Sneak thieves can ruin your bonfire night!

POLICE IN EAST YORKSHIRE are warning local residents that fireworks and sparklers aren’t the only potential danger at this time of year. Burglars may look to target insecure homes while everyone enjoys the festivities outside
Typically, bonfire parties held at home tend to take place in rear gardens making an insecure front door or window an [...]

Humberside Police – New Website Service

The Humberside Police Website has been re-vamped.
Found at www.humberside.police.uk/ the site has new links for local information.
Local crime levels and statistics for Hedon are found by clicking the Get crime statistics for your area button and putting in your postcode.  Click the image to the left for a shortcut.
You can also find information about policing [...]

Local neighbourhood policing delivering results?

Policing in the region has experienced a massive boost in neighbourhood based staff according to the Local Policing Summary that has recently been circulated in Hedon.
Alene Branton, veteran of the Neighbourhood Watch movement and Chair of Humberside Police Authority states that we now have 2091 police officers, 1456 police staff, 319 PCSOs (Police Community [...]

Humberside Police – Hedon News

Local Police Forum

For those interested in policing issues in the local area, then there is an opportunity to attend a Public Police Forum and meet local police officers and officials on Wednesday 9th September 2009 at 7.00pm in the Boardroom at Thorngumbald Village Hall.
For more information have a look at the Humberside Police Authority website under Mid and [...]

Humberside Police Hedon Update

The Humberside Police Neighbourhood Team have updated their News for the local area website page referring to the town. I’ve pasted the whole entry here, but please do visit their website regularly.

News for the local area

Updated 2nd July 2009
There has been an increase in arson offences involving setting fire to wheelie bins in the town, [...]

Humberside Police crime figures for South West Holderness for May 2009

The Humberside Police have released their latest crime figures for the South West Holderness Ward (which incorporates Hedon).
The statistics show that reported crime has decreased slightly from this time last year. In particular the average number of burglaries in the ward area has decreased from 11.3 to 8.7 (23.5%).
However, in Hedon itself the neighbourhood policing [...]

Community Speed Watch may come to Holderness

A Police Forum has revealed suggestions for possibly piloting a new Community Speedwatch scheme in the Mid and South West Holderness Ward area.
If the idea is successful in gaining the necessary support from fundholders and police bosses, then a Community Speed Watch would aim to help people reduce speeding traffic though their communities. The scheme [...]

Crime Figures for Hedon for April 2009

LOCAL CRIME MAPPING
Humberside Police have published the crime figures for April for the South West Holderness Ward area.
Significantly, the average number of crimes in the area had increased from 50.3 to 61.3 (21.9%) (compared to the same three month period last year). However, crimes of Burglary, Violence and Anti-Social behaviour all decreased.
The figures for [...]

Hedon Police Public Meeting

If local residents have any issues about local policing issues or community safety in the Hedon area, then they can attend a public consultation meeting at the Town Hall at 7:00pm on Wednesday 20th May 2009.
The meeting is organised by the Humberside Police Authority and will be hosted by Chair, Victoria Wise who is the [...]

Policing Pledge: Police News for the Hedon area

There is now a national Policing Pledge in place. It’s a new set of promises from the police on the service they should provide and every force has committed to keeping those promises.
To honour the pledge, police forces promise to listen to your concerns, act on these concerns, and then keep you informed of the [...]