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The Neighbourhood Alert messaging system enables residents, businesses and community groups to keep in touch with local policing teams. You can choose to receive updates on crimes, latest information on on-going incidents and learn more about what events are being planned in your area. You can also respond to messages to ask questions or give feedback to your local policing team.
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Upcoming Events
Knife Amnesty - Grange Place Shops
- Central Co-op Food - Grange Place, Kettering, 1-5 Grange Place, NN16 0NT
- 17/11/2026 13:00
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Knife Amnesty - North Park, Kettering
- North Park outdoor Sports facility, , NN16 9JT
- 19/11/2026 10:00
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Kettering Central - Windmill
Vince Bangs
Police Constable
Steven Cheatham
Sergeant
Greg Gostage
Sergeant
Babs Loveday
Police Community Support Officer
Matthew Rock
Inspector
Corina Saviuc
Police Community Support Officer
NPT Specialist Roles
Christian Buckenham
Police Constable - Hate Crimes Officer
Steve Coles- Secondary School Education Role
Police community support officer
Local Priority Issues
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Road safety and road traffic offences Issued 14 October 2026 |
• We continue to carry out regular speed enforcement activity in key hotspot areas highlighted by the community, issuing warning letters where most appropriate and fixed penalty notices to others for speeding offences. Actioned 14 October 2026 |
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Drug dealing and drug misuse Issued 14 October 2026 |
• Following information from the community, we have secured four arrests relating to drug offences. Actioned 14 October 2026 |
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Burglary Issued 14 October 2026 |
• We continue to support with burglary investigations visiting the area of every domestic burglary, carrying out proactive patrols in areas to prevent further offences, supporting vulnerable victims, and working with other agencies to provide security advice. Actioned 14 October 2026 |
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The new priorities for this period (October 2026 to March 2027) are: Issued 25 September 2026 |
Our priorities are set for a six month period and reviewed every three months to ensure we continue to deal with what matters most to local people, taking account of feedback shared in our local priorities survey and local crime data. Actioned 25 September 2026 |
Local Priority Issues
We regularly speak to local residents to establish what issues they may be experiencing in the area.
To have your say on local issues, please click on the button below to complete a short survey.
Latest Alerts
You said, we did- community update from your Kettering team
Dear residents, In July we set three local priorities for the Kettering area and surrounding villa...
Theft of a vehicle
Theft of a car in Walnut Crescent, KETTERING. Dear Resident We are appealing for information a...
Community update to Neighbourhood Watch Members
Dear Resident We are pleased to share with you a community update for Neighbourhood Watch memb...
PLR October Monthly Update
Dear PLRs, Please find attached as a pdf at the bottom of this message the PLR October monthly upd...
Police surgery at Co-op Hallwood Road, Kettering : Thu 15 Oct 10:00 - 12:00
Dear Resident Officers from your local neighbourhood policing team will be holding a community...
Police surgery outside Costcutter Shop at Windmill Avenue, Kettering : Wed 14 Oct 12:30 - 14:00
Dear Resident Officers from your local neighbourhood policing team will be holding a community...
Police surgery Cedar Road, Kettering : Wed 14 Oct 10:00 - 11:30
Dear Resident Officers from your local neighbourhood policing team will be holding a community...
Hey, from your local PCSO
Subject: Monthly Rural Update Good afternoon, I hope you're keeping well. I wanted to send a quick...
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