Buttrills — Neighbourhood Policing Team

Shoplifting – This priority will continue as it is an on going issue

Action taken is updated every three months

Set: 2026-06-16

The ward priorities will be ASB on KING SQUARE, BARRY LIBRARY and MULTI STOREY CAR PARK. Shop lifting along HOLTON ROAD.

ASB on KING SQUARE, BARRY LIBRARY and MULTI STOREY CAR PARK – A way Marker was implemented for the Multi Storey Car Park and regular patrols and contact maintained with security staff who now have Body Worn Video cameras. Intel logs also submitted as a result for dealing at the location. I am not aware of any recent reports so this can be closed. These locations are always going to attract issues/reports due to the nature of the location and will have periods of increased/decreased incidents. Place Based Policing (PBP) patrols will continue to direct resources to these location to address/monitor issues and provide a visible presence. Shoplifting – This priority will continue as it is an on going issue. A number of offender have been arrested/charged and NPT have been proactive in identifying offenders and stopping wanted offenders. The proactive team have also been supportive in taking action against offenders. We currently have 4 offenders on CBOs with conditions not to attend recent retail premises in Barry and exclusion zone such as HOLTON ROAD and positive action is taken for any breaches of conditions. We continue to patrol and engage with retailers along Holton Road and carry out engagements on KINGS SQUARE with partner agencies such as TONY PARKER, Town WARDEN and the CSP. PBP will also direct more visible units to HOLTON ROAD to deter/identify offenders and provide more reassurance to the public/retailers.

Set: 2026-03-16

The new priority will be ongoing Anti social behaviour and drug taking / smoking Multi Storey car park.

Officers have now created a waymarker which will monitor how often patrols take place.

Set: 2025-12-15

Shopping and Retail Crime - Town Centre

We have had a focus on retail theft and prolific offenders. In the last month we have as a team arrested 7prolific offenders for shoplifting and charged them with a total of 35 different offences. There has been an increased presence in Holton Road of officers in both plain clothes and uniform.

Set: 2025-09-15

Shoplifting & Retail crime - Town Centre

We have carried out high-visibility patrols in identified areas. We have conducted plain-clothes operations to target offenders. We have deployed CCTV vans to monitor and identify suspects.

Set: 2025-06-17