Castle

The new priorities for this period (April 2026 to September 2026) are:
• Burglary
• Road safety and road traffic offences
• Drug dealing and drug misuse

Issued 09 July 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.

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

Burglary
• There have been 140 reported burglaries across the area covered by the Northampton Central Neighbourhood Policing Team between April and June 2026.

Road safety and road traffic offences
• Across the area covered by the Northampton Central Neighbourhood Policing Team, there have been 112 reported thefts from motor vehicles, 44 reported thefts of motor vehicles, and 14 reported vehicle interferences.
• There have been 185 road safety and road traffic offences across the area covered by the Northampton Central Neighbourhood Policing Team between April and June 2026.
• Across the St George, Abington and Phippsville area, we have seized two e-bikes and one e-scooter for having no insurance or driving licence. Additionally, 12 cars have been seized for having no insurance, no driving licence, or no MOT.
• Officers have also issued 13 tickets across the St George, Abington and Phippsville area for offences including having no MOT, using a mobile phone while driving, and failing to wear a seatbelt.

Drug dealing and drug offences
• There have been 118 reported drug offences across the area covered by the Northampton Central Neighbourhood Policing Team.
• Operation Plush has been set up across the St George, Abington and Phippsville area to tackle drug dealing and misuse. This involves proactive patrols, plain clothes operations, the execution of warrants, intelligence gathering, and partnership working.
• We have secured a partial closure order on a block of flats and three full closure orders on addresses within the Castle area of Northampton following incidents of drug dealing and drug misuse.
• An operation to tackle the use of off-road bikes in public parks has been established in the Dallington Spencer area, utilising Section 59 powers.
• One Misuse of Drugs Act warrant has been executed at an address in the Dallington Spencer area.
• Officers have used stop and search powers on 88 occasions across the area covered by the Northampton Central Neighbourhood Policing Team.

Actioned 09 July 2026

Burglary

Issued 01 April 2025

Here’s an update on our work to tackle burglary, which was a local priority from April to September 2025:
• A 39-year-old man was jailed in September for four years and six months for a series of burglaries in Northampton and Milton Keynes (including several offences in the Hardingstone area) between January and February 2024. He committed multiple offences, including eight burglaries, three attempted burglaries, two vehicle thefts, and one theft from a vehicle.
• We have been focusing on burglary prevention using the Northamptonshire Talking messaging system, providing crime prevention advice to all residents within the area. PCSOs also visit all victims of burglary to provide reassurance and offer relevant security advice, referring to our specialist own crime prevention team if necessary. Officers have also conducted high visibility patrols in hot spot areas and the crime prevention team will be attending some future residents meetings.
• PCSOs attended the Grangewood Residents Group in East Hunsbury to speak with residents and deliver a presentation on home safety and burglary prevention.
• PCSOs have also continued to carry out their “street a week” initiative, which involves going door to door and engaging with residents of a different street each week. This enables them to share crime prevention advice, raise awareness of any local issues and get feedback about crime and anti-social behaviour concerns in the area.
• Officers have visited various locations with the neighbourhood beat bus to hold community surgeries, where the discuss crime prevention and home security, and speak with local people about any concerns they may have about crime in their area. Officers have also been conducting high visibility and plain clothes patrols based on intelligence received and crime or ASB hotspot areas identified.
• Burglary crime prevention and vehicle crime packs have been issued to Eastfield residents, with around 2,000 SmartWater property marking kits issued on the North East sector.

Actioned 14 October 2025

Road Safety and Road Traffic Offences

Issued 01 April 2025

Here’s an update on our work to deal with road safety and traffic offences, which were a local priority from April to September 2025:
• Speed enforcement activity completed by neighbourhood officers in south west Northampton, including Briar Hill and Duston, resulted in 27 drivers reported for speeding, 13 drivers stopped and given words of advice, and one vehicle seized due to the driver having no insurance.
• Speed enforcement operations were carried out monthly in the north east of the town, including Kingsthorpe and areas on the Eastern district, and resulted in several tickets being issued, words of advice given and a number of vehicles seized.
• Following concerns raised on the Brackmills industrial estate about cyclists riding without lights, funding was sought through the Brackmills BID (Business Improvement District) and over the last six months, 60 sets of bike lights have been distributed to support road safety across the industrial estate.
We have focused on tackling the use of private e-scooters where people are offending by committing other crime, such as theft or drug dealing. This has resulted in a number of seizures of such e-scooters.
• Operations have been running throughout the St George, Abington and Phippsville ward areas and a Public Spaces Protection Order 2024 (PSPO) notice has been placed on all boundaries of the area, key entry and hot spot areas. This allows police officers, PCSOs and West Northants Council operatives to issue fixed penalty notices to those who continue to ride a bike or scooter after being directed not to do so by the authorised person.
o A Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) is an order made under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014. PSPOs can be used to control certain activities in a specified area if certain conditions are met. :
• PCSOs have been delivering talks to school pupils, sharing information and advice about how to stay safe on the roads, as well as personal safety advice.
• A number of motorcycle trained neighbourhood officers received additional training on off-road bikes, supporting Operation Wave, our initiative to tackle the anti-social use of vehicles. As a result, multiple illegal off-road bikes seized and the riders were reported for summons for consideration of prosecution.

Actioned 14 October 2025

Drug Dealing and Drug Misuse

Issued 01 April 2025

Here’s an update on our work to deal with drug dealing and misuse, which were a local priority from April to September 2025:
• Eighteen offences for trafficking controlled drugs have been recorded on the on the Northampton South West area during the April to September priority period. This resulted in 10 arrests and one suspect being charge, though many of the investigations are still ongoing.
• Sixty six offences of possession of controlled drugs have been recorded over last priority period. This resulted in 48 arrests (25 for possession of class A & 23 for possession of class B). Charges were brought against 27 suspects (15 for possession of class A & 12 for possession of class B) and five conditional cautions and 16 community resolutions were also issued.
• Multiple warrants were conducted by NPT officers in the Bouverie area, who also ensured an increased visible presence across the estate. During their patrols they completed a high number of positive stop searches.
• Misuse of drugs act warrants have also been completed across the area, with various positive outcomes. The enforcement action has been possible thanks to information shared by local residents and business and we appreciate their support.
• Misue of drugs act warrants executed across the north and east of the town, including Kingsthorpe and areas of the eastern district. resulting in a number of arrests, seizures of drugs and dismantling of cannabis factories.
• Officers in the eastern areas of the town have also carried out plain-clothes hot spot patrols once a month, completing 56 stop searches in the last three months.
• We also supported a Crimestoppers event in Blackthorn which aimed to encourage to people to feel confident in reporting information about crime, and those committing it, to either the police or anonymously to independent charity Crimestoppers.
Officers also carry out regular welfare visits to those at risk of being cuckooing – which is a practice where people take over a person's home, someone who is usually very vulnerable, and use the property to facilitate exploitation, often involving drugs.

Actioned 14 October 2025