Violence with Injury offences - Met Wide

Levels of violent offences are low in Bellingham particularly outside of domestic settings.
From local knowledge and from informal reports I believe the area around Dunfield road is where people feel least safe
SNT officers will engage with members of the public to encourage the use of the Street Safe tool to anonymously record the areas of Bellingham in which they feel least safe and why.

Largely drug related and begging in the Bell Green Retail Park

This area has a begging issue around Sainsbury’s and some of the other businesses in the retail park which also incorporates
the use of drugs

Shop fronts have also been damaged on a number of occasions by youths during school holidays

The team are in contact with local businesses in the retail park, and are continuing to patrol the area on foot, covert, and mobile

Spate of catalytic converter thefts led to increased reporting of TFMV offences. Officers to patrol and look to deter.

The team have come across numerous LOS vehicles across all parts of the ward as well as number discarded Number plates

To combat this the team ensure to be out as a visible presence to deter any further TFMV/TOMV on the ward. The team also patrol hotspots where cars have been discarded previous in an attempt to recover as many stolen vehicles as possible