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Neighbourhood Priorities

Ward Area – Leeds East wide - set February 2024

Lead Inspector: INSP 4072 Nicholls

Lead Sergeants: PS 3893 Attree, PS 1125 Bell and PS 3315 Ellis

• To address serious and organised criminality, whilst disrupting and pursuing offenders who cause harm to the communities we serve. As part of CommUnity Harehills the Clear, Hold and Build Home Office initiative, alongside Operation Anthenmill, Operation Bakegreen and Operation Doleedge, we will target and disrupt offenders involved in serious and organised criminality. We aim to achieve this through a range of policing tactics, including gathering intelligence to identify those involved in such criminality. We will monitor and respond to incident demands, collate evidence, conduct disruption visits on known offenders, and will hold targeted days of action and planned operations across the Leeds East ward areas. In addition, we will continue to work collaboratively alongside partner agencies to utilise all enforcement methods available, against those repeatedly involved in such criminality whilst ensuring vulnerable victims are safeguarded accordingly. 

Update 5th April 2024

• The Leeds East Neighbourhood Policing Teams continue to proactively deploy in line with the several targeted Operations in place to address serious and organised criminality. These targeted Operations have resulted in multiple positive outcomes inclusive of multiple arrests, drugs, money and vehicles seized.
• A range of results are highlighted in the below Neighbourhood Policing Team ward areas local priority updates for Gipton and Harehills, Burmantofts and Richmond Hill ward areas. Further updates and news releases will be published over the coming weeks to evidence work conducted across all the ward areas.

Inner East Priorities

Ward Area - Burmantofts and Richmond Hill - set February 2024

Lead Sergeant: PS 3893 Attree
Lead Area Problem Solving Officer: PC 1001 Coopman and PC 1353 Rooks

• To address reports of urban street gangs and organised criminal groups involved in serious and organised crime, particularly across the Lincoln Green and Burmantofts section of the ward. We will gather intelligence and disrupt offenders involved in urban street gangs, organised criminal groups as part of Operation Anthenmill and we will arrest offenders. We will work collaboratively alongside partner agencies to ensure vulnerable victims are identified, signposted, and safeguarded accordingly. We will work proactively alongside partner agencies and third sectors to educate, disrupt, and divert young people away from criminality.
• To address reports of Burglary, Theft and Vehicle Crime across the ward. We will conduct proactive and targeted patrols, to gather intelligence and disrupt offenders involved in such criminality. We will seek to raise awareness of crime prevention measures and target hardening, through engagements with property developers, businesses, and members of the public. 

Update 5th April 2024

• To address the local priorities across the ward, officers have conducted multiple actions to address serious and organised criminality as part of Operational Anthenmill which has resulted in arrests, drugs, money, and vehicles seized. Multiple actions and crime prevention engagements, along with road safety operations have been conducted to address Burglary, Theft and Vehicle Crime. A news release has been compiled to highlight the extensive work conducted across the ward and results achieved, which can be accessed at: Burmantofts and Richmond Hill - Local Priority Update and Operation Anthenmill Results | West Yorkshire Police
• We continue to identify and disrupt offenders and the multi-agency approach remains in place for individuals at risk of cuckooing, regular meetings are held, and support mechanisms are in place for vulnerable victims. Working alongside Leeds City Council Anti-Social Behaviour Team and Operation Leodis multiple partial premise closure orders have been secured on properties and communal building areas, across the affected localities.
• Multiple days of action have been held across the ward and supported by West Yorkshire Operational Support Teams and partner agencies. In recent months, days of action included partnership operations with Leeds City Council departments such as Leeds Anti-Social Behaviour Team, Housing, Licensing and Parking Services. Resulting in intelligence gathered, warnings issues, notices served, and action taken for illegal parking.
• Police Community Support Officers continue to conduct engagement sessions alongside Youth Provision providers, across the ward to build positive relations with young people. Focused educational inputs, in relation to cyber safety, county lines, violence against women and girls, knife and drug related crime have been delivered, to raise awareness of the dangers and to divert young people away from criminality. 
• We have worked with multiple businesses, site security managers, elected members and members of the public in relation to the new building developments which are cited across the ward and branching into Leeds City Centre.

