Speeding continues to be a priority. The aim of Community Speed Watch is to deter speeding through the residential areas and to educate repeat offenders.

The Neighbourhood Team will be working closely with the Community Speedwatch groups who conduct regular speeding checks in their community.

How Speedwatch works

A Community Speedwatch can be set up in any village, small town, or urban area, governed by either a 20, 30 or 40 miles per hour speed limit.

A team of local residents who are willing to volunteer a small amount of time each week are trained and issued with speed detection equipment to monitor speeds.

Vehicles observed speeding will be sent a warning letter along with advice to help change their driving behaviour.

Further action will be taken by the police against persistent and high end speed offenders as well as targeting individual locations.

Join Community Speedwatch

To find out if there is a Community Speedwatch Scheme in your area, or request to set one up, email [email protected].  

We are receiving calls in relation to parking around schools and entrances during drop off and pick up times while we understand parking at these times can be difficult but our priority is to children and parent safety.

Parking on a pavement is not only illegal but it forces others on to the road and places them at risk of being hit by other drivers

Please be considerate during these times and leave time to park somewhere safely we will be conducting patrols to monitor this issue

If you see this happening please contact us on 101 so we can conduct more targeted patrols

We are still receiving calls in relation to parking around schools we are continuing to monitor this and doing patrols where possible
If you have any concerns please contact your local PCSO or report this on line or call on 101