Vehicle crime, theft of mopeds and anti-social behaviour in town centres are among the new priorities for police in Welwyn Hatfield.
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The Welwyn Hatfield Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) have announced new priorities to focus on.

Members of the SNT are tasked with fixing short- and long-term neighbourhood issues such as anti-social behaviour (ASB).

The officers work closely with local partners including the council and schools to achieve this.

The team regularly sets out priorities to focus on and these are reviewed throughout the year.

Residents were recently asked to get in touch using the constabulary’s community voice platform to share their thoughts on what the new ones should be.

The new priorities have now been chosen as follows:

Welwyn Hatfield North

(Welwyn West, Welwyn East, Haldens, Sherrards, Handside, Peartree and Panshanger)

  • ASB in Welwyn Garden City town centre - extended from last set of priorities.
  • Vehicle nuisance and anti-social driving across Welwyn Hatfield North.
  • Vehicle crime in Panshanger.


Welwyn Hatfield West

(Hatfield Villages, Hatfield Central, Hatfield South West and the University of Hertfordshire)

  • ASB in Hatfield town centre – in particular enforcing the Public Spaces Protection Order which is in place to target street drinking and ASB.
  • E-scooters on Bishops Rise and High View.
  • Theft of mopeds.


Welwyn Hatfield South

(Hollybush, Cuffley, Howlands, Northaw, Hatfield East, Hatfield South)

  • Nuisance motorbikes and mopeds and anti-social riding on the Great North Road.
  • ASB in King George V Playing Fields.
  • Unlicensed music events in and around Cuffley.
     

SNT Inspector Amy Sheldon said: “I would like to thank everybody who took the time to share their views on echo and I hope that you feel reassured by the new priorities.

“Of course, we will still be tackling other issues but we will be paying close to attention to these ones.

“Don’t forget you can keep up to date with our work on Facebook and Twitter. You can follow us at Welwyn Hatfield Police on Facebook and @WelHatPolice on Twitter.”

You can use Hertfordshire Constabulary's community voice platform ‘echo’ to let police know what you think they should be prioritising in your area.

Your feedback will help towards shaping local policing priorities, initiatives and campaigns. Visit the following and tell police your thoughts.

Welwyn Hatfield North – bit.ly/police-whnorth

(Welwyn West, Welwyn East, Haldens, Sherrards, Handside, Peartree and Panshanger)

Welwyn Hatfield South – bit.ly/police-whsouth

(Hollybush, Cuffley, Howlands, Northaw, Hatfield East, Hatfield South, Welham Green, Brookmans Park and Little Heath)

Welwyn Hatfield West – bit.ly/police-whwest

(Hatfield Villages, Hatfield Central, Hatfield South West and the University of Hertfordshire).