Ward Area - Gipton and Harehills - set August 2023

Lead Sergeant: PS 633 Goringe and PS 3315 Ellis
Lead Area Problem Solving Officer: PC 2640 Rawson, PC 1875 Farrar, and PC 5789 Dixon

• To address reports and incidents linked to drugs supply, organised criminality, and street drinking, with a particular focus along Harehills Road, the Bayswater’s, and Ashton's in the Harehills section of the ward. As part of the Clear, Hold and Build Home Office initiative, locally named as CommUnity Harehills we will work with the community to develop intelligence and act on reports, and information received. We will hold targeted days of action, multi-agency operations and seek to obtain warrants, to pursue and disrupt offending.
• To target youth-related anti-social behaviour throughout Harehills. We will increase high visibility patrols across the raised and identified locations, to identify young people involved. We will work closely with partners in Youth Service Provisions, to engage with young people, in order to direct them into available diversionary activities. In addition, we will liaise with Leeds City Council Anti-Social Behaviour Team, to review and take action against those repeatedly involved in anti-social behaviour.

Update 5th April 2024

• Following the launch of CommUnity Harehills in 2023, officers have conducted extensive work to target serious and organised crime as part of the Home Office’s ‘Clear, Hold, Build’ tactic. A news release was published in March 2024, to highlight the work and results achieved over the last 12 months with a whole system approach between Leeds East Neighbourhood Policing Team and partner agencies including Leeds City Council, West Yorkshire Trading Standards, Leeds Anti-Social Behaviour Team, HM Revenue & Customs, Serious Environmental Crime team, Licensing, HM Revenue & Customs, Immigration and DVLA. The new release can be accessed at Crime down in Harehills by 40 per cent following focus on serious and organised crime | West Yorkshire Police
• The results achieved were discussed by Sergeant Goringe in a ‘Live’ question and answer radio session at Fever FM on the 21st March 2024, alongside the elected members for Gipton and Harehills, Leeds Anti-Social Behaviour Team Supervisor and Mr Shah from the Independent Advisory Group. 
• On the 13th March 2024, a large-scale operation was conducted following an operation to address Cannabis production in Harehills, Leeds. Four adult males were arrested and charged with conspiracy to produce a controlled drug and acquiring, using, or having possession of criminal property and were remanded for Court. The information was published in a news release and can be accessed at: Four Charged Following Investigation into Cannabis Production in Harehills, Leeds | West Yorkshire Police
• Sergeant Ellis the Neighbourhood Policing Team lead for CommUnity Harehills, has been working closely with Crimestoppers with dedicated work streams planned for the Harehills ward area, to raise awareness of anonymous reporting mechanisms and support available for the local community.
• Following raised concerns of waste and litter build ups across the Strathmore’s, the Community Payback Team attended the area to clear waste and provide a cleaner environment for the community.
• Throughout February and March 2024, officers worked in partnership with Leeds City Council Waste Management Team across the Harehills ward, to address reports and complaints of vehicles parking in gated backstreets, obstructing and preventing access to the refuse vehicles resulting in failed bin collections. The actions resulted in all planned waste collections being conducted and several motorists were warned and advised regarding their parking.
• Working in partnership with Safer Leeds through the Clear, Hold and Build initiative two CCTV cameras have been installed on Sutherland Road and Ashton Place in response to community concerns of continuing drugs supply in the area.
• NPT officers continue to deploy to locations identified, as repeat demand areas for anti-social behaviour. PCSO's visit CATCH every three weeks and the Junior Sports Hub, to engage with and build positive relations with young people whilst educating them on the dangers, consequences and impact of anti-social behaviour and criminality. In addition, a Youth Forum is held every six weeks at the Junior Sports Hub. The next Youth Forum is due to be held on the 30th April 2024, at 18:00 hrs. You can keep up to date with our events and meetings at: Events and meetings | West Yorkshire Police

Ward Area - Killingbeck and Seacroft - set February 2024

Lead Sergeant: PS 2065 Penny
Lead Area Problem Solving Officer: PC 1000 Bradley, PC 3558 Yates and PC 4133 Croft

