Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) Quarterly Ward Meeting - May 2023

Points of note:

• The Norbury and Pollards Hill ward is listed about halfway down in the table of Croydon wards of recorded crimes by volume – similar in position to the last quarterly report

• Top reported crimes for March:

Violence and sexual offences

Anti-social behaviour

Public order

Vehicle crime

The statistics presented showed the different types of crime within the ward, along with the comparison to previous months within a rolling 12-month period. These are used so that SNT can spot trends and create an action plan about how to organise patrols.

The top three priorities set for SNT as voted by the ward members are listed below:

1. Violence Related, more specifically against a person. This was expanded to include Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG), with walk in sessions being offered for those affected to speak to a female officer specifically.
2. Theft of and from Motor Vehicles
3. Drug offences, Possession and Possession with Intent to Supply (PWITS)

A new priority – Speeding was added. This one is caveated as SNT may need to use their connections with the Traffic unit.

SNT aim for the Ward meetings to be community led. However, attempts to elect a panel chair were unsuccessful and the selection/election of Ward panel members was deferred - to another date tbc in August.