Our local neighbourhood team works alongside our constabulary's specialist Anti-social Behaviour team, as well as other local authority services and charities, to work with those involved in low level offending, from warning letters to education and support, right through to those involved in more persistent offending with higher end interventions, such as Community Protection Notices and Community Behavioural Orders that can include arrestable conditions.

Targeting the supply and use of controlled drugs in housing estates and the surrounding main roads in Highbridge.

High-visibility patrols will be conducted to deter drug supply, and specific covert patrols by local officers will target key offenders. In addition, crime prevention work with residents and partner agencies will be conducted by officers in person and on social media.

This is a long-term issue that needs to be addressed. Conducted alongside proactive policing powers, such as stop-search, should enable a quicker resolution to the issue and therefore start to have a positive effect on the community.

This is an issue across many areas of Avon and Somerset. The impact on the quality of life to local residents is significant.

This is an ongoing issue that the Neighbourhood Policing Team will continuously review every two weeks.

We are continuing to conduct covert and high-vis patrols as part of this priority.

Identify and disrupt prolific offenders who engage in retail theft in the Burnham-on-Sea area.

We will:

• Engage with local retailers who are repeat victims of retail-related offences such as public order and theft.
• Intervene positively with offenders using powers of arrest, search and dispersal to prevent offending and increase security for retailers in Burnham.

Theft is a national target with the Policing Retail Crime Action Plan and the NPCC Lead for Retail Theft stating it "can have a significant impact on victims, which is why we are committed to doing all we can to reduce thefts and pursue offenders, especially those prolific and habitual offenders who cause misery within the community".

This is an ongoing issue that the neighbourhood policing team will continuously review every two weeks through the Intelligence and Tasking Process.

Work is continuing to identify and disrupt prolific offenders who engage in retail theft in the Burnham-on-Sea area.