• To proactively address reports of drugs supply across the Seacroft ward and take positive enforcement actions. We will conduct targeted patrols to gather intelligence, and disrupt offenders involved in the supply of drugs. We will seek to obtain warrants and bring offenders involved in the supply of drugs to justice as part of Operation Balletmay, a targeted operation to address street level drug dealing, along with the anti-social and criminal usage of pedal cycles, electric motorbikes, and stolen vehicles. 
• To seek to reduce the levels of youth related anti-social behaviour and criminality, with a particular focus across on the Seacroft and Killingbeck retail parks. We will deploy police resources to conduct targeted and proactive patrols, across the affected street locations, and retail premises. We will engage with retail premises regarding repeat behaviours identified, collating CCTV (Closed Circuit Television) evidence of criminality and anti-social behaviour. We will seek to take enforcement action against those repeatedly identified, as being involved in such behaviour. 

Update 15th April 2024

• Officers continue to address reports of drugs supply and associated criminality across the ward and have implemented a targeted operation called Operation Balletmay, which will target serious and organised criminality along with addressing the anti-social and criminal use of pedal cycles, motorbikes, stolen vehicles, and anti-social behaviour.
• Since the implementation of Operation Balletmay officers have disrupted criminality, stopped, and searched over 30 people and arrested nine individuals for a range of offences including possession with intent supply Class A and B drugs, prison recall, breach of license conditions and motoring offences inclusive of driving whilst over the prescribed limit, fail to stop and driving whilst disqualified.
• Officers have gathered intelligence and obtained Section 23 Misuse of Drugs warrants which have been executed across the ward, resulting in arrests and cannabis seized. 
• Several vehicles and motorcycles have been seized by officers, during the operational deployments across the ward which has also seen officers tactically deploying a stinger, to disrupt anti-social vehicle use and vehicles used in crime.
• A news release has been published to evidence some of the work conducted across the ward over the last three months, to address community concerns, local priorities and activities undertaken as part of Operation Balletmay. You can read more at: Killingbeck and Seacroft Local Priority Updates - Operation Balletmay | West Yorkshire Police
• We continue to conduct targeted patrols across the Killingbeck and Seacroft retail parks, which has seen a reduction in youth related anti-social behaviour reports. However, theft from shop offences continues to present demands across the sites and officers have implemented three weekly contact points at Asda and Tesco. Officers have also deployed to the locations with the crime prevention officer, to provide crime prevention information and advice to businesses and communities and site surveys have been conducted. 
• Following a rise in Burglary offences between January – February 2024, officers conducted targeted Burglary ‘hotspot’ patrols in which they stopped and searched multiple individuals across Leeds East. A news release was previously published on the 6th of February 2024, to highlight targeted patrols across Leeds East and to provide crime prevention advice, which can be viewed at: Proactive Burglary Patrols Results In Arrest - Leeds East NPT | West Yorkshire Police. Between January and February 2024, there were 26 recorded offences of Burglary offences across the ward and following the targeted patrols, disruption visits implemented, the multiple stop and searches conducted to address these offences and disrupt offenders, there was a 69% reduction Burglary offences with 8 recorded offences between February and March 2024.

Outer East Priorities
 

Ward Area - Crossgates and Whinmoor - set October 2023

Lead Sergeant: PS 3550 Nicholson
Lead Area Problem Solving Officer: PC 4984 Pritchard PC 3003 Hale

• To address reports of anti-social behaviour involving young people, with a particular focus on the White Laith Shops, the Bus Terminus, Naburn Approach, and the Co-op on Swarcliffe Drive. We will utilise a multi-agency approach to tackle the rise in anti-social behaviour from young people, at the Bus Terminus and surrounding shops and buildings following reports of nuisance behaviour, bus surfing, criminal damage, and littering. We have and will continue to work with partner agencies, primarily Leeds City Council Youth Services team in order to support early intervention, educating young people as to the dangers of these types of anti-social behaviour, and will work with Leeds City Council Anti-Social Behaviour Team to review those repeatedly involved in such behaviours. We will liaise and work with First Bus Service to address the reported demands, collate and view CCTV, with a view to identifying those involved.
• To continue our focus on addressing the use of stolen and off-road motorcycles driving illegally and in an anti-social manner in Swarcliffe, Stanks, Whinmoor and Crossgates. We have seen a significant reduction in the numbers of such motorcycles across the ward, however, we know that the motorcycles remain present in the area to some degree and our objective is to reduce this even further. We will achieve this by utilising a number of tools, primarily community information to identify where the bikes are being stored, and those responsible for the theft and illegal use of bikes. We will conduct targeted operations in line with Operation Dieselcrest, which specifically targets those offenders involved in this criminal and ASB activity, and the use of the off-road motorcycle team.

