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Local Priority Issues

Priority	Action taken
The new priorities for this period (April to September) are: Burglary Road safety and traffic offences Drug dealing and misuse Issued 01 July 2025	Our priorities are set for a six month period and reviewed every three months to ensure we continue to deal with what matters most to local people, taking account of feedback shared in our local priorities survey and local crime data. To have your say on what you would like your neighbourhood officers to focus on, and to get updates from them about crime and policing activity in your area, please visit Northamptonshire Talking https://www.northamptonshiretalking.co.uk/ or click on the link at the top of the page. Actioned 01 July 2025
Drug dealing and drug misuse Issued 01 October 2024	You said, we did – an update on the work carried out by neighbourhood officers to tackle local priorities during the period from April 2025 to July 2025 • A S23 misuse of drugs stop and search resulted in officers seizing a knife. The suspect was arrested and charged • A suspect was arrested for possession with intent to supply Class A drugs • Officers conducted a S8 PACE warrant at and address suspected to be involved in the dealing of Class A and Class B drugs • A cannabis factory was located and an individual has been arrested • 300 people attended a beat bus and were given crime prevention materials, including burglary prevention items. • Officers have been delivering Smartwater kits in Wellingborough and surrounding villages You Said, We Did - October 2024 to March 2025 •There have been 97 drug related incidents recorded – 67 for drug possession and 30 in relation to drug trafficking •14 people have been charged, 26 have received community resolutions and five have received cautions •In March 2025, an officer discovered a possession with intent offence which led to a further suspect being located and hundreds of wraps of a Class A substance, valued at thousands of pounds, being seized. This was a new drug line that was being introduced to Wellingborough Actioned 01 April 2025
Road Safety & Traffic Matters Issued 01 October 2024	You said, we did – an update on the work carried out by neighbourhood officers to tackle local priorities during the period from April 2025 to July 2025 • Officers stopped an electric bike and arrested an individual for insurance offences and under the influence of alcohol. The bike was also seized. • A converted e-bike was seized • An e-scooter used to evade police and shoplifting was seized from a suspect in the town centre You Said, We Did - October 2024 to March 2025 • The Neighbourhood team have issued 45 traffic tickets for various offences, including careless driving and no insurance Speed gun operations have commenced within Wellingborough Actioned 01 April 2025

Priority

Action taken

The new priorities for this period (April to September) are:
Burglary
Road safety and traffic offences
Drug dealing and misuse

Issued 01 July 2025

Our priorities are set for a six month period and reviewed every three months to ensure we continue to deal with what matters most to local people, taking account of feedback shared in our local priorities survey and local crime data.
To have your say on what you would like your neighbourhood officers to focus on, and to get updates from them about crime and policing activity in your area, please visit Northamptonshire Talking https://www.northamptonshiretalking.co.uk/ or click on the link at the top of the page.

Actioned 01 July 2025

Drug dealing and drug misuse

Issued 01 October 2024

You said, we did – an update on the work carried out by neighbourhood officers to tackle local priorities during the period from April 2025 to July 2025
• A S23 misuse of drugs stop and search resulted in officers seizing a knife. The suspect was arrested and charged
• A suspect was arrested for possession with intent to supply Class A drugs
• Officers conducted a S8 PACE warrant at and address suspected to be involved in the dealing of Class A and Class B drugs
• A cannabis factory was located and an individual has been arrested
• 300 people attended a beat bus and were given crime prevention materials, including burglary prevention items.
• Officers have been delivering Smartwater kits in Wellingborough and surrounding villages

You Said, We Did - October 2024 to March 2025
•There have been 97 drug related incidents recorded – 67 for drug possession and 30 in relation to drug trafficking
•14 people have been charged, 26 have received community resolutions and five have received cautions
•In March 2025, an officer discovered a possession with intent offence which led to a further suspect being located and hundreds of wraps of a Class A substance, valued at thousands of pounds, being seized. This was a new drug line that was being introduced to Wellingborough

Actioned 01 April 2025

Road Safety & Traffic Matters

Issued 01 October 2024

You said, we did – an update on the work carried out by neighbourhood officers to tackle local priorities during the period from April 2025 to July 2025
• Officers stopped an electric bike and arrested an individual for insurance offences and under the influence of alcohol. The bike was also seized.
• A converted e-bike was seized
• An e-scooter used to evade police and shoplifting was seized from a suspect in the town centre

You Said, We Did - October 2024 to March 2025
• The Neighbourhood team have issued 45 traffic tickets for various offences, including careless driving and no insurance
Speed gun operations have commenced within Wellingborough

Actioned 01 April 2025

Local Priority Issues

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