SAFETY ON YOUR ROADS: Every quarter, the Rural North Beat Team review the priorities and what matters to you. This is done through social media, neighbourhood link surveys, community consultations and more. Road Safety is something that is raised often and remains a policing priority for the area.

As part of the latest quarterly review, this priority will remain in place from January 2025, until the next quarterly review in April.

Activities carried out in April include:

Thursday 10th April
13:40-14:30 The zone between Waltham and Stonesby, no breaches between this time, 2 other lorries came through at the 7.5 tonne limit.
14:40-15:00 Goadby Road. 1 breach with an advice letter being sent to the registered keeper.
15:23-16:00 Scalford, no breaches between this time.

Friday 11th April
Weight restriction monitoring and traffic calming in Scalford
09:30-10am. 1 breach with an advice letter sent , 3 other lorries came through at 7.5 tonne limit
Harby – 10:00-10:30 – 2 breaches – advice letters sent. 1 other vehicle at 7.5 tonne limit.

On Saturday 12th April a Facebook post was made regarding Share the Road Horse Signs placed at each end of Stathern Lane, Harby following concerns raised at recent beat surgery. This followed with more locations being suggested and further signs placed. There are still some outstanding locations to be visited on the beat.

On Saturday 23rd March neighbourhood officers from Melton and Rutland were engaged in Operation Numbers, our planned response to road safety concerns across both policing areas with speed enforcement and monitoring being carried out.

BURGLARIES AND RURAL CRIME: the rural north beat, as the name suggests, is largely rural and we understand that thefts from individuals and businesses has a huge impact on not just the individuals themselves but also to the wider area and sometimes local industry. From listening to you, Hare coursing, Burglaries, thefts from farms and agricultural vehicles and heritage crime are just some of the rural issues that will remain a priority. As part of a quarterly review, this priority will remain in place from January 2025, until the next quarterly review in April.

As you all know, rural Crime continues to be a priority for the Melton Rural North beat team, supported also by the Rural Policing Teams.

You said: You are concerned about Burglaries and rural crime across the beat and the theft of farming equipment such as trailers and GPS systems which has a huge impact on daily farming tasks.

What we are going to do: We will continue patrols in isolated rural areas and visit victims of crime and carry out all viable lines of enquiry. We will also target those patrols based on current crime trends and intelligence.

Thankfully over the last month, Rural Crime across the Rural North beat has seen a decrease with 1 reported shed burglary in April which occurred in Muston.

VEHICLE TARGETED CRIME: Through our social media accounts, community engagement through meetings, Neighbourhood Link Surveys and beat surgeries, the community have raised the ongoing issue of vehicle related crime.

You Said there is a concern about vehicle related crime including theft of vehicles and theft from vehicles.

What we are going to continue doing: Targeted patrols and keeping the community updated with the latest trends and crimes via social media platforms and neighbourhood link.

Regular stop checks of vehicles acting in a suspicious manner and other activities focused around preventing and detecting criminality.

Proactively attending reports of suspicious behaviour around motor vehicles as well as visiting victims and offering target hardening advice where available.

Thankfully, in the last month, vehicle related crime has seen a reduction but we will continue to keep the community updated on any emerging trends, crime patterns and issues.

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