Update 23rd January 2024

• To address anti-social behaviour and incidents of damage across the locations identified, we have provided an increased and visible presence across the areas affected and utilised the FIRST Leeds ‘Trojan’ bus to deploy to the locality. A problem-solving approach has been adopted working alongside First Leeds, West Yorkshire Police Safer Travel Team, LASBT and Youth Services. Officers have deployed in plain clothes, gathering evidence, and identifying individuals involved in the anti-social behaviour, to disrupt and prevent any offences which have previously led to the cancellation of bus services, causing a detrimental impact particularly on the elderly, disabled and vulnerable. A local news release was circulated on the 5th December 2023, to encourage parents, carers, and guardians to speak to young people regarding acceptable behaviour and how such behaviour impacts the community. You can read the release at: Local Priority Update: NPT Responds To Anti-Social Behaviour At Whinmoor Bus Terminus, Leeds | West Yorkshire Police
• Several young people have been identified as being involved in repeat incidents of anti-social behaviour, referrals were submitted to the Leeds City Council Anti-Social Behaviour Team. As a result, nine young people have been issued with Anti-Social Behaviour advisory letters and parents have been issued with parent advisory letters and some have been issued with tenancy warnings, regarding their child's involvement in such behaviour. Behaviour will be monitored and should the young people continue to be involved in such anti-social behaviour, further enforcement action may be taken.
• We have liaised with Leeds City Council Youth Service in our Community Safety multi-agency tasking meetings, who continue to engage with young people across the site and ward. They have implemented a targeted youth provision on Wednesday afternoon, for those identified as being at risk of being involved in anti-social behaviour across the Naburn's and continue to provide a significant amount of excellent and effective work with young people across the ward, at their well-attended youth provisions programme.
• We continue to focus on the issue of stolen and off-road motorcycles being used across the ward area. We are pleased to report there has been a significant reduction in reported demands. However, we know that there are still a number of offenders who continue to utilise motorcycles driving in an anti-social manner and using such vehicles for criminality. Officers have worked alongside the Leeds District Off-Road Bike Team resulting in significant gains in terms of vehicle seizures, recovery of stolen motorcycles and arrests.
• On the Sunday 21st January 2024, a Robbery took place at the Co-op on Swarcliffe Avenue. A short time after the offence Neighbourhood Policing Team officers, alongside other policing departments arrested five men. A total of four adult males were charged for various offences and were subsequently remanded into custody. Read more at Four Men Charged Following Robbery At Leeds Co-op | West Yorkshire Police

Ward Areas – Garforth and Swillington, Kippax, Methley and Villages – set February 2023

Lead Sergeant: PS 0801 Collett
Lead Area Problem Solving Officer: PC 3826 McAleese and PC 2484 Jenkins

• To address public concerns of youth anti-social behaviour, drugs misuse and alcohol misuse across public park areas with a particular focus on Barley Hill Park, Garforth, Glebelands Park, Garforth and Rocket Park, Millennium Village, Allerton Bywater. We will continue to conduct targeted high visibility patrols at the affected locations, during peak times identified from call demand analysis and information provided by local communities. We will deploy in ‘plain clothes’ to gather intelligence and identify individuals involved in anti-social behaviour and criminality. We will work closely with the Leeds City Council Anti-Social Behaviour Team and Youth Services, to respond to any repeat youths identified and divert young people into local provisions and planned activities in the locality. We will aim to inform, engage, and provide advice for young people so they can make safer choices, whilst signposting and referring young people who need further support.
• To target and address multiple road safety concerns including speeding and parking offences across the ward areas. We will continue to arrange planned operations in line with Fatal4 to address speeding and driving offences in the communities we serve, along with utilising Speed Indication Devices to raise public awareness. We will work closely with Leeds City Council Parking Services to address repeat incidents and reports of local parking issues and obstructions. Penalty Notices will be issued, to anyone found to be causing an obstruction and parking on a pavement.

