Rotherham South

OFF ROAD MOTORCYCLES

We are aware of a number of ongoing concerns with regards to the use of Off Road Motorcycles.

The team have been conducting patrols in various wards across our area to target this problem and provide reassurance.

We have also developed solid working relationships with our SYP colleagues in the Motorcycle and Rural Crime Team (MaRCT) who have been in and around the Rotherham South area, themselves conducting patrols, engaging with land owners and taking proactive actions to seize vehicles being used in an anti-social manner. We have experienced a recent success in the identification and subsequent recovery of stolen bikes and other vehicles with offenders identified and being summonsed to Court.

Recently we have refreshed visits to garage forecourts to gather intelligence and request that premises do not provide the fuel. You may have also seen other leaflets requesting information about who owns these bikes and where they are kept. Please keep reporting this information via 101 or Crimestoppers.

We have forged good links with landowners to try and prevent land being used in the first place. This work continues and now links into our Rural Crime meetings, where we hold regular public meetings on this issue and also work closely with partners from the Council, Environment Agency, Fire Service, RSPCA to name a few.

Smaller operations in recent weeks have seen further quad bikes seized in North Anston, Maltby and Kiveton Park.

Anyone found with or using off road bikes unlawfully will be engaged with. They may have the bikes taken from them. We are working with partners at RMBC to look at tenancy enforcement should this behaviour be a breach of a tenancy agreement.

Please continue to report activity and more importantly report who owns these bikes and where they keep them so what can continue to focus our activity.

ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR

We regularly conduct joint patrols with RMBC for visibility and reassurance in the area. This also has a diversionary element to assist young people engage in better choices.

We take part in organised litter picks and liaison with RMBC and also recently with the fire cadets on Maltby 'Crags'.

We liaise with local housing providers to take action against tenants with youths who are perpetrators of ASB. Recently we have issued a number of Community Protection Warnings and notices to offenders for them to cease their behaviour, if this does not happen then they will likely go to court and end up with a substantial fine.

We use your calls to prioritise hotspot areas and rely on your support to target our activity.

Please report any issues via 101 as this really does help us to direct our resources in the best way.

POLICE AND PARTNERS TO WORK TOWARDS REDUCTION IN DWELLING, BUSINESS AND GARAGE BURGLARIES.

There have been numerous engagement activities with the locality where advice is offered and practical measures such as faraday pouches being given out is completed. Please look for your next one locally and say hello to our staff.

We regularly utilise data to map hotspots and patrol those to maximise deterrence. A new area is now identified and we are working with detectives to formulate an operation to make that area safer. Watch this space.

A recent success came from Maltby High Street. A serious of commercial burglaries occurred and thanks to joint work with our Response Colleagues and CID department, a local Male was arrested, charged and remanded for numerous offences.

We know there is much more to do. Please give us any information you have no matter how small.
If you cannot make any of our events please take time to research keyless thefts in particular. This will help you to protect your homes.

REDUCTION IN THEFT OF MOTOR VEHICLES

Motor vehicle crime is an ongoing focus of ours across our region.

Over the last few months, we have completed various engagement activities across the Rotherham South area, providing safeguarding and target hardening advice as well as providing practical measures such as faraday pouches to victims.

We regularly utilise crime management data to map hotspots to target our activity, providing high visibility patrols, completing house to house door knocks to provide useful advice and information and liaising with our partner agencies.

Please continue to check our website and social media channels for information on our upcoming events to say hello to our team and to keep updated with ongoing crime trends. We know that this is an ongoing issue so please do contact us to make us aware of any information, no matter how small, that you may have.

Increase of night-time, alcohol fuelled violence offences and sexual offences.

Pop-up stalls, staffed by Police Officers and PCSO's in visible locations to allow interaction with patrons and licensed premises staff.
Offering safety advice, crime prevention advise and the reporting of incidents or concerning behaviour.
Where possible, supplying safety alarms and information leaflets.
Interacting with and educating staff at licensed premises, with a focus on VAWG, drink spiking and "ask for Ani" campaign.

Increased tension in community schools, surrounding social media & school wars.
Tis is resulting in student absences from school, increased volume of calls to Police/partners and tension within the community.

Patrols of local schools before / after school times and patrols of areas where students gather.
Inputs from staff within schools.
Monitoring of Social Media.