Abingdon Town

Police Visibility in Abingdon

The community survey and speaking to members of the public. The residents would like to see more visible patrols by police officers on Foot patrol, more publicity about what the police are doing and more safety and prevention advice.

The local events have regular Have Your Say Events advertised for the community to speak to officers about issues or just to get to know the team.

The team have a Facebook page where we update things on a regular basis and we you TVP alerts.

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Anti-Social Behaviour in Abingdon Precinct, Abbey Meadows, Fairarces
This includes the use of Escooters and Ebikes in the town

Anti social behaviour has been highlighted by the residents of Abingdon. The concerns in the Precinct, Abbey Meadows and faire acres relates to groups of youths congregating in large groups and making the shops and people in the town feel intimated by their behaviour, foul lanuage and lack of respect for their surroundings.

The Neighbourhood team have increased their patrols in these areas and are quick to identify the main offenders and if causing ASB or criminality will deal with the situation.

Some of the time, the groups of kids are unaware that when they are in large groups they do make people feel uncomfortable.

The team also do patrols with school teachers at lunch times periods and if any students are causing ASB the teachers help ID them and speak the student and phone their parents.

Escooters are illegal to ride in pulic places, not matter they age of the rider. Please with ideas forming for christmas presents for children and relatives - Do not spend hundreds of pounds on an Escooter. They are only allowed to be used on private land. The Neighbourhood team will seize illegal ebikes and escooters if being used in public places and they will be crushed.

In October in Abingdon town the team seized 6 escooters one costing the rider £400 and he only had it for 3 weeks! In this current financial climate - save your money for other things, not Escooters or illegal ebikes!

Drug use and drug dealing in Abingdon town, Peachcroft park, Abbey Meadows, Albert Park.

The community have stated that the are concerned about drug dealing and use in the open areas of Abingdon.

The Neighbourhood team have been patrolling these areas and in the last 4 weeks have have 9 stop and searches of people with in some cases where drugs were found on them. The team also searched a car working with roads policing and found a substantive amount of Class A and B in the car and the male has been arrested.

The team have also being working with licensing and we have swabbed all the pubs in Abingdon to identify if and where drug use is being done in the pubs. The Landlords have been informed of their results and we will be working with them to prevent and deter drug use in their premises,