Drug misuse and ASB in Kendal town centre

Increase in foot patrols and targeted stop searches in locations reported to us.
Working in partnership with other agencies such as housing and Westmorland and Furness council.
Conduct Street safes in the problem areas, take positive action against those responsible
Operation Enhance aims to target this kind of activity and sees extra police patrols in areas identified as hotspots for anti-social behaviour and/or serious violence.
Between 01.06.24 and 12/10/24 we have conducted Regular patrols in an around the town centre. Officers have conducted 154 Stop searches, 111 of which were related to drugs misuse.

Since October 2024 we have continued with high visibility foot patrols in the town centre.
Operation Enhance continues in the designated Hot spots for ASB in the town centre.
Officers have conducted 190 Stop Searches, with 46 resulting in action for criminal behaviour.
In the past 6 months we have executed 27 Search warrants for controlled drugs, with drugs being recovered from 21 Addresses.
We continue to tackle these issues.

Retail thefts.
Information from business owners and crimes recorded.

Additional patrols on foot in town centres.
Work with other forces to identify suspects.
Work with Retail against Crime to identify suspects.
Offer help, support and advice to businesses to prevent crime.
Between 01/06/24 and 12/10/24 we have conducted regular uniformed patrols alongside some targeted operations. In this period we have arrested 19 people for shoplifting and charged 7 people to court. Others have been dealt with by way of out of court disposals and other investigations continue.

Additional patrols on foot in town centres.
Work with other forces to identify suspects.
Work with Retail against Crime to identify suspects.
Offer help, support and advice to businesses to prevent crime.
Between 01/10/24 and 01/01/25 we have conducted regular uniformed patrols alongside some targeted operations. In this period we have dealt with 13 people by way of arrest or Voluntary attendance at a police station for shoplifting resulting in out of court disposals and court appearances.

Acquisitive Crime

We have identified an upward trend in thefts from outbuildings in recent months as such we have launched Operation Raptor.
This will see targeted patrols in identified areas to disrupt any criminal activity.
We will be working with our colleagues in Crime Scene Investigation and CID to try and maximise any opportunities to catch those responsible and bring them to justice.
We will be working with partners and residents to improve crime prevention.
Part of this will include property marking schemes and we will be offering bike marking for pedal cycles at venues around the NPT over the coming weeks/months. These will be advertised on our social media pages so keep a look out for those.
You can help stop these thefts with some simple security measures such as locking sheds/outbuildings. Do not leave valuables in visible locations. Consider installing lighting and/or CCTV to deter thieves. If you see a person acting in a suspicious manner and think they may be looking to commit crime then please let us know, ideally at the time it is happening by contacting the police on 101.