POLICE, CRIME AND ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR UPDATE 10-23 November 2021
CRIME STATS There have been 323 crimes recorded in the last 14 day period which is a decrease on the 377 crimes reported in the last period. Violence against the person offences recorded have reduced by 10 and theft has reduced by around 20% since last week. Top crime locations are Cannons Road and Park Street however this is due to crimes recorded during the night time economy.
One young female has been attributed to 7 crimes across Broadmead. We are working closely with our ASB team and partners to address her behaviour long term. There have been 139 ASB incidents recorded which is a slight reduction since the last report. Crime levels are still seeing a 7.9% increase over the last 12 months but ASB is currently down 8.7% over the same period.
OPERATION SCEPTRE During a week of action in November, Avon and Somerset police, used a series of tactics and intense activities to tackle knife related crime. The objective of Operation Sceptre, a national initiative, was to reduce the number of people carrying knives and this was achieved through a wide variety
of targeted police educational activities.
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Starting on 13th November, over 80 retail businesses, many in Bristol, were visited during a covert operation. Over 20 were found to sell knives to underage youths resulting in warnings being issued.