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.

Issues concerning road safety remain a priority for the Rural North beat area.

November and December has seen patrols carried out in a number of the Vale's villages, as well as some enforcement around the fatal 4 (seatbelts, speeding, drink and drug driving and the use of mobile phones whilst driving.)

The speed enforcement van has been out in a number of locations on the beat off the back of surveys and issues raised by the beat team, with plans to deploy in more locations in the near future.

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 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

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.

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.