Is Forest safe?

Current local priorities

• VAWG S - Increased volume of reports of violence against women and girls. O - To increase public confidence in Policing, to improve the reporting of crime and the prosecution of offenders. A - Increased Patrols in hotspot areas such as Hollows Pond to target exposure and related offences. R - As a MET priority this is a realistic ward priority.
• S - Increased reports of drug activity -Robbery and ASB in and around Essex Rd/Abbotts Park where students from LSC are both victims and the perpetrators of the crimes. O - To conduct high visibility patrols to increase public confidence, to engage with the youth to deter them from ASB and to prosecute those that would victimise them. A - To work alongside both our internal and our external partners to achieve our aim R - This is a realistic priority as safe guarding is a MET priority.
• S - Increase in reports of motor vehicle crime. O - To reduce crime and to prosecute offenders. A - To actively patrol to increase public confidence and to target offenders. R - This is a ward priority set by the ward panel and is a community issues therefore a realistic priority