Neighbourhood policing team
Your Neighbourhood Policing Team is a group of Cumbria Police officers dedicated to serving your community by focusing on local crime, disorder and quality of life issues.
We work closely with local authorities, partner agencies, community leaders and residents to decide on policing priorities for your neighbourhood through the Local Focus Hubs.
By working together we aim to find solutions to longstanding local problems while maintaining our wider focus on reducing crime across Cumbria.
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Crimes and priorities
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Youths riding off road bikes in the areas of Moorclose, Westfield, Salterbeck, Oldside
The original issue date of the priority was 1st June 2025. This priority is to be continued as a result of recent Community Surveys, calls for service and information received from the local community/businesses/partner agencies directly to NPT Officers, particularly as this issue is anticipated to increase as the weather improves into Spring
Action taken:
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On 22nd August 2025 Officers from Allerdale NPT in partnership with Allerdale Local Focus Hub and partner agencies took part in Operation Respect in Westfield. Officers and partner agencies engaged with residents in the area about ongoing issues.
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On Tuesday 26th August 2025 Officers conducted a walkabout in Moorclose and Westfield with MP Josh McAllister and Dave Allen the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner engaging with residents about ongoing issues with off road bikes.WE DID
Proactive Drone lead operations to identify and trace users of illegal offroad bikes on public roads or paths resulting in the seizure of a number of Sur-Ron E-bikes and prosecution of the ridersWE DID:
Continue to provide hi visibility patrols at prevalent times to address this issue and deal proactively with those responsible whilst supporting victims of crimeWe encourage members of the public to report such incidents to police along with any video evidence of such incidents if captured.
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Persistent complaints received of drug dealing activity, ASB and litter in the wider Ashfield area
Action taken:
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Multi-agency response has been initiated via the Allerdale Local Focus Hub to bring relevant agencies including Police, Cumberland Council and Housing Associations together to tackle the identified issues.WE DID
Drug Activity Community Appeal and Streetsafe surveys conducted in the affected areas to obtain information from the local community