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0845 456 4567
Sprowston Spixworth Neighbourhood
The Sprowston and Spixworth Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) is becoming more visible and effective now that recruitment is complete and all officers are assigned to their specific areas. All members of staff are committed to responding to the concerns raised by those living and working in the neighbourhood. The team is responsible for Sprowston, Spixworth, and the parishes of Old Catton, and Beeston St Andrew. It works with businesses and local residents and works closely with partner agencies, community organisations and voluntary groups to meet the challenges of this diverse community. For details of future meetings and events, please click on hyperlink 'Click here to view events' above meet the team section.
Current priorities for Sprowston Spixworth Neighbourhood
Priority 1: To reduce the number of complaints of anti-social behaviour on the Sprowston retail Park.
Priority 2: To support and promote the role out of the Community Speedwatch Scheme in the Neighbourhood and address local parking issues.
Priority 3: To target Anti-social behaviour and damage within Spixworth.
Your next meeting to agree local priorities will be on;
19th Jan 2009 19:30
The next Safer Neighbourhood Action Panel (SNAP) meeting is being held at 7.30PM on 19th January 2009, in Spixworth,venue still to be confirmed. All SNAP meetings are open to the public and provide an opportunity for the public to voice their concerns about issues in their neighbourhood before a panel of representatives from local agencies, e.g. Police, Neighbourhood Wardens, Housing Officers, local Councilors, Education Authority and Health Authority members etc. Three priorities are then chosen from the issues raised and an action plan developed. At the next SNAP meeting the panel reports back to the public about what action has been taken, if actions are acceptable these are then signed off and another three priorities are set. These meetings are an opportunity for local residents to have a say about issues in their area which affect them which in turn dictates which issues become the our main focus.
Actions taken for Sprowston Spixworth Neighbourhood
- To monitor and respond to anti-social behaviour and criminal damage in the Wroxham Road, Allens Avenue/Allens Lane, North Walsham Road, Barkers Lane/Church Lane area with attention given to Wilks Farm Drive play area:
The area has received increased patrol attention. It is notable that in the earlier months of April/May, there were more youths congregating in the play area on Wilks Farm Drive. We were receiving more calls from the public and a lot of alcohol was taken from the youths. However, since the erection of the Youth Shelter on Barkers Lane, things have been quieter in Wilks Farm Drive. Over the last 3 month period we have received 12 calls from the public relating to anti-social behaviour in the area, 11 of these were in April and May. The main crime being committed in the area remains to be criminal damage, to vehicles and dwellings, with 8 offences being committed over the last quarter. This is the same number of offences as the previous 3 month period.
- To address the problem of vehicle use on Crostwick Lane, Spixworth, with regards to weight restriction, speeding and crossing concerns during school period:
This problem focused on several issues: To address the first issues in relation to school crossing controls; PCSO WATTS and BUNTING have made efforts to provide a presence in the area at school travel times, whenever possible. This has been met with a good response from parents and children. PC LAMBERT has been in contact with County Hall. It appears that the last crossing patrols were 9 years ago and the last lady left due to abuse from parents! A survey was conducted by County Hall in June and PC LAMBERT will be following this up with regard to crossing patrols for the new academic year. We have had assistance from Officers from the Road policing dept in regards to speed checks and HGV issues: One ticket has been issued for an HGV contravening the weight restrictions and the fact that there is no sign located at the Buxton Road junction has been raised with the parish Council. Speed checks have been completed throughout the period and only one fixed penalty notice issued to a speeding driver. I arranged for the Speed Awareness Messaging (SAM) vehicle to attend the area and collate data. The vehicle was located on the Crostwick Lane on 3 occasions in June. This is obviously a 30 MPH limit; the average entry and exit speeds for vehicles travelling westerly were 18.7 MPH and Easterly 23.4 MPH.
- To reduce the number of complaints of Anti-Social behaviour on the Sprowston Retail Park:
This priority has been led by Mrs Hunt and the Sprowston Parish Council, who have completed most of the hard work. On 13th May 2008, a meeting was held at the Parish Council Offices and the issues discussed. Mrs Hunt has been in contact with Nick Spencer, who is the point of contact for the company that owns the retail park. We have all been working together and several options are being considered. Its fair to say that the area has been quieter of late and complaints to the police have fallen. We have received 7 calls from the public relating to anti-social behaviour on the park, 5 of which were in April and May. Extra patrols have been completed and letters sent to the registered keepers of numerous vehicles. On 30th May, Nick Spencer and the Special Constables, went to the park with the intention of issuing fixed penalty notices to the drivers but there were very few vehicles and words of advice given.
