ASHTON

SECTOR C

Previous Pact Priorities

December 2006

1.Criminal Damage all areas.

2. Anti social behaviour St Andrews Church School Lane Ends and watery lane .

3. Christmas shopping High Visibility Lane Ends .

November

Criminal Damage all areas.

Anti social behaviour around Kimberley rd Lane Ends

Nhw launches in the area.

October

1.Criminal Damage all areas.

2. Operation Bright Spark.

3. ASB / Crime Water Lane, Egerton Rd and Tulketh RD.

September

1.Criminal Damage all areas.

2. Operation Off Road

ASB Haslam Park, Mini Motos.

3. ASB. ST Andrews Church/School, St Michaels Church.

August

Criminal Damage and Theft from Vehicles: PC Eccles and PCSO Lakeland have requested that it be left on the list of priorities for the foreseeable future, due to the continuing problems in the neighbouring area.

Anti-social Behaviour Blanch Street/Watery Lane Shops/Dockland Street: Antisocial Behaviour has increased in these areas and the youths need to be identified and the appropriate action taken.

Traders Association: The distribution of photos of known offenders to be distributed to the shops in Ashton area.

July

1 Criminal Damage

There has been a slight increase in crime in the Ashton area and this is possibly due to the good weather and school holidays. The police are trying to keep ahead of this and continue their work to reduce crime levels in the area by extra patrols made of the “hot spots”.

2 Anti social Behaviour (Lane Ends

Anti-social behaviour around Hunniball Court/Haslam Park/Catholic Care Services is slightly up on last month, this rise is also put down to the weather and school holidays. The Summer Nights scheme is now underway and the police are patrolling the areas regularly to reduce the problem.

3 Safer Cycling Sacred Heart School

The safer cycling was completed successfully and all the children that took part passed with flying colours.

June

P1. Criminal Damage and Theft from Vehicles:

P2. Anti-social Behaviour Hunniball Court/Haslam Park/Catholic Care Services: .

P3. St Andrews Safer Cycling Project

May

1. Criminal Damage/Vehicle Crime

2. ASB Lane Ends/Windsor avenue Waterloo/Oswald road.

3. ST Andrews Church/School crime prevention measures.

The Ashton area is being targeted in particular in the control of criminal damage. Lea Station now has the use of Graffiti Removal Kits which can be used to remove the damage as soon as it is reported. Hopefully this will deter any further damage/graffiti being done.

Haslam Park and the problem with youths is being kept in hand.

Football nuisance in the Waterloo Road area has been dealt with. The youths have been spoken to and this seems to have solved the problem.

Football nuisance in the Oswald Road area has also been dealt with. The youths along with their parents have been spoken too and the problem seems to have stopped.

St Andrews are looking at painting the railings and cutting back some of the trees but they are still waiting for the architect to come back on other matters.

Area actions For April

Criminal Damage/SFMV all areas.

2.Haslam Park, Youth Disorder

3.Football nuisance ( Waterloo Rd repeat victim)

March

Criminal Damage/SFMV all areas.

2.Haslam Park, Youth Disorder

3.Alley ways around Wellington Road (residents leaving bins out and dumping food waste in the backs)

There have been 14 reports of various criminal damage this month, so this is a reduction on 19 the previous month.

Although anti-social behaviour has been reduced on Haslam Park it does need to be kept as one of the priorities. An update meeting was held at Haslam Park and it was agreed that Youth Services need to carry out some out-reach work with local youths to find out what facilities they want/need before further progress can be made.

Reports of various criminal damage are going to be categorised.

With regards to the problem of waste being left in alleys etc, a letter to residents has been sent out asking them to take in their bins and not to dump their waste. Keith Sedgewick has also asked the Cleansing Dept to keep a check on this area. Tom Burns advised that residents cannot be forced to take their bins in but unless they do the council is unable to cleans the area.

February

1. Criminal Damage and Theft from Vehicles: PC Eccles requested that this remain a priority due to the continuing problems in neighbouring area. Local awareness to be raised with regards to groups of youths congregating in ‘risk areas’.

2. Meeting at St Andrews School and Church regarding crime prevention measures.

3. Haslam Park/Fulshaw Road area -problem with youths congregating and causing criminal damage.

January

1.CRIMINAL DAMAGE.

Criminal damage in the area was thought to have been reduced considerably when 16 detected offences were put down to one individual. There has been another spate of offences and Criminal Damage in the area will be staying on the priorities list for the foreseeable future.

2. BIKE THEFT.

Educating local youths around the Ashton area on keeping their pedal cycles safe.

3.YOUTHS DRINKING ON HASLAM PARK.

Anti-Social Behaviour in the Haslam Park area in particular is still an issue with approx. 30 youths gathering and causing criminal damage. A short term solution is being looked at but evidence needs to be gathered before a more permanent, long-term solution can be found

DECEMBER

1.Vehicle Crime around Lane Ends area.

2. Criminal Damage targeting ST Andrews School.

3.High profile, Christmas shopping Lane Ends/Wellington Rd and water Lane.

November

1.Winter fuel payment for the elderly.

2. Parking/Traffic concerns Wellington Road/Beech Grove.

3.Antisocial Behaviour .

October

1.Criminal Damage/graffiti in all areas Ashton.

2. Operation Douse(5^th November.

3.Launche Business Watch/lane Ends & work towards residents association at Hunniball Court