Particular areas of concern include Abingdon Road (large numbers of young people gathering but numbers reducing), St James Rd and Evington Rd (street drinking), Onslow Park, picked up from patch walk with multi-agencies and Cllr on 15/10/24

We are pleased to inform the community that, following months of hard work and collaboration between officers and the council, significant progress has been made in addressing the ongoing anti-social behaviour (ASB) on Evington Road and surrounding areas.
Through the use of a tiered approach, we have successfully issued Community Protection Notice (CPN) warnings to six individuals identified as frequent perpetrators of ASB. With these warnings now in place, we are able to issue fines to those responsible, ensuring there are tangible consequences for disruptive behaviour.
We are hopeful that these warning letters, alongside the implementation of exclusion areas, will help to reduce the levels of anti-social behaviour in the area. Our aim is to create a safer and more pleasant environment for all residents and visitors of Evington Road and surrounding streets.

A pod camera is to be installed on Abingdon Road at the beginning of April 2025 which is fantastic news. PSCO 6861 has worked with our police volunteer, Mezmin Malida, to set up a Neighbourhood Watch Scheme with key, determined local residents. A public meeting is being organised too. We have had strong feedback that the groups loitering are lessening in frequency but our patrols continue (especially by our new additional PC 619 L'homme.

Please continue to report any ASB by emailing [email protected]
or by contacting local police via 101

Drug dealing (Abingdon Rd, Evington Footway, St James Rd), associated noise and accessing communal blocks (St Albans), littering of drugs packaging in open areas (Abingdon Road, Onslow Park)

The team has been working tirelessly with the local council to facilitate the installation of pod cameras on Abingdon Road. Due to multiple hurdles, progress has been slow, but we are pleased to announce that we have now received the green light for a camera to be installed on Abingdon Road. We hope this will play a key role in preventing and detecting criminal activity in the area, as well as reducing anti-social behaviour (ASB). The installation is expected to take place within the next few weeks.

In terms of outcomes, comparing Feb-end of July 2024(six months – 38 occurrences, with 26 being non-crimes) to August-end of Jan 2025 (28 occurrences, with 17 being non-crimes) our efforts have contributed to a significant downward trend. We have had significant events (June and November) when we had stabbings at the junction with Abingdon Rd and Evington Rd. These were drug-related, we believe, over drug dealing territory. Consequently, our pro-active team (the Neighbourhood Priority Team or NPT) have worked consistently to target these people. This has resulted in the main county lines drug dealer being sent to prison for nearly three years. As least two of the ‘runners’ have been separately arrested and are awaiting charging decisions for Possession with Intent to Supply Class A and B drugs. Further intelligence and disruption are being pursued. The stabbings have also led to a significant number of arrests and several men are on police bail. A juvenile was recently stop searched, taken home, and had an offender management visit with his father.

In addition, there will be a meeting this month with residents and local agencies to discuss further steps to enhance public safety and reduce crime on Abingdon Road.
Finally, officers and police volunteers have now successfully created a neighbourhood watch scheme with local residents residing on Abingdon road to unite residents with police to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour (ASB).

Concern on the Evington Road corridor in particular, and links of serious violence with young people across the beat

It’s encouraging to see significant progress in reducing crime and weapon-related incidents within the Stoneygate ward. The latest statistics comparing 2023 to 2024 show impressive reductions across key offence categories:
**Violence Against the Person:** A reduction of 8%, with incidents dropping from **743** in 2023 to **685** in 2024.
**Public Order Offences:** A notable decrease of 20%, down from **252** in 2023 to **202** in 2024.
**Possession of Weapons:** A substantial reduction of 39%, with incidents falling from **23** in 2023 to **14** in 2024.
These positive trends reflect the dedication and effectiveness of ongoing crime reduction strategies in the area, and it’s reassuring to see such meaningful improvements in public safety.

Figures for Violence Against the Person, Feb-end of July 2024 (six months – 50 occurrences, with 20 being non-crimes) to August-end of Jan 2025 (39 occurrences, with 17 being non-crimes) our efforts have contributed to a significant downward trend.

The next opportunity to discuss these issues further and continue shaping the approach to community safety will be at the upcoming ward meeting on **Thursday 8th May, 6pm** at the Bowling Club on Kimberley Road. This will be an excellent chance for residents to engage, ask questions, and help continue the momentum in reducing crime further.

During the Ramadan holy month we will be conducting high visibility patrols and supporting partners from Licensing Enforcement and Traffic Enforcement from the Council to help create people celebrate safely. We look forward to seeing you out there!

Community patch walk with partners on 15/10/24 raised these road safety related issues. The summer period was not conducive to organising an effective campaign but plans in place to address this over the autumn and winter.

As Eid celebrations are underway, it’s a time to reflect on our efforts over the holy month of Ramadan. From a road safety perspective, the Neighbourhood Policing team and Response colleagues have worked closely with Parking Enforcement officers. I know they issued 149 tickets on the beat in the first five days! The pace of issuing them slowed with the patrols having some effect. However, there persisted a level of ‘just be a minute’ inconsiderate parking. The atmosphere was good and mostly friendly. Traffic flow had its pinch points at peak food or drink refreshment times. Fortunately, we had less groups gathering and less large bins left out. I would like to thank those that were respectful to us and our Leicester City partners. Unfortunately, there were instances of missiles being thrown towards them and abuse. We therefore responded by patrolling with them. Local officers were welcomed to a number of community Iftar events which was great and it was nice to go visit Radio Ramadan with Councillors and the Police and Crime Commissioner. As the resident’s parking scheme and consultation for a proposed Red Route on Evington Road develop, we continue to try and make the roads safer.