Crime in Buttrills, Vale of Glamorgan

ASB Dunlin Court - Officers have created a patrol strategy to maximise presence at the location.

ASB Barry Leisure Centre - We will continue to monitor this

Shoplifting continues to be a main focus for us during the next few months and with the introduction of the new Town Centre Street Warden, we aim to work with him to identify and apprehend shoplifters and further reduce crime in the area.

Last December we set retail crime as our priority for the Castleland ward - since the there have been 16 incidents of shoplifting reported to police. There have already been 9 arrests for those offences with other charges likely for the most recent cases. This can be considered a success with a detection rate of 56%, more than double that of the national average for 2025 of around 20%. (office for national statistic2024/25) This has been achieved by working with retailers to improve CCTV capabilities in store and by use of plain clothes officers to target known offenders.

We have had a focus on retail theft and prolific offenders. In the last month we have as a team arrested 7prolific offenders for shoplifting and charged them with a total of 35 different offences.
There has been an increased presence in Holton Road of officers in both plain clothes and uniform.

Electric Bikes- we have had a BCU wide operation targeting illegally ridden electric bikes and scooters whereby a number of vehicles were seized and persons reported for document offences.

We have carried out high-visibility patrols in identified areas.

We have patrolled hotspots for drug-related activity and gathered intelligence.

We have collaborated with street cleaning teams and community groups.

We have conducted plain-clothes operations to target offenders.