Welcome to Driffield and Rural
The dedicated Neighbourhood Policing Team is based at the Police Station in Driffield and forms part of the larger Beverley, Hornsea and Driffield Team.
The area is covered by Neighbourhood Police Officer(s) and Police Community Support Officer(s) as shown below. They are supported by dedicated Incident Response Staff and a number of Special Constables.
Find out what is happening in the your local Team area by selecting the appropriate link below.
Getting in touch with us
If you wish to raise any comments or concerns you can do so in a variety of ways such as:
• Attending local meetings:-
Police Surgery. An opportunity for you to meet privately with a member of the neighbourhood team to discuss any policing issue of concern. This is a drop-in event so you may have to wait a few minutes.
Police and Communities Together Meeting. This is a public meeting where the police and other public authority representatives will be present. Its main purpose is to determine what the local priorities for action over the next three moths will be. It gives members of the public an opportunity to raise their concerns and influence those decisions.
Street Briefing. The whole neighbourhood team will be briefed on current problems in the area and tasked to deal with them. The public can meet with the officers and be informed about how they can help with these issues.
• By email to the neighbourhood team - use the contact form on the right of the page.
• By telephone using the single non-emergency number 101.
• In person at any police station.
You can also notify us of any dissatisfaction with the service you have received by contacting our Professional Standards Branch. They can be contacted in a variety of ways details of these can be found by clicking here.
Driffield and Rural Team
Police Constable Steve Wilson (771)
PCSO Claire Watson (7656)
PCSO Faye Chapman (7670)
PCSO Chris Webster (7614)
Sergeant Ryan Reed (650)
Meetings & Events
POLICE SURGERY
From 3:15 PM until 4:15 PM
Police SurgeriesTHE CHILDRENS CENTRE, BECKSIDE, DRIFFIELD
POLICE SURGERY
From 1:00 PM until 3:00 PM
Police SurgeriesTOWN COUNCIL OFFICES. LAST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH.
Driffield and Rural News & Appeals
DRIFFIELD AND RURAL APRIL 2012 UPDATE
During the month of April we have dealt with the following offences, between 1.00x4.00pm on 2/4/12 a brick was thrown through the window of an unattended vehicle on Woldholme Avenue. Overnight 4x5/4/12 a garage on Mill Falls was entered, nothing was sstolen but the locks were damaged, overnight 3x4/4/12 a silver grey ladies Raleigh cycle was stolen from Mill Street, overnight 13x14/4/12 the door mirror was kicked from a vehicle parked on Kings Mill Road, over the weekend 14x16/4/12 a number of vehicles parked in a yard off Eastgate North were damaged, between 9.00am x 7.00pm damage was caused to a wall on Riverhead, in the early hours of 12/4/12 and 18/4/12 waste oil was stolen from the rear of a premises on Market Place, between 9.55am and 12.20pm on 18/4/12 a burglary occurred at a house on Eastgate South, entry was gained by smashing the glass in the back door and the property stolen included CD’s, DVD’s, playstation games and cuff links, overnight 20x21/4/12 a black and white Barracuda racing cycle was stolen from Scarborough Road, on 21/4/12 a male was given a formal cannabis warning after being found in possession of the drug on Bridge Street, also on 21/4/12 a male was charged with possessing an offensive weapon after being found in possession of a knife and 2 males were charged with the theft of motor vehicle following an incident on Long Lane, overnight 23x24/4/12 damage was caused at Driffield School when vandals sprayed graffiti on some of the buildings and at 10.45am on 24/4/12 a purse was stolen from the handbag of a lady who was shopping in the town centre.
FEBRUARY UPDATE
The previous priorities for Driffield were anti social behaviour on George Street and on Bridge Lane, we have had one call for service on George Street a youth was assaulted during an argument with an adult, this was not connected with the previous anti social behaviour problem and a wall was damaged on Bridge Lane although it would appear that the wall was unstable due to frost damage, we will continue monitoring this area as there are still issues at school lunch time.
Priorities / action taken
Under age drinking
During the month of March we have seen an increase in youths frequenting the town area, some obviously in drink and 2 seizures have been made from youths under the age of 18. This increase seems to coincide with the nice weather. We have also had an increase in petty damages which could also be linked to this problem.
We will be patrolling our usual hot spots with officers particularly tasked to this, offenders will be dealt with through the alcohol warning system and anybody caught supplying under 18’s with alcohol will also be dealt with. Unruly drunken behaviour will not be tolerated and offenders will be dealt with using the public order act and the violent crime reduction act.
Offenders Brought to Justice
No OBTJ currently available
Patrol times & areas
Driffield and Rural
Our strategy is to use Police Community Support Officers, Regular and Special Constables to patrol set hot spots, such as those identified as policing priorities given, as well as those areas where crime and disorder occur. This can change rapidly and the details are taken from calls for service. So, please telephone and report any crime or disorder that you witness or that affects you.
Previous Priorities
May 2010
Priority 1: Kings Mill Road – Crime Prevention and Reduction
The Kings Mill Road area has suffered a spate of criminal damage and anti social behaviour, the main complaint is on Saturday and Sunday mornings around 4.00am which coincides with the club leaving, we are speaking to residents with a view to setting up a neighbourhood watch in the area and passing on information about reporting crime and anti social behaviour.
A specific operation has been run in the area over a recent weekend, there were no reports of any offences or incidents in the area.
During the month of April we received 2 reports in relation to this area, on 9/4/10 a report was received that a group of youths were in the stand at the cricket club, patrols attended and spoke to a group of young people, alcohol was seized for which alcohol letters will be sent to parents and they were moved on. The second was an anonymous report of vehicles being driven across the grass to the tennis court area, there is nothing to substantiate this report.
The area has been identified as a hot spot in the town and is a priority for patrols to visit on a regular basis.
Priority 2: George Street – Anti Social Behaviour
This along with other areas has been identified as a hot spot in the town and is a priority for patrols to visit on a regular basis. We have had 2 calls for assistance in relation to youths causing annoyance from Tesco’s staff during the month of April, firstly at 8.00pm on 14/4/10 a group of youths had been in the store and bought lemonade, they left the shop and started squirting the lemonade at each other with a disregard for passers by, the youths left the area before the police arrived. The second call was on 21/4/10 when a group of youths entered the store with a young bird in a trolley and were then messing about with it outside, as a result the group have all received Fairway letters and will be spoken to by the RSPCA.
We will continue to monitor this area. It is likely that the attraction is Tesco’s, both at the front of the store as well as the large car park at the rear
Priority 3: Verity Way – Anti Social Behaviour
This along with other areas has been identified as a hot spot in the town and is a priority for patrols to visit on a regular basis. The problem here appears to be with 10 to 16 age group. We are looking at diversionary tactics and involving our partners to try and alleviate the problem.
We have had one call in relation to anti social behaviour in this area during the month of April when a group of teenagers made threats towards somebody else who was using the park. Unfortunately the youths have not been identified and it is believed that they do not reside on the estate