Choose a page

Feedback icon

Our Commitment

Northumbria Police is committed to tackling crime in your area.

We want to know what your issues are and how we can help solve them.

You can view our commitment to you here.

You can contact us via the 'Feedback' link or you can call the police on:

Call 999 if there is any danger or risk to life or a crime in progress.

Call 101 for non-emergencies.
This is a general number to contact the police and request information or advice.

Text 07786 200 814 for non-emergencies.

You said, we did...

WE ASKED

What issues are causing problems in your community?

YOU SAID

Speeding motorists in rural villages.

WE DID

  • Introduced community speedwatch with volunteers in Coquetdale.

  • Put local officers in our rural villages with speed detection equipment everyday.

  • Identified offending drivers, issued warning letters and prosecuted repeat offenders.

  • Introduced a high profile campaign targeting motorcyclists.

  • Reviewed and replenished all the signs for 2012.

  • Became the first sector to use solar roadside signs at speeding hot spots warning motorists to slow down and respect our local communities.

  • Specifically targeted young drivers with a series of educational inputs to local high schools in December 2011.This will impact on those drivers taking their tests in 2012.

  • April 2012 - Identified main offenders and actively targetted them and their vehicles. One of the main offenders has had his vehicle seized and impounded twice since the beginnig of March 2012. He was arrested in early April 2012 for driving with excess alcohol. He is to appear in court in May.
    A residents meeting is planned with the NPT to discuss concerns around anti social driving.

WE ASKED

What issues are causing problems in your community?

YOU SAID

Youths are gathering during the evenings at the Summer Seats in Alnwick, drinking alcohol, leaving litter and causing damage.

WE DID

Provided extra patrols to the area.  Liaised with the local authority to clear up the mess.  Targetted those responsible, seized alcohol and provided warning letters to parents of those involved.  We provided warning signs in the area and liaised with local schools to address the problem.