Shipley — Neighbourhood Policing Team

Shipley and Saltaire Ward Areas To work together with Business Watch and local partners to tackle shop theft in Shipley. Address and deal positively with street level drug dealing in and around Shipley centre, tackle ASB in the town centre and around McDonalds and surrounding businesses.

We have worked closely with local businesses and Shipley Town Council and are currently in the process of setting up the Business Watch radio scheme. Since working closely with the local shops several prolific shoplifters have received custodial sentences. Officers continue to patrol identified hotspots for drug dealing and anti-social behaviour. A number of drug dealers have been arrested for possession with intent to supply (PWITS). High-visibility patrols remain in place across the town centre, resulting in further arrests and reports for summons for drug-related offences.

Set: 2026-04-13

Bingley Ward Area Reduce Residential Burglaries: To prevent and reduce residential burglary through hotspot patrols, crime prevention advice, intelligence development and partnership working with the wider community. This includes supporting victims, increasing neighbourhood reassurance, and addressing repeat locations and vulnerability factors. To work with local retailers, business owners and partner agencies to reduce ASB and thefts from shop. This priority will focus on intelligence‑led patrols, offender identification and disruption, improved information‑sharing and targeted problem‑solving to prevent repeat offending.

This will include crime prevention and target hardening advice through social media and NPT contact points. Supporting victims, increasing neighbourhood reassurance with hot spot patrols, and addressing repeat locations and vulnerability factors. This priority will focus on intelligence led patrols, offender identification and disruption, improved information sharing with businesses, and targeted problem solving to prevent repeat offending and reduce harm within the retail community.

Set: 2026-04-29

Baildon Ward Area Reduce Vehicle‑Related Crime: To target offences impacting local residents, including theft of motor vehicles, theft from vehicles, drink and drug related driving offences and speeding concerns. Reduce Residential Burglaries: To prevent and reduce residential burglary through hotspot patrols, crime prevention advice, intelligence development and partnership working with the wider community.

This priority will focus on proactive patrols, intelligence‑led deployments, targeted enforcement, community engagement, and partnership activity to reduce risk, identify offenders, and improve public confidence. This will include crime prevention and target hardening advice through social media and NPT contact points. Supporting victims, increasing neighbourhood reassurance with hot spot patrols, and addressing repeat locations and vulnerability factors.

Set: 2026-05-06

Windhill and Wrose Ward Areas Nuisance Bikes around West Royd, Wrose Road and Bolton Woods Drug Dealing around Snowden Road, Wrose Theft of Motorbikes around Leeds Road & Windhill

26/03/2026 - Stolen MV seized at Victoria Mills Carpark. 26/03/2026 - Burglar arrested on Cheltenham Road during an ongoing burglary. 13/04/2026 - x2 Off-Road bikes seized from an address on West Royd Drive. 21/04/2026 - x7 Quad/Off-Road bikes seized from an address on Bolton Hall Road during arrest enquiries. 27/04/2026 - x1 Sur-Ron and x1 Off-Road Motorcycle seized from an address on West Royd. 29/04/2026 - x1 Sur-Ron seized on Festival Avenue after coming into contact with a Police vehicle

Set: 2026-05-06

Bingley Rural Ward Area Reduce Vehicle‑Related Crime: To target offences impacting local residents, including theft of motor vehicles, theft from vehicles, OPL and speeding concerns. Reduce Residential Burglaries: To prevent and reduce residential burglary through hotspot patrols, crime prevention advice, intelligence development and partnership working with the wider community. This includes supporting victims, increasing neighbourhood reassurance, and addressing repeat locations and vulnerability factors.

This priority will focus on proactive patrols, intelligence‑led deployments, targeted enforcement, community engagement, and partnership activity to reduce risk, identify offenders, and improve public confidence. This will include crime prevention and target hardening advice through social media and NPT contact points. Supporting victims, increasing neighbourhood reassurance with hot spot patrols, and addressing repeat locations and vulnerability factors.

Set: 2026-05-07

Wharfedale Ward Area Address and deal positively with parking issues around the Primary schools at peak times. Address speeding on the A65 in conjunction with the casualty reduction team, highways for longer term solutions to roads and layouts and utilising our own team skills with SID and Pro-Laser. Reduce residential burglaries working in conjunction with partner agencies. To providing crime prevention advice in person and via social media. Address reports of drug dealing in the area.

PCSOs allocated to specific schools continue to attend at peak times to address issues with inappropriate and unsafe parking. Officers continue to carry out Pro-laser speed checks at locations reported to have ongoing issues with excessive speeds. Burglaries in the area publicised on the Community Alert platform with relevant crime prevention advice where appropriate. Officers to attend addresses in the area of a burglary to issue crime prevention literature and advice. Ongoing intelligence gathering around vehicles, suspects and locations involved.

Set: 2026-06-01