Update 13th February 2024

• We have continued to conduct multiple targeted high visibility and plain clothes Operations across Barley Hill Park, Main Street, Garforth and Fiddler Close and Lane, to address reports of anti-social behaviour and suspected drugs use.  Following the last review whereby officers identified several young people involved in anti-social behaviour and a community resolution was issued, youth related anti-social behaviour has declined across the wards. We continue to monitor and deploy across the locations, at this time.
• As part of our ongoing commitment to address road safety concerns, we have delivered road safety lessons in schools and conducted multiple schools parking patrols, with advice given to parents regarding safe parking. On the 27th November 2023, we released our Road Safety Matters Local Priority update highlighting multiple road safety deployments, alongside West Yorkshire Police Roads Policing Unit, neighbouring forces, and partner agencies, resulting in multiple arrests, vehicles, drugs and weapon seizures and enforcement actions taken. You can read more at: Local Priority Updates For Garforth, Swillington, Kippax, Methley and Villages | West Yorkshire Police
• Since the last local priority update, we have focused on schools parking issues across the ward following raised concerns from schools and the public highlighting dangerous and bad parking. On the 2nd February 2024, PCSO’s deployed at Great Preston Primary School, which is part of the School Streets programme, whereby parking time restrictions are in place. The deployments resulted in several tickets being issued, for dangerous and illegal parking and followed on from previous warnings issued.

Ward Area - Temple Newsam and Halton - set August 2023 

Lead Sergeant: PS 1125 Bell
Lead Area Problem Solving Officer: PC 1438 Mortimer and PC 687 Campbell

• To address road safety concerns and road related offences, across the Temple Newsam and Halton ward with a particular focus on Temple Newsam Park and The Springs Retail Park. We will continue to proactively deploy in line with Fatal4, to address vehicular nuisance, speeding and driving offences in line with Operation Dieselcrest and Operation Republic. We will proactively deploy at peak times identified and work closely with site management teams, to obtain and review CCTV footage, in order to identify offenders. We will work closely with Leeds City Anti-Social Behaviour Team, to take enforcement action against those repeatedly involved in the anti-social use of vehicles inclusive of anti-social car meets. 
• To address reports of urban street gangs and organised criminal groups involved in the supply of drugs and serious violence, particularly across the Wykebecks and Halton Moor sections of the ward. As part of Operation Doleedge and Operation Anthenmill, we will seek to obtain warrants and bring offenders involved in the supply of drugs and associated criminality to justice. We will utilise a range of operational tactics to disrupt offending, identify offenders and gather intelligence. We will work closely with partner agencies, to utilise all enforcement methods at our disposal, inclusive of seeking to obtain premise closure orders on properties, whilst ensuring vulnerable victims are identified, signposted and safeguarded accordingly. We will work proactively alongside partner agencies and third sectors to educate, disrupt and divert young people away from criminality.

Update 13th February 2024

• As part of Operation Anthenmill the dedicated youth violence engagement officer continues to conduct proactive diversionary patrols, to engage with identified young individuals and divert them away from criminality. 
• In line with Operation Doleedge, we have executed several misuse of drugs warrants, across the ward. A news release was published, in October 2023 and can be accessed at: Three Arrested Following Operation Doleedge Misuse of Drugs Warrants In Halton Moor, Leeds | West Yorkshire Police 
• Since October further warrants have been executed across the ward, resulting in arrests, drugs and property seized. The updated news release published on the 15th January 2024, can be accessed at: Three Arrested Following Operation Doleedge Misuse of Drugs Warrants In Halton Moor, Leeds | West Yorkshire Police
• Multiple Road Safety deployments have been conducted across the road resulting in arrests, vehicle seizures, motorists issued with traffic offence reports or reported for summons, weapons, drugs, and cash seized. A local priority news release has been published to highlight the actions taken and can be accessed at: Road Safety Local Priority Updates – Four Arrested and Ten Vehicles Seized, Temple Newsam and Halton ward. | West Yorkshire Police

Community and Policing Priorities are reviewed frequently and will be amended in line with community concerns, raised issues at Police and Community Together (PACT) meetings and identified risks and information obtained from local policing analysis. 

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