Burslem Park

Tackling anti-social behaviour (ASB) and serious violence.

This has been identified as an area historically high in serious violence and as such, is an area dedicated for patrols using government funding with officers carrying out foot patrols in the worst affected streets.
Other locations have been identified for ASB mainly from gathering youths and other areas have been targeted for patrols by PCSOs in support of youth provision for the area.

Retail Crime

We have seen a national increase in shop theft. Working alongside PABCIS we have successfully applied and secure funding to bring PABCIS to retail and licensed premises within Burslem. Work is underway with businesses to sign them onto the scheme with a view to reduce retail crime and disorder in the town.

Tackling Youth Anti-Social Behaviour

Concerns have been raised by the community around groups of young people gathering in certain areas, which can at times appear intimidating. Some incidents have also involved anti-social behaviour affecting local residents and businesses.
Over the past quarter, and continuing into the next, we are working to address this issue through:
• Engagement with parents and guardians: We encourage parents and guardians to be aware of where their children are, who they are with, and what they are doing. Positive guidance at home can help prevent behaviour that may cause distress or alarm within the community.
• Early intervention and partnership working: We continue to work closely with schools, social services, youth services, local councils, and community partners to ensure reports involving young people are taken seriously. Our approach focuses on education, prevention, and providing opportunities and activities to divert young people away from anti-social behaviour.
• Enforcement where required: Where individuals repeatedly engage in anti-social behaviour, proportionate action will be taken, working jointly with police and council partners.
We are committed to supporting young people while addressing behaviours that impact the wider community, ensuring the area remains a safe and welcoming place for all.

Traffic Offences- Off Road Bikes

We are aware of the on-going concerns raised by residents and members of the community about the use of off road bikes. As a result, our road crime team will continue to spend time in the areas. We have arranged targets operations using a variety of resources including our road crime team, Staffs off road bikes, drones and the fixed wing plane. This has been on going and will continue to be used during the Spring and Summer months. This has also involved local officers engaging with petrol stations, schools and completing joint visits with local housing officers to problem properties. We ask all members of public to report anything they deem suspicious to the police using 101, the Staffordshire police website or Crimestoppers.

Tackling traffic offences and anti-social use of off-road bikes

This continues to be a priority for us to reduce the impact this behaviour is having on local residents.
Over the past quarter, and continuing into the next, we have been and will continue to take action to address this issue through:
• Targeted patrols and specialist support: We are working closely with our Road Crime Team, including bike officers and advanced drivers, to target key locations at the times where issues are most prevalent, based on intelligence and data.
• Coordinated operations: We are carrying out targeted days of action using a range of resources, including Road Crime officers, police off-road bikes, drones, and the fixed-wing aircraft to identify and disrupt offenders.
• Partnership working and enforcement: We continue to work alongside Stoke-on-Trent City Council as part of Operation Transom, our joint approach to tackling nuisance off-road bikes. With information provided by the public, we are identifying riders and, where evidence allows, seizing bikes and prosecuting those responsible.

We are also working with housing partners to address issues linked to properties. In some cases, where offenders live in local authority housing, tenancy enforcement action has been taken.