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Meet the Team
Contact the Team on : 0845 456 4567 and ask for the Sprowston Spixworth team.
Email the Team: sntsprowstonspixworth@norfolk.pnn.police.uk
Insp Patricia Allan
Sgt Rachel Cork
PC Keith Lambert
PCSO Simon Bunting
PCSO David Greenwood
PCSO Sarah Watts
PCSO Ben Bell
PCSO Luke CALTON-PORTER
Crime performance
In order to inform people about the impact of crime and anti-social behaviour on their neighbourhood the tables set out below show the common types of offences that are committed in this neighbourhood. The tables are updated on a monthly basis and compare the last three months of recorded crime against the same three month period in the previous year. In that way you can see if crime is increasing or decreasing and what type of crime has the greatest impact in terms of volume.
Crime performance – comparing three month periods each year
| Crime type | 2007* | 2008* | +/-% change |
+/-% Norfolk change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serious Violent Crime | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | -53.30% |
| Assault With Injury | 16 | 19 | 18.80% | -31.30% |
| Burglary Dwelling | 6 | 3 | 50.00% | -7.90% |
| Burglary Other | 8 | 14 | 75.00% | 4.80% |
| Robbery | 0 | 1 | N/A | -1.20% |
| Theft Of A Vehicle | 2 | 6 | 200.00% | -3.70% |
| Theft From A Vehicle | 16 | 8 | -50.00% | -8.10% |
| Drug Offences | 6 | 7 | 16.70% | 1.00% |
| Criminal Damage | 80 | 62 | -22.50% | -9.500% |
| All Crime | 218 | 190 | -12.80% | -8.30% |
* The table is showing the number of crimes recorded over a three month period each year. For example between 1 April to 30 June 2007 compared against 1 April to 30 June 2008. As the table is updated each month the 3 month reporting period will advance by a month.
Anti-social behaviour (ASB) performance
In a similar way to crime performance the table below shows you the level and type of Anti-social behaviour recorded by the police in this neighbourhood over a 3 month period each year. The way in which the incidents are recorded is regulated by the national incident recording standards and the information is taken from the police incident recording system.
National incident recording standards
Anti-social behaviour – comparing three month periods each year
| ASB Incident type | Incident count 2007 |
Incident count 2008 |
+/- % Local Change |
+/-% Norfolk Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solvent Misuse | 0 | 0 | N/A | -65.7% |
| Street Drinking | 1 | 0 | -100.0% | 14.3% |
| Begging / Vagrancy | 1 | 1 | 0.0% | 59.1% |
| Prostitution | 0 | 0 | N/A | -100.0% |
| Abandoned Vehicles | 23 | 13 | -43.5% | -21.3% |
| Vehicle Nuisance | 27 | 43 | 59.3% | 3.6% |
| Noise Nuisance | 4 | 9 | 125.0% | 27.3% |
| Littering | 1 | 1 | 0.0% | 58.7% |
| Fireworks Nuisance | 2 | 3 | 50.0% | 50.0% |
| Neighbour Disputes | 9 | 14 | 55.6% | 2.5% |
| Rowdy Behaviour | 200 | 202 | 1.0% | 4.6% |
| ASB Other | 26 | 31 | 19.2% | 7.1% |
| ASB Total | 294 | 317 | 7.8% | 4.3% |
Crime detection performance
The neighbourhood detection performance table shows you how the police are doing in solving a crime that has been committed and recorded. The police follow a national standard on identifying when a crime has been solved and can be claimed to have been detected. A crime is detected when the investigation has been resolved by way of:
Charge
Summons to court
Caution
Offence taken into consideration
Reprimand
Final Warning
Fixed Penalty Notice
The table below shows you the detection rate for local crimes experienced by this neighbourhood compared to Norfolk Constabulary's overall county wide detection performance. The table captures current performance and again uses the three month periods.
| Crime type | Local Detection Rate 2008 % |
Norfolk Detection Rate 2008 % |
|---|---|---|
| Serious Violent Crime | 0.0% | 57.1% |
| Assault With Injury | 73.7% | 49.2% |
| Burglary Dwelling | 66.7% | 58.6% |
| Burglary Other | 14.3% | 15.6% |
| Robbery | 100.0% | 28.4% |
| Theft Of A Vehicle | 33.3% | 23.4% |
| Theft From A Vehicle | 00.0% | 38.3% |
| Drug Offences | 123.6% | 1043.0% |
| Criminal Damage | 11.3% | 17.0% |
| All Crime | 27.9% | 36.4% |
