YOU’VE told me you want safer streets and more visible policing – and I’m delivering on that promise.
Through Your Streets, My Priority, we’re taking coordinated action to tackle anti-social behaviour, retail crime, and criminality in the places you care about most.
Across Avon and Somerset, this work is already making a real difference. Here are just some examples of the work that has been happening:
In Radstock and Midsomer Norton, in response to community concerns about modified and unroadworthy vehicles, your local neighbourhood policing team, alongside response officers, the Road Policing Unit, and the DVSA, have been carrying out on-the-spot vehicle checks, increasing patrols, and cracking down on anti-social driving.
In Bristol, a prolific offender was recently jailed for 14 weeks and handed a three-year Criminal Behaviour Order after a string of assaults and thefts from city centre shops.
This decisive action protects local businesses and sends a clear message that repeat offending will not be tolerated.
Officers from the Kingswood neighbourhood policing team took proactive action in the Regent Street area following a rise in reports of anti-social behaviour, illegal vehicle use, and drug activity. Around 15 individuals were stopped, had their details recorded, and were dispersed.
These individuals will now be subject to anti-social behaviour interventions.
These are just a few examples of how Your Streets, My Priority is delivering results.
Supported by £5 million from the Home Office’s Hotspot Fund and additional neighbourhood policing resources, we’re increasing patrols, holding community pop-ups, and working closely with local partners to make our streets safer.
I’ve seen first-hand how increased police presence deters crime and builds trust. This campaign isn’t just about enforcement – it’s about listening, engaging, and acting.
If you witness suspicious or anti-social behaviour, please report it by calling 101 or visiting avonandsomerset.police.uk/report.
For emergencies, always call 999.
I hold monthly Police Question Time sessions, where I put your questions directly to the Chief Constable, place live on my Facebook page. They are then available on my website.
You can send your questions to me on social media or by emailing policequestiontime@avonandsomerset.police.uk.
It’s your chance to have your voice heard.