Operated by: Norfolk Constabulary

https://www.norfolk.police.uk/your-area/norwich-south

Welcome to the Norwich South Safer Neighbourhood page. This section contains useful information about your neighbourhood.

Contact Details

Telephone: 101

Email: [email protected]

Current Priorities

Issue

Addressing safety concerns, unsafe riding, anti-social behaviour and the legality of modifications with e-bikes and e-scooters.

Action

To address this priority, we are carrying out the below:

- Educating riders of illegally modified pedal cycles around what is legal and what is not.
- When possible seizing illegal e-scooters when being used.
- Planned action to start seizing illegal e-bikes after a period of education.
- Visit carried out in November to join City of London Police so they could share their extensive knowledge and experiences around tackling illegally modified pedal cycles

We encourage you to report any incidents to us via 101 or by reporting it via the Norfolk Police website. Please always call 999 in an emergency or for a crime in progress.

Issue

Continue to tackle street drinking across the city council area including enforcement of the Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO).

Action

Retaining priority from the summer/autumn.

To address this priority, we are carrying out the below:
- Enforcing the Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) to tackle issues caused by drinking alcohol in public spaces. which empowers officers to ask individuals to stop drinking if their behaviour is anti-social and to confiscate alcohol from those causing disturbances.
- Regular targeted patrols by officers at various times of day.
- Engaging with the local businesses
- Targeting anti-social behaviour repeat offenders
- Issuing of Section 35 dispersal notices which provides the power to exclude a person from an area for a period of up to 48 hours.
-Issuing of Community Protection Warnings (CPWs) for key offenders.
- Utilisation of foot patrols in our key anti-social behaviour hotspot areas.
- Continue to pursue enforcement of Community Protection Notices (CPNs) against prolific offenders.
- Licensed premises visits and engagement
- Impact week of increased OP Focus ASB hotspot foot patrols in September, October and December.

Please report any anti-social behaviour or crime to us by calling 101 or using the reporting tool on the Norfolk Police website. Always call 999 in an emergency or for a crime in progress.

Issue

Continue to prioritise Operation Focus patrols in areas identified for anti-social behaviour and serious violence

Action

Retaining priority from the summer/autumn.

To address this priority, we are:
- A number of action impact weeks carried out in September, October and December to target street drinking and ASB.
- Carrying out daily high visibility foot patrols across the city, focusing on areas that see particularly more reports of ASB.
- Working with local businesses and partners to understand issues in the hotspot areas and look at ways of partnership working.

We encourage you to report any anti-social behaviour to use by reporting on the Norfolk Police website.