Cobholm and Southtown — Neighbourhood Policing Team

We work with the community and local partners, while also looking at our own data, to come up with priorities for Cobholm and Southtown for the next three months. These are currently Tackling anti-social behaviour - focusing on alcohol/drug concerns and vehicle misuse.

We’ve conducted regular high-visibility patrols around Herbert Barnes Park and the Rugby Club in response to ongoing antisocial behaviour involving off-road motorbikes. We’ve spoken to dog walkers, families, and other park users to gather information, offer reassurance, and in one instance gave words of advice to the parent of a child seen riding an electric motorbike in the park. We’ve spoken to local councillors and residents, encouraging the reporting of incidents to help build a clearer intelligence picture. Regular patrols in and around the retail parks, offering reassurance to businesses and members of the public, after homeless individuals spoken to about aggressive begging. Enquiries made and landlords spoken to to secure old Pizza Hut building after repeated criminal damage. Antisocial behaviour patrols around the stairwells on Norman Lane following reports. A security fault reported with the doors and signage placed. Regular patrols in and around the retail Parks, offering reassurance to businesses and members of the public. ASB patrols completed in and around the alleyways of Cobholm and the rugby Club area after reports of rubbish in the alleyways and Off Road Motorbikes in these areas.

Set: 2026-02-24

We work with the community and local partners, while also looking at our own data, to come up with priorities for the Cobholm area for the next three months. This is currently: Tackling anti-social behaviour, with a focus on alleyways and off-road bikes in parks and residential areas

Updates on actions taken to address this priority will be posted here in due course.

Set: 2026-05-28