Crime in Markfield, Stanton and Fieldhead, Hinckley and Bosworth

During May, our focus has been on strengthening engagement with local partners to address road safety concerns and identify emerging speeding hotspots across the beat area. This has been done through foot patrols in impacted areas, attending Parish Council Meetings to establish areas of concerned as identified by residents and reviewing submissions through Neighbourhood Link.
Enforcement still continues in our current hot spots. While conducting targeted speed enforcement patrols on Swithland Lane, Rothley, officers located a stolen vehicle that had crashed at the roadside. Subsequent enquiries established that the vehicle had been reported shortly beforehand for being driven dangerously on Bird Hill, Woodhouse Eaves.
This proactive patrol work led to the Dedicated Neighbourhood Officer arresting three suspects on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle, demonstrating a clear link between road safety activity and wider crime detection.

Extensive work continues to tackle ASB on Kinchley Lane- the current top spot for ASB across Charnwood West. There is a significant increase in vehicle related ASB in the area, and the DNO team have been engaging with County Councils across the country as well as other police forces to seek inspiration on how to create long term solution for this issue. Patrols, intervention and engagement continue in the area as well as the surrounding villages to encourage those impact to report ASB online where possible.

During this month both the beat team and local response officers have been responding to incidents and conducting searches on persons believed to be either in possession of or suspected of dealing cannabis. A seizure of cannabis was made from a vehicle on Kinchley Lane following a stop search, as well as a person search on Swithland Lane, Rothley resulting in cannabis seized.