Dear Rutland North Resident, 

This is a quarterly update on the Rutland North Neighbourhood Priorities.

We have consulted the local community, in person and using the Neighbourhood Link ‘Your Views’ Survey. Thank you to those who have engaged. We have also analysed the crime data and statistics for the beat area over the past 3 months. 

Using all of this information we have formulated the following priorities for the Rutland North beat for April, May and June 2025: 

Road Safety. 

Vehicle Crime.

Rural Crime.

These are also the top 3 results on the ‘Your Views’ Survey that you have told us that you want us to focus our time and efforts on. Interestingly enough, you also provided answers for “what is good about the area in which you live?” as; actions taken by the local beat team, low level of crime, low levels of anti-social behaviour (ASB), low levels of road traffic collisions (RTCs) and neighbourhood cohesion as the top 5 results. As the local beat team - firstly thank you and secondly we would agree with these results - Rutland often has the lowest crime rate of any UK county, the beat does have low levels of ASB, RTCs are fairly low compared to other areas and the neighbourhood cohesion in the community I see on a daily basis is amazing! 

A little insight into the figures on the Rutland North over the past 3 months (January to March). We have attended 70 transport related incidents in this time, this includes all manner of things including broken down vehicles, road traffic collisions, abandoned vehicles, highway obstructions, reports of manner of driving, issues with road furniture causing a danger, or debris in the road and more.

In 3 months, we have had 6 reports of vehicle crime related incidents, of these 5 were theft from a motor vehicle, mostly HGVs on the A1 overnight and then 1 was a theft of motor vehicle. Further to this we have unfortunately seen 2 car key burglaries in a 3 month period - please see crime prevention advice further down in this update. 

We have had had 3 reports of rural crime related matters, all being hare coursing related in the past 3 months. Lastly, in a 3 month period we have seen 6 reports of theft, as well as 2 burglaries not vehicle related and 3 attempt burglaries, these figures include breaks to commercial non-residential buildings, garden sheds and outbuildings. Most of these are also rural locations. 

So I can report that the ‘Your Views’ survey results do largely reflect the crime data over the past 3 months, so the priorities will remain the same for the next 3 months as they have been for the last 3 months, having seen a slight change back in 2024. I would like to reassure the community that these figures are over a 3 month period and are still lower than other beats in our force area and of course we would like to keep it that way, which is why we work so hard to try and do this to protect the county in which we all love to live, work and enjoy.

Over the past 3 months we have been working hard on the beat priorities. We hope you have been enjoying reading the monthly action updates on the newsletter each and every month. We have been attending road traffic incidents, arresting multiple drivers for drink and drug drive, as well as patrolling and traffic calming in areas required, utilising the speed gun and working with the Road Safety Partnership mobile speed camera van to address speeding concerns in multiple villages (statistics published monthly on Neighbourhood Link). We have also been attending incidents of vehicle and rural crime, burglaries and thefts investigating these incidents, progressing enquiries to identify offenders and bring them to justice. 

Unfortunately, with the darker nights we have seen a slight increase in thefts, burglary other than dwellings (outbuildings/sheds/garages/commercial premises) on the beat area. Please view the link here for some crime prevention advice in relation to this, even though it is lighter now in the evenings we still need to make sure we take precautions - https://www.leics.police.uk/cp/crime-prevention/protect-home-crime/secure-shed-garage/

We have also seen the theft of a motor vehicle on the beat whereby the offenders have not accessed the house in order to steal the vehicle from the driveway. In relation to this, if you have a keyless entry vehicle please consider using a “RFID Blocker Faraday Pouch” to store your keys in, this blocks the signal the key emits, offenders utilise technology to intercept and boost this signal for their benefit. The “RFID Blocker Faraday Pouch” blocks this signal and helps to prevent and deter the crime.

Lastly we have also seen in 1 incident offenders use a ‘lock snapping’ technique for a burglary, did you know that you can get ‘anti-snap’ locks to protect your home? Find out more information here - What is Lock Snapping & How to Prevent It - Master Locksmiths Association

I have published the latest beat surgery/beat engagement dates on the Police.UK website here www.police.uk/ , input your postcode to find out the upcoming events in your area. 

Thank you for reading. 

PC 1049 Jake Spruce

Rutland North Dedicated Neighbourhood Officer