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Dereham Neighbourhood
The Dereham Safer Neighbourhoods Team covers the market town of Dereham and surrounding villages. The team works closely with partner agencies, community organisations and local businesses to tackle the neighbourhood priorities. It is made up of the following Wards. Dereham, Springvale & Scarning, Launditch, Hermitage, Taverner, Upper Wensum, Swanton Morley, Eynsford, Two Rivers and from the 1 April 08 Upper Yare and Shipdham.
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Current priorities for Dereham Neighbourhood
1. Anti-social behaviour in Toftwood, especially around Pond Park, Limassol Road, Vienna Walk, Strasbourg Way and Hillcrest Avenue.
2. Anti-social driving around Dereham town centre (Cowper Road, Crown Road, High Street, Church Street and Norwich Street).
3. Motorbikes being used in the wooded area behind Bullock Park and Shipdham. This is occurring weekday evenings and Sunday afternoons to the frustration of local residents.
Your next meeting to agree local priorities will be on;
15th Jul 2009 19:00
The next Community Action Group (also known as CAG or SNAP) meeting is on Wednesday 15th July 2009 at 7pm at Breckland Council Offices, Dereham. All CAG meetings are open to the public and provide an opportunity for the public to voice their concerns about issues in their neighbourhood. Representatives from local agencies, eg Neighbourhood Wardens, Housing Officers, Local Councilors, Education Authority and Police. Three priorities are then chosen from the issues raised and an action plan deveoped to assist you in dealling with your issue. At the next CAG meeting a report is given at the meeting about what action has been taken. These meetings are an opportunity for local residents to have a say about issues in their area which affect them most and get support in dealling with them.
Actions taken for Dereham Neighbourhood
- Eight men have been charged in connection with burglaries other than dwelling both in urban and rural areas.
- There has been a significant reduction in household burglaries criminal damage, theft of motor vehicles, theft and violence.
- The next period Insp Wheatley and the neighbourhood policing team will be concentrating on problem solving the current priorities. At the last Community Action Group (CAG) meeting the team adopted three priorities. The focus will remain in the Toftwood neighbourhood to plan for the summer holidays.
Actions taken against the previous priorities raised by the community:
1. Anti-social behaviour in Pilgrims Rest, Toftwood - since the date of the last meeting, there has been a significant reduction of calls about anti-social behaviour in the Toftwood vicinity.
There have been two incidents involving adults and youths on the estate, the first incident has been dealt with by restorative justice. At the second incident three people were arrested and two are going through court proceedings.
Dereham SNT have continued to work with partner agencies including Breckland Council and local housing associations. One family who have been causing problems on the estate has been evicted and moved to another area.
Routine police patrols have been carried out in the area and the neighbourhood policing team will continue to deter people from committing offences.
2. Anti-social use of vehicles within Dereham town centre - there have been 28 drivers dealt with by means of caution or fixed penalty notices for speeding in the town since the last meeting.
The drivers of vehicles in Cowper Road, who were causing anti-social behaviour by playing loud music and shouting, have been compliant and moved to another car park. They have kept music to a minimum and we have had no further complaints.
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Meet the Team
Contact the Team on : 0845 456 4567 and ask for the Dereham team.
Email the Team: sntdereham@norfolk.pnn.police.uk
Insp Paul Wheatley
Sgt Terry Scott
Sgt Gareth Woodward
Sgt Mark Goodbody
PC Sarah Loveday
PC Matt Howes
PC Stacey Murray
PC Nicola Fountain
PC Tabitha Nolan
PC Amie Morfoot
PC Matthew Boggust
PC Vanessa Woodgett
PCSO Antonio Choca
PCSO Angela Powles
PCSO Paul Frostwick
PCSO Matthew Havers
PCSO Calum Chapman
Breckland Council
Peddars Way Housing
Broadland Housing
Norfolk County Council
"You" the community
Crime Mapping
Norfolk Constabulary has introduced crime maps so you can see the levels of crime where you live. In comparison with most other police services, Norfolk records very low levels of crime. The crime is categorised on a map of Norfolk according to burglary, robbery, vehicle crime, violence, anti-social behaviour and all crime. Simply type in your postcode or click on the map to see the levels of crime in your district and ward. The maps are updated monthly and compare recorded crime over the previous year. You can see if crime has increased or decreased where you live and what type of crime has the greatest impact in terms of volume. To see your crime map follow the link below.
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