At the end of January, we began to receive a higher than usual number of reports regarding youth-related antisocial behaviour in Horsforth. Specifically in and around Horsforth Hall Park, Town Street & Drury Fields.

NPT Officers worked alongside WYP LASBT Link Officers, to combat the ASB in several ways:

-A dispersal order was implemented on 18th February, which allowed Officers powers to disperse anyone seen to be causing ASB from the area with a power of arrest attached should they return.

-For the crimes that took place during some of the incidents, those are being investigated, with some offenders having attended Police stations for interviews.

-We carried out an environmental audit of the area, to ensure any changes to the area (such as CCTV coverage and lighting) were optimised.

-We also identified key offenders, attending their home addresses, speaking to parents about their behaviour and delivering banning letters from local businesses.

As part of the longer-term strategy, we have worked with partner agencies to identify some diversionary activities and provided some educational inputs on the impacts of ASB, drugs & knife-crime.

We are happy to report that recent figures show a reduced amount of antisocial behaviour in the Horsforth area, however, we would ask that residents continue to report any instances of antisocial behaviour to us because without it being reported, we cannot begin to take action.