Latest neighbourhood policing priorities for Hitchin Rural

Latest neighbourhood policing priorities for Hitchin Rural

Dear Resident

Rural crime and acquisitive vehicle crime are among the latest neighbourhood policing priorities announced by the North Herts Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT), following feedback from the public.

NPTs work alongside partners to focus on solving long and short-term neighbourhood issues, such as anti-social behaviour, theft, speeding and drug-related crime.

Using an analysis of data, they set local policing priorities every four months, to provide a specific focus on the issues which are currently causing the most concern to residents locally. Feedback from members of the public also plays a vital part.

Residents will see their dedicated team of PCs and PCSOs working alongside partners to address the agreed priorities below, through an increased police presence, engagement events and targeted enforcement.

The newly set priorities for the district are:

Hitchin Rural

Acquisitive vehicle crime (theft from and theft of motor vehicles).

Fly-tipping and associated crime in the rural areas along the Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire border.

Whilst there will be a focus on the local priorities, officers will continue to respond to daily business as usual, as well as forcewide priorities and any emerging issues which require more immediate action.

Alongside the NPT, North Herts is also policed by officers who respond to emergency calls, a team of detectives who investigate crimes such as burglary, robbery and assault, and specialist units who work to tackle issues such as acquisitive crime and domestic abuse. In addition, they can call on officers from central teams which work countywide.

North Herts NPT Inspector James Lant, said: “Thank you to everybody who took the time to share their views. In some cases, priorities will remain the same in areas until we are satisfied the issue has been dealt with.

“My officers will now be working hard to tackle these latest priorities and we’ll be sharing regular updates on Herts Connected and the North Herts Police Facebook page.”

Previous priorities

Below is an overview of work that was carried out to tackle the previous set of priorities.

Hitchin Rural

Rural crime - fly-tipping and associated crime in the rural areas along the Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Border. Officers have been working proactively to tackle rural crime, with a particular focus on fly-tipping. Through joint operations with North Herts Council and Bedfordshire Neighbourhood Policing Team colleagues, patrols and targeted enforcement activity have been carried out. These partnership efforts help identify offenders, gather intelligence and deter further incidents, helping to protect our rural communities and countryside. This issue will remain as a local NPT priority.

Acquisitive vehicle crime, theft from, and theft of, motor vehicles. Your local NPT have been working tirelessly to address this issue. Excellent work by officers led to the identification of a number of reported thefts involving quad bikes and all-terrain vehicles across the area. Through a dedicated and committed investigation, a local officer was able to identify potential suspects linked to these offences. Working in partnership with colleagues from Bedfordshire Police, a warrant was subsequently executed. As a result, two suspects were arrested and remain on police bail while enquiries continue. The operation led to the recovery of multiple suspected stolen vehicles, providing a significant result in the fight against rural crime.

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