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We have secured a three-month closure order at an address alongside the Stoke-on-Trent City Council in response to persistent community concerns.
Local officers have been speaking to people who have been reporting anti-social behaviour, serious nuisances and criminal activity at an address on Burgess Street in Middleport over the last few months.
Yesterday (Wednesday 16 October), after compiling the evidence needed and working closely with the local authority, we secured a closure order on the property in court.
It now means that no one can go inside the address for the next three months. Anyone who enters the address without permission from Staffordshire Police or the North Staffordshire Justice Centre could be arrested.
It forms part of our ongoing efforts alongside Stoke-on-Trent City Council to target those blighting local communities and to act robustly on the problems that matter most to local people, called Making Great Places.
We’ve been talking to people who live and work in the city about their main priorities and have been acting robustly on these concerns as part of our vision in making Stoke-on-Trent a cleaner, safer, healthier and wealthier place for everyone.
Chief Inspector Laura Davies, from the Stoke North local policing team, said: “I hope this outcome provides some reassurance to the local community that we, along with our partners, will take action and use all available powers to address issues affecting them.
“We’re determined to work in tandem with the local authority to achieve more results like this and to continue delivering what our communities want from us.”
Councillor Chris Robinson, cabinet member for housing and planning, has said: “Evidence speaks for itself when it comes to collaborative work with partners and reinforces the work we are doing as a partnership as part of our approach around ‘Making Great Places’.
“Our Anti-Social Behaviour team has successfully supported Staffordshire Police in securing a closure order on a property on Burgess Street. Not only is this a great win for the council and Staffordshire Police, but for the residents, who have been plagued with anti-social behaviour for long enough.”
Residents are encouraged to report antisocial behaviour through www.stoke.gov.uk/asb or 101. Without this information, we cannot tackle these problems head-on. We want everyone to feel safe where they live, work, and visit.