Theft |
- 22.3% |
-9.8% |
- 33% |
-37 % |
- 39 % |
|
Vehicle Offences |
-34.1% |
-36.2% |
- 23.6% |
-36.1% |
- 41.1 % |
|
Drugs |
- 9.6% |
-41.7% |
+ 4.2% |
-11% |
- 33.3 % |
|
Hate |
+21.2 % |
+110% (11) |
+ 103.3% (39) |
+1.8% |
+ 3 % |
|
ASB |
+ 46.8% |
113.5% |
+ 31.7% |
+56.2% |
+42.9% |
During discussion, the following points were highlighted:
(a) There has been a general decrease in total crime across the city since the introduction of lockdown in March. This is now beginning to increase again as lockdown eases. Sneinton has been the only ward with an increase in crime figures, but this is down to specific spate of hate incidents between two neighbours. All hate incidents are recorded on the system whether a crime has been committed or not;
(b) There has also been a rise in the number of Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) reports cross the board as breaches of Covid regulations are recorded as such;
(c) Two people have been arrested and charged with a total of 42 robbery offences, these are from across the city, 18 of which were in the south area. The spike in robbery offences is likely to have been as a result of offending by these two individuals;
(d) An arrest was made and charges brought against an offender accused of burglary, this person has been recalled to prison and Nottinghamshire Police are working with the Probation services to ensure the individual is not released back to the Sneinton area where offending was causing a spike in burglary incidents;
(e) There were a number of incidents that targeted the Sultania Mosque in Sneinton. The first incident was a letter, sent to a number of mosques across the city in May of this year. CID investigated this and a fingerprint was found on one of the letters, an arrest was made and further investigations carried out. The Sultania Mosque was then target by offenders throwing used nappies and other items into the car park, however there have been no further incidents reported since this time.
(f) The spike in overall crime in Sneinton is as a result of a small number of offenders. Arrests made recently will impact this going forward. There has also been a high incident of hate incidents as a result of a particularly acrimonious neighbour dispute ongoing;
(g) Work is still ongoing to enforce police around social distancing. Police and CPO’s are engaging with the public, explaining policy and encouraging people to stick to guidance. Enforcement is the last option. Patrols of parks have had to be reduced as crime increased following the easing of lockdown, but CPO’s continue patrols in public places.
(h) Victoria Centre crime figures are not included within these figures. Those will be sent through to Councillors who requested them at the meeting;
(i) ASB continues to be tackled at King Edward Park. A Dispersal Order has been issued for the area, requiring people to move on and not congregate. PCSO’s are regularly patrolling the area;
(j) There have been a number of lockdown parties that have been taking place, particularly in St Ann’s and Sneinton. These not only cause a public health risk, but there is increased risk of violent offences at these events. Nottinghamshire Police are working closely with landlords, and the Council to help reduce the number of these events. Action is being taking against tenants where parties are being held and large fines are available to the courts for enforcement. The emphasis of the work is prevention of these events being held.
The committee noted the content of the update and thanked Inspector Walker for his attendance.