ellistown & battleflat Crime Intelligence

You said HGVs are ignoring the weight restriction and using roads in Ellistown, Ibstock and Heather when they are not permitted to do so.

This has been particularly noted on Whitehill Road and Ibstock Road in Ellistown, Leicester Road, Station Road and Ashby Road in Ibstock and Pisca Lane and Swepstone Road in Heather.
This has been communicated through Neighbourhood Link (NHL) surveys, e-mails and calls to the Beat Team and discussed at our community events.

We have completed high visibility patrols in the areas highlighted to identify any HGVs breaking the weight restriction. We have liaised with the Local Authority to obtain definitive maps of the relevant highways showing the weight restrictions in order to target the right places and as a tool to educate drivers.

We have stopped several HGVs during the month and found most are lawfully operating within the wight restricted area. One HGV was caught between Ibstock and Heather and this was not exempt so the driver was reported for the offence. Another haulier was identified as having vehicles use the weight restricted area and they have been advised that if this continues they will be reported too.

You said cars are driving at an excessive speed on Grange Road in Hugglescote, Leicester Road in Whitwick, Thornborough Road in Whitwick and Loughborough Road in Thringstone.

This has been communicated through Neighbourhood Link (NHL) surveys, e-mails and calls to the Beat Team and discussed at our community events.

We have patrolled the roads highlighted to us as particularly having a problem with speeding. We have been in the DATA retrieval stage of our plans on this with some active operations now arranged in the areas where speeding was more of an issue.

We continue to respond to the community and the various submissions of information or intelligence linked to speeding is processed by the Beat Team.

We have published advice and warnings regarding speeding on our social media links on Facebook and Neighbourhood Link (NHL).

You said teenagers are causing Anti Social Behaviour (ASB) on the parks in Greenhill, at some of the local shops In Greenhill and some of the residential streets in Agar Nook and Greenhill.

This has been communicated through Neighbourhood Link (NHL) surveys, e-mails and calls to the Beat Team and partner agencies. These include North West Leicestershire District Council and housing providers such as East Midlands Housing.

We have conducted a number of targeted patrols, on foot, to really show presence on the streets and in the parks where ASB has been highlighted. Investigations have been carried out into allegations of ASB particularly involving teenagers kicking and banging residents’ doors. This has involved joint agency work with the Local Authority and their ASB team, local Housing Providers such as EMH and local schools. A number of ASB contracts, advice letters and warnings have been given out.

We have also posted social media appeals highlighting the nuisance to the community ASB creates and the ways to report this.

We continue to work on dealing with those using off road motorbikes and will actively seize any we identify. We are working with the local housing providers on this as such use can threaten a tenancy.