Retail Shoplifting and Assaults towards Retail Workers - Offenders targeting retail shops within the ward for thefts.

Our team are committed to tackling retail crime and making the borough safer for everyone. Retail crime impacts many people in various ways which retail workers being subject to aggression or abuse from offenders.
We have regular visible patrols in the borough, we conduct police operations to target offenders using a variety of tactics including officers in plain clothes.
We are working with retail outlets that have been disproportionately targeted by offenders to prevent further offences.

Retail outlets selling vapes to children and selling counterfeit vapes.

We continue to work with local schools, partner agencies including Trading Standards to target retail outlets who supply the community including children with dangerous and harmful vape products. We have conducted operations which has led to arrests of those involved.

Anti-Social Behaviour within Thornyhurst Road, Mytchett and surrounding roads.

We have issued Community Protection Warnings to those identified causing ASB issues within this location. We will continue to robustly use the ASB legislation.