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Ringwood and surrounding area
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Welcome to the New Forest South district webpage.
Inspector Steve Jackson, left, is responsible for the Lymington and New Milton areas, while Inspector Simon Tribe, below, is responsible for Ringwood and surrounding areas.
The New Forest is a beautiful place to live, work and visit and it is a safe place to be. It is a low crime area and it is our aim that, through effective partnership collaboration, it remains that way. We will continue to work positively and effectively in partnership with local agencies such as the New Forest District Council, Town and Parish Councils and resident / specific interest groups to identify and resolve neighbourhood priorities as determined by the community. In addition to this, we are constantly working to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour, and to let you know what we have done so that you have confidence in the policing service you receive.
SECTOR/NEIGHBOURHOOD PRIORITIES AND NEIGHBOURHOOD REPORTS
Neighbourhood priorities - Every two months we ask more than 1,000 residents, using a range of different methods, what it is that is important to them in their communities. What do they want the local police to do, what issues would they like us to address? We take this information and then decide the community priorities. It’s usually a very straightforward process. Then, over the next two months we aim to do our best to tackle those community concerns on your behalf and in doing so, we work in partnership with the local authorities, the voluntary sector and other key people to deliver ‘change’ or improvement. Often the lead for service delivery is the neighbourhood police constable (PC) and police community support officer (PCSO). Every two months, we also produce a Neighbourhood report in which we detail exactly what it is that we have done.
Sector priorities - Sector priorities take account not just of community concerns but also the crime and intelligence picture. Once a month, I decide in consultation with Sgt Mason (New Milton) and Sgt Adams (Lymington) what the sector priorities for the New Forest South area are, following a Neighbourhood Management Meeting (NMM). The difference between sector priorities and neighbourhood priorities is that police decide upon the sector ones whereas the communities determine the neighbourhood ones. Sector priorities become a priority for all officers in the New Forest South area. The officers involved are the Targeted Patrol officers and the Safer Neighbourhoods officers, together with assistance of officers from other departments in force. We also bid for assistance from the Community Safety Partnership. Examples of assistance include the Probation Service, Youth Offending Team, Fire and Rescue Service and Accredited Community Safety Wardens.
CURRENT SECTOR PRIORITIES
At the last Neighbourhood Management meeting there were not any issues raised that were large enough to become a sector priority. This does not mean that there is nothing going on; of course there is but it is not so challenging that we need to pool resources to tackle it. This is brilliant news.
Most crime types (damage / theft / burglary) in Lymington and New Milton are down significantly compared to last year and so is total crime. There has been an increase in reports of violent crime although much of this is domestic violence related, which Hampshire Constabulary are continuing to take a zero tolerance approach to. In relation to general violence, there is no pattern at all and so this is dealt with on a case by case basis. I can assure you though that there is nothing to be concerned about.
ENGAGEMENT AND CONTACT
In each neighbourhood there are regular opportunities to meet with your local police constable or police community support officer. The dates/ times of these can be found on each of the Safer Neighbourhoods teams' webpages. Please come along and visit us. We would like to hear your views and for you to tell us what you want.
Please do remember, you are also always welcome to pop into either Lymington or New Milton police station and make an appointment to meet with your local Safer Neighbourhoods team.
Receive our emails and e-lerts - We have developed a confidential e-mailing list of more than 1,000 people and every two months we email them to ask ‘what do you want?’ You tell us, we do it and then we let you know exactly what we have done. Further than that, we also use the system to send you copies of your bi-monthly neighbourhood report and to let you know immediately about any crime concerns or other issues that you ought to know about, we call these messages an e-lert. If you would like to sign up to this scheme then please email your details to new.milton.snt@hampshire.pnn.police.uk or lymington.snt@hampshire.pnn.police.uk and we will add you to the mailing list. Your contact details will be kept secure and will not be shared with any other party or organisation.
NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH
Neighbourhood Watch is a great scheme that gets people working together to make their communities safer. If you are interested in finding out about existing schemes running in your area or would like to find out about how to set up a new scheme then please visit the Neighbourhood Watch website or contact your Safer Neighbourhoods team.
My name is Inspector Simon Tribe and I am the Sector Inspector responsible for the management and performance of the police teams that cover Ringwood, as well as for the teams in Fordingbridge, Bransgore, Lyndhurst and Cadnam.
I am delighted to report that we have just had a most successful year in relation to reducing crime in the North of the New Forest, ensuring that it still remains a low crime area and one of the safest places to live.
There were 360 fewer victims of crime this last year, which represents a 12% reduction in all crime types.In addition we reduced the total number of reported anti-social behaviour incidents, and continue to work with schools and youth organisations to continue these reductions with a variety of initiatives.
Unfortunately due to the economic climate we have seen a slight increase in offending in the early summer months, and most of this is down to 'opportunist' thefts. Principally this has been when thieves have stolen valuables from unattended vehicles, and so I would urge everyone to remove all items of value from vehicles, whether they are on show or not. It is not sufficient to hide items in the boot or glove compartment or under the seats as some thieves will sit and watch vehicle owners when they park up- perhaps to go shopping or to walk the dog.
Please call, email or stop an officer in the street if you have any local concerns you would like us to be aware of as we certainly can't address what we don't know.Finally you should see many more police officers out and about as we have been issued with mobile data facilities (handheld computers) which will mean that officers can now complete much of their computer based reports away from police stations.I look forward to meeting you while out and about in our beautiful corner of the world.
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New Forest South sector comprises three Safer Neighbourhoods teams, covering the following areas:
If you would like to speak to the people responsible for policing in your local area, please call 101
Local Performance Information
You can also view details of how we are performing against certain key criteria in your local area. Click here to see the details for the New Forest South sector.
Page last reviewed on March 20
