SNAP NEWS

The West Centre Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) have won the Safer Neighbourhood Team of the Year award for 2010.

The three community safety priorities to be tackled by the West Centre SNT for the period from July to October 2010 were set at a meeting of the West Centre Safer Neighbourhood Action Panel (SNAP) in St Augustine's Hall on 6 July 2010:

1. Anti-social behaviour on Vauxhall Street and Jenny Lind Park.
2. Anti-social behaviour at The Moorings.
3. Anti-social behaviour on St Georges Street.

To read more about the team's priorities, actions and outcomes, go to:
http://www.norfolk.police.uk/saferneighbourhoods/myneighbourhood/
westcentre/prioritiesactionsoutcomes.aspx

The priorities for April to July 2010 for the West Centre SNT were:

1. Anti-social behaviour and drugs use in Ebenezer Place/Sussex Street.
2. Speeding motorists and cycling on pavements along Duke Street.
3. Anti-social behaviour at West End Park.

A summary of priority No. 1 (which is in the St Augustine's area) was published in July 2010:

"Members of the team have held a street briefing in the area to encourage local residents to report any issues they may have. There has been a drop in the number of call outs to the area and therefore complaints about anti-social behaviour. The area has seen visits from both local police officers and council officers working in partnership to resolve the issues – this will continue. The Spread Eagle Pub has closed which has meant there have been no complaints about noise from residents since then."   

BACKGROUND INFORMATION
and CONTACT DETAILS

Because of the way the boundaries of Safer Neighbourhood areas have been drawn in north Norwich, the St Augustine's area is covered by three Safer Neighbourhood Teams (SNTs) - West Centre; Heartsease and Thorpe Hamlet; and Mile Cross, Catton and Fiddlewood - however, for most practical purposes residents and businesses in the St Augustine's area may contact the West Centre team and attend its SNAP meetings. Police officers will pass on intelligence and concerns to the appropriate team. 

1. Streets to the east of St Augustine's Street (i.e. Esdelle Street, Leonard Street, the south side of Magpie Road, Edward Street and Anglia Square) are covered by the Thorpe Hamlet SNT.
2. Streets to the west of St Augustine's Street (i.e. Gildencroft, The Lathes, Sussex Street, Ebenezer Place, Chatham Street and Oak Street) are covered by the West Centre SNT.
3. Streets  to the north of the St Augustine's Gate junction (i.e. Bakers Road, Wingfield Road) are in the Mile Cross, Catton and Fiddlewood SNT.

Periodically (roughly every three months), each SNT holds a public meeting of the Safer Neighbourhood Action Panel (SNAP), where the priorities of the last period are reviewed and you can bring your current concerns to the attention of the Panel, who then set community safety priorities for the police, council and other agencies in your neighbourhood for the next period.

To contact your local SNT telephone 0845 456 4567 at any time.
For more information on go to http://www.safernorfolk.co.uk