Earls Barton

The new priorities for this period (October 2026 to March 2027) remain the same:
• Drug Dealing/Misuse
• Road Safety and Road Traffic Offences
• ASB Nuisance Motorcycles

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.
To have your say on what you would like your neighbourhood officers to focus on, and to get updates from them about crime and policing activity in your area, please visit Northamptonshire Talking https://www.northamptonshiretalking.co.uk/ or click on the link at the top of the page.

Actioned 25 September 2026

Previous priorities (April 2026 to September 2026) are:
• Drug dealing and misuse
• Road safety and road traffic offences
• ASB nuisance motorcycles

Issued 25 September 2026

Here's an update on our work to tackle local priorities from April to June 2026:

Drug dealing and drug misuse
• We have executed multiple warrants across the area covered by the Wellingborough neighbourhood policing team, as well as using stop and search powers. This has led to the seizures of Class A and B drugs. Investigations into drug supply are ongoing.
• We carried out a day of targeted action in the Hemmingwell and Wellingborough town centre areas over the last few months where officers were deployed in plain clothes to tackle drugs offences.
• Officers have intercepted drugs that were due to be delivered in the post to the Wellingborough area.

Road safety and road traffic offences
• Officers have carried out a speed enforcement operation in the Queensway area which resulted in 11 people being issued with speeding warnings
• Multiple vehicles have been seized for having no tax by the Wellingborough neighbourhood policing team.
• Operation Tides has been launched which is dedicated to tackling the illegal use of e-bikes and e-scooters across the county, and will be running over the summer period. Officers have seized four e-scooters so far.

ASB nuisance motorcycles
• Officers have responded to multiple calls to off road motorcycles. Some have failed to stop for police and committed further offences.
• Three off road motorcycles in the Redwell area were stopped travelling to a park in the Hemmingwell area by officers. One of the bikes failed to stop, and the vehicle was seized for having no insurance. The driver was issued a traffic ticket.
• Officers recovered a stolen motorbike that was found in rural Wellingborough.

Actioned 25 September 2026