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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.

Neighbourhood priorities

Northumbria Police aims to meet our commitment to you.

The following Neighbourhood priorities relate to your area:

11/01/12 - Theft from Motor Vehicles in Barmston

What you told us:

  • There has been an increase in thefts from motor vehicles in Barmston

What we are doing about it:

  • Neighbourhood Policing Teams, Community Support Officers and 24/7 officers will patrol the areas at key times to target known offenders.
  • Neighbourhood officers will be working hard to identify stolen property and return it to their owners.
  • Plain clothes patrols will be conducted to identify, arrest and prosecute those responsible.

Keeping you informed:
  • Neighbourhood Officers will be in the area and will be able to offer crime prevention advice.
  • Your local neighbourhood team conducts regular PACT meetings in the area every five weeks.

Updated: 23/01/12


11/01/12 - Rubbish Fires in Oxclose

What you told us

  • There has been an increase in youths lighting rubbish fires in lower Oxclose.

What are we going to do about it

  • The Neighbourhood Police Team will conduct extra patrols at the identified key times.

  • Operation Choice staff will highlight the area on their patrols. Operation Choice is an Area Committee backed initiative which sees officers from the local policing team out on patrol with ASB officers from the local authority and tenancy enforcement officers from Gentoo. It also provides extra youth diversionary activities through local youth provision.

  • We have asked Local Responsive Services to attend the area and remove any potentially flammable material.

Keeping you informed

  • Your local neighbourhood team conducts regular PACT meetings in the area every five weeks.

  • You can also contact us through the FEEDBACK EMAIL US link on the Northumbria Police website.

Updated: 24/01/12


1 . Anti-social behaviour

What you told us:

  • Through our Community Safety Surveys you told us your long term problems are: Young people hanging around on the streets and people being drunk or rowdy in public places.

What we are doing about it:

We will be targeting these issues continually throughout the year. 



This will include:

  • The Washington Area Committee (which is made up of your local Councillors) has supported Operation Choice for 2011/12. This operation will include:



    (i) Extra police patrols in Washington every Friday and Saturday night. The patrols will be supported by youth workers from the Oxclose and District Youth Project and by Sunderland City Council anti-social behaviour officers.



    (ii) Washington Neighbourhood Policing Team will be visiting all secondary schools to speak to pupils about a number of issues including: respecting their community, the affects of anti-social behaviour on victims and personal safety.



    (iii) Washington Neighbourhood Policing Team will be visiting all primary schools across Washington to speak to children about respecting their community.



    (iv) Washington Neighbourhood Policing Team has arranged for every year 6 pupil from every Primary School across Washington to attend the Safety Works Centre where they will see safety and citizenship demonstrations in an interactive environment.  A number of schools have already attended and have found the experience very worthwhile. 



    (v) Each village has an allocated Neighbourhood Beat Manager and Community Support Officer who looks at every report of anti-social behaviour and finds ways to resolve the issues at the earliest opportunity.

Keeping you informed:

  • In the past year between, April 2010 and April 2011, Washington Neighbourhood Policing Team, supported by our partners, has reduced youth related anti-social behaviour (ASB) in Washington by 11%, this is more than 100 fewer incidents.

  • So far this year between April until the end of December total anti-social behaviour reduced by 29%, which is more than 1000 fewer incidents compared to the same period last year. Youth related anti-social is down on the same period as last year by 19% which means 258 less incidents than last year.

  • The Neighbourhood Policing Team will continue to update residents in relation to the reductions we are achieving in anti-social behaviour and in other crimes on our website, through the crime mapper website and through our local Police and Community Together (PACT) meetings held every five weeks in all areas across Washington.



     

Updated: 23/01/12