MEXBOROUGH: The feedback we have had for some time indicates that organised crime (particularly those involved in drug supply), vehicle related nuisance and general anti-social behaviour are amongst the key concerns of resident. At the moment, the most significant issue in terms of volumes of reporting remains the anti-social use of off road motorbikes across the area, and tackling this remains a top priority for the team.

We are also on and off seeing spikes of Shoplifting offences in Mexborough, and working with local business and partners, whilst focussing on key suspects to address this, is also a focus for the team.

The Neighbourhood Team continues to work with partners and our off-road bike team to tackle vehicle nuisance in the area. The ongoing work includes target hardening of some key locations and education of individuals in the area, along with enforcement work; which has included the seizure of several ORBs in recent weeks. We need the public to keep reporting the issues to help us continue to build an accurate intelligence picture and provide evidence to bid for further resources

We have worked with local shops to improve reporting around shoplifting offending to ensure that we have a more joined up approach to tackling this poffending. We are also working with partners in Doncaster Council to increase visibility in the town centre and to look at crime prevention measures. We have had several notable arrests in recent weeks and months of individuals who prolifically steal from shops, with a number of indivualds sent to prison.

We continue to work with other agencies within South Yorkshire Police to tackle organised criminality in the area, using a range of enforcement and engagement tactics. We have had significant results over recent months and years, with a number of key individuals involved currently serving time in prison, and significant quantities of drugs removed from the streets. We continue to relentlessly pursue anyone who steps in to fill the gap left or decides that Mexborough is a good place to set up a cannabis farm.

CONISBROUGH AND DENABY: The primary concerns being reported to us at this time are ASB linked to off road vehicle use across the area, and youth ASB particularly in and around the village centre.

We also continue to have concerns raised around organised criminality linked to drug supply.

The Neighbourhood Team has a problem solving plan in place to tackle the issue of off-road vehicle related ASB, particularly relating to a group of teenaged males in the Denaby area. This is a shared plan working with key partners in order to target a number of aspects of this offending:

1) Maximise chances of catching or identifying those involved, and then enforcement action taken against them from criminal prosecutions to enforcement against their housing tenancies, 2)Target hardening the area through use of A-frames and other measures at key locations, 3)Encouraging reporting so that we have the information we need to tackle those involved.

Although this remains a significant issue, we are continuing to see successes with several bikes recently seized and offenders prosecuted for driving offences in the area, as well as the use non-criminal sanctions such as Community Protection Warnings and working with colleagues in St Leger Homes on tenancy breaches where relevant.

We also have a problem solving plan to target ASB in the village centre, with a particular focus on key individuals and families most heavily involved in the behaviour. Again, we are taking a partnership approach in tackling this, looking at support and diversion as well as enforcement activity.

With regard to drug supply in the area, we continue to work with our Fortify (gang enforcement) colleagues to tackle organised criminality in the area through a range of enforcement and engagement tactics. We have had a number of significant results over recent years in relation to those involved, with a number of key individuals now imprisoned and work ongoing to target the remainder. Our results have led to a shifting picture of organised criminality in the area, leading us to have to continually adapt our approach. We remain reliant on the local community to report information through to us.

EDLINGTON AND WARMSWORTH: The primary concerns currently being reported to us continue to be around organised criminality related to drug supply, vehicle related criminality and shoplifting

The Neighbourhood Team have plans in place to continue to work on a rise in acquisitive crime in the area that we saw over the course of 2024. This included significant levels of theft of and from motor vehicles and shoplifting offences, along with a smaller rise in burglaries. Following the implementation of these plans, We have seen a significant reduction in all of these offence types, and the picture has been a lot more positive over recent months. There is still work to be done though to target individuals believed to be still involved in this kind of criminality.

We continue to work with our Fortify (gang enforcement) colleagues to tackle organised criminality in the area through a range of enforcement and engagement tactics. As with some of our other areas we’ve had some really significant results in the last year or so, with several key members of the local group currently behind bars or having fled from the area. Work continues to build on these results and target those trying to fill the void, which includes ongoing work with our Partners and the Community to try to make the community more resilient to this kind of offending. We have had a number of recent arrests of key inviduals involved in drug supply in the area, and have plans in place to go after others.

TICKHILL AND WADWORTH, ROSSINGTON AND BAWTRY, FINNINGLEY: The primary concerns currently being raised with us in these areas remain around Anti-Social Behaviour in the form of nuisance vehicles - including off road bikes, quads, speeding vehicles and parking complaints.

The supply of drugs is also an issue the team is focussed on, and although less prevalent than in some areas the South NPT covers, it is an issue that extends into some of these communities too, particularly Rossington

The Neighbourhood Team are working with key partners and the Force’s Off Road Bike Team to tackle the insidious impact of off-road vehicle misuse. We run regular operations to target this activity, and have had recent successes with off-road vehicle seizures in these areas, which are usually publicised on our Facebook page. We rely on reporting from members of the public to help us to identify those involved and to enable us to best focus our resources on the issue.

The team is also completing regular speeding operations, to target this issue, which we know is particularly felt in the outer villages. Similarly, we conduct regular parking patrols, particularly around schools, where we know the issues can be especially acute.

Tackling drug supply is an ongoing priority for us, and we have over recent weeks and months conducted a number of drugs warrants in these areas, with arrests of several individuals involved in the supply of drugs locally.