Operated by: Hampshire Constabulary
http://www.hampshire.police.uk/internet/my-neighbourhood//southampton/southampton-east/peartree-and-woolston/The Peartree and Woolston beat team cover Woolston, Weston, Merryoak, Peartree, Itchen and parts of Bitterne.
As a team our aim is to target crime and reduce anti-social behaviour problems as well as providing highly visible policing to suit the needs of our community.
We hold regular PACT meetings, beats surgeries and other engagement activity. Details of which can be found on the Hampshire Constabulary website. At our PACT meetings we discuss local crime and policing issues and set community priorities for the Peartree and Woolston Neighbourhood and report back to residents how we have dealt current community policing priorities.
The team can be contacted on 101 or by e-mail [email protected].
Current Priorities
Issue
Tackling vulnerability and offences in the night time.
Action
Night time patrols and vulnerabilities in schools. Officers are assigned to schools to manage vulnerability and be a single point of contact for any vulnerability or engagement.
Issue
Serious Violence and youth violence in the community.
Action
As a neighbourhood team we will patrol our neighbourhood area's maintain a visible presence and relentlessly pursue criminals who will cause the most harm in our community.
Issue
Residential and business burglaries in the local area.
Action
Attend all burglaries in our local area and look at series burglaries linked to serious and organised crime. Keep a visible presence in the area to reduce and prevent serious and organised crime.
Issue
Knife enabled crime in the local community involving youths.
Action
Relentlessly pursue criminals in the local community. Stop and search, where grounds exist, habitual knife carriers and criminals who want to cause the most harm in our community.
Issue
Shopliftings, Burglaries, vehicle crime and other theft offences.
Action
As a Neighbourhood team we will keep a visible presence in the local community, deter criminal behaviour and deal robustly with any identified offences in our relentless pursuit of criminals.
Issue
Antisocial behaviour in the area including drug related nuisance.
Action
We will work with our local partners and the local community to tackle Antisocial behaviour in the local community through high visibility patrols and engagements in our most vulnerable areas.