SECURITY

Updated Wednesday, 13 March 2024
IMPORTANT PLEASE READ!!!

Contacting the police

Contact the Beat Team

Report an Incident

If you want to speak to the Police, there are several ways you can contact them:

In an emergency call 999. You should always call 999 if you or someone else is in immediate danger if the crime is in progress or if the suspect is detained.

In a non-emergency, call on 101.

Visit the Avon somerset Police website www.avonandsomerset.police.uk for further information

If you are deaf, deafened, hard of hearing or speech impaired, please use:
- Non-emergency text number: 81819 (see our website to register)
- Emergency text number: 999 (you must text ‘Register’ to 999 to register)
- Emergency textphone number: 18000
- Non-emergency textphone number: 18001 (followed by 101)

To report a crime anonymously, contact Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or Visit www.crimestoppers-uk.org.

Please note Avon & Somerset has recently introduced a QR code to report incidents . (see above) Save it to your phone.

Occupiers are requested to report incidents when they occur on the General Hospital Estate or the pavements or roads alongside the estate, If you have been a victim of a crime, or have witnessed a crime, use this form to report it.

www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/forms/rac

It takes about 15 minutes to fill it in. It is important to do so as a monthly collection of reports drives the local police to seek additional resources. You will be allocated a CRN - Crime Reference Number

Advising the BGTA Team

https://forms.gle/hu3BuMiFPRPjD9jF6,

or the friendly version

https://bit.ly/RSWIncidentForm

Do report the CRN number given to you by the police.

StreetCheck

If you are interested in the amount of crime in our local area, go to https://www.streetcheck.co.uk/

Type in a local street name by the Estate i.e. Guinea Street, BS16SX

See ‘Crime’

You will note the number of incidents reported to the police within 0. 5 miles of the street in the last month. It tends to be between 450 to 550 per month and fluctuates by seasons, events and road closures. Types of crimes reported are shown below Example Jan 2024. To get a breakdown by crime click on “View Latest Crime in BS1 6SX . Data is robust as the report is based on police data sent to the Home Office.

Police Report March 2024
A Statement by Sean Underwood, Police Sergeant 3851

Report on a presentation given by Police Officer Sergeant Underwood to the March BGTA committee meeting:

Sargeant Underwood said that the area that included our estate was the Old City area - this included Castle Park and Corn Street and crime statistics were reported across that area.

Crime statistics for the year were shown on his slides.

He said that the number of incidents had not declined but the number of serious incidents had reduced.

He then outlined the current issues:

- Vehicles using the Corn Street pedestrianised area - several accidents involving the injury of pedestrians has occurred by vehicles unlawfully using the street.

- Street community using the communal areas of offices and flats for their convenience - this was causing a demand on police resources - CPW - community protecting warning notices can be given at first and if behaviour persists then a CPN - community protection Notice can be given issued for criminal behaviour then the CBO - Criminal Behaviour Order can be used which is the most severe order.

- Street dealing of controlled substances around Guinea Street - high visibility policing has been used and this has resulted in clearing this activity from this area.

- Antisocial Behaviour (ASB) and drug dealing and use related ASB, Castle Park - this is continuing to be an issue and again high visibility policing has been used to target these issues.

- High-visibility patrols of Redcliffe Parade Car Park were carried out following reports of drug use in the evenings. There appears to be very little drug paraphernalia left, however, as the weather gets warmer they will ensure patrols continue.

- There is a continued engagement with the asylum hotel on Redcliffe Hill. (The Mercure) There have been no issues to report from them, the hotel guests were spoken to about their level of noise when entering and exiting the front entrance and asked to keep noise to a minimum in the rear car park. They believe the people living at the hotel appear to be keeping the noise down as no further reports have been received.

- The rough sleeper in The General was approached and given advice on the location and variety of help centres he could attend to help him.

- Bristol had exceptionally good resources for the homeless and for rough sleepers and these are so good they are attracting the homeless to Bristol from a wide surrounding area.

- He reported also that the young person responsible for leading antisocial behaviour on our estate last year was currently in a young offender's prison but was due to come out later this year. However, he currently has a CBO on him and so if he returns to his old behaviours then can be dealt with promptly.

Sargeant Underwood expressed the importance of reporting every single incident to the police, however small, using the form shown in his presentation as, whilst this would make crime statistics appear higher, it would help him to get additional resources and additional officers to police the area and this would be good for everyone.