Kenton SNT insist that all public open spaces will be a safe place for all. Whether this be protecting public in relation to VAWG offences, or ensuring the PSPO is adhered to, and anti social behaviour dealt with robustly. To achieve this, we aim to decrease drug and alcohol use and drug dealing (including through use of cars, mopeds, e-scooters, and bicycles in an around all public parks and recreational grounds. A recurring trend during ward panel meetings is residence and school children feeling unsafe to enter public spaces, and we insist this must not be the case.

1 – Kenton and Preston SNT have carried out and will continue to carry out proactive patrols in parks and open spaces through-out Kenton. These patrols have increased and the results are reflective of this. In one park alone in a single day, 3 cannabis detections were made within the space of a few hours. These patrols will continue, with the aim of identifying the offenders, and letting them know that Kenton open spaces are not the places from criminal and anti-social activity.
2 – Kenton will be increasing their surgeries and community contact sessions being held in parks and open spaces, allowing residence to attend and speak with their local bobbies.
3 – Kenton SNT have assisted the ward panel chair to achieve a suitable outcome, of the demolition of Lidding Road garages, a hotspot for anti-social and illegal activity, spilling out into the Woodcock Park open space.
4 – Kenton and Preston have made a number of changes to their shifts to be available and present during times where anti-social and illegal activity is known to peak during twilight hours.
5 – We will be holding at least once a month a dedicated VAWG contact session, where we will encourage people to come forward with concerns or questions and be offering advice where possible. No one should feel unsafe.

Concerned residents have raised that there seems to be a concerning level of excess speed within the Kenton Road area, and the anti-social use of vehicles across the ward. This includes dangerous vehicle driving in private carparks, the use of vehicle on foot paths and through pedestrian gates, and the general use of vehicles in crime, including drug dealing, robberies and burglaries.

1 – Kenton SNT take a zero tolerance approach to the anti social use of vehicles. This is being tackled by the use of anti-social vehicle warnings being issued to vehicles and drivers based of evidence provided to the police from residents and business owners. These warnings, if breached may result in the seizure of the vehicle, incurring release fee’s and penalties. All residents are encouraged to submit any evidence of anti-social vehicle use to Kenton SNT so these or similar actions can be taken.
2 – Kenton SNT will be working with trainee police officers, to carry out vehicle speed and safety operations on the Kenton Road

We on Kenton ward want to ensure that all residents feel safe. It is unfortunately a fact that many young people still carry knives and become involved in violent crime. We believe that getting in touch with our young people is one of the best ways to combat this.

1 – We will be attending our high schools at least twice monthly, to have lunch and positive interactions with the young people. These won’t be questions and answers sessions, they will be an opportunity to spend time during lunch break with the young people and show them another side to their local SNT.
2 – We will be working with schools officer to conduct knife arch operations and anti knife crime talks.