Axholme South

Rural & Wildlife Crime

Over recent months we have received reports from our local communities reporting concerns around poaching and hare-coursing, both during the day and during the hours of darkness.

We recognise how incidents of this nature can make residents in our rural communities feel distressed, uneasy and unsafe.

We are absolutely committed to taking action against those causing harm to our rural communities.

We continue to drive our activities under Operation Galileo and work closely with residents and farmers across our communities, along with partners and colleagues from our bordering Police Forces to tackle this offending and to bring those to justice.

We hold regular days of action, both during the day and hours of darkness to target those using rural Humberside communities for this type of offending.

As your local Neighbourhood Policing Team, we will do all we can to disrupt their offending behaviors and this includes seizing vehicles, dogs and applying for court orders to prohibit their return to our area in the future if necessary.

UPDATE 07/02/2021

To all residents please be mindful that the Hare Coursing season is well under way and we are still getting reports of Hare Coursing, lamping and poaching on our area. We have been running OP GALILEO for the season so far with some good information coming in re this matter with good responses from both our neighbourhood teams and Patrol teams. Could we ask all residents to please be vigilant and if you see any suspicious activity or lamping or hare coursing  occurring or anything suspicious or something that might seem out of place then please report it.

We recently attended a report of 4 males with dogs on land at Owston Ferry.  We were given the vehicle details and managed to catch up with these males in Beltoft.  They were stopped and spoken to and each issued a Covid ticket as they had travelled a rather long way during lockdown.  We also issued 2 Traffic Offence Reports and submitted 4 Operation Fairway referrals.

ASB - Blackmoor Road Area

Antisocial behaviour (ASB) is any conduct that has caused or is likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to any person.  It comes in many forms of behaviour that provoke a range of responses, from mild annoyance to overwhelming fear and insecurity.  Incidents may be isolated or within a pattern of behaviour, and ASB can have a devastating effect on the lives of people and their communities.

Depending on the nature of the behaviour, it can be dealt with by the police or the antisocial behaviour team at your local council.

We have been receiving reports from the  community  of anti-social behaviour in the area of Blackmoor Road in Haxey.  Local officers continue to patrol this area to identify those involved , disrupt their activities and take positive action against them to divert them from further antisocial or criminal behaviour.

UPDATE: 07/02/2021

Calls for service have reduced in the Blackmoor Road area which we have focussed our patrols on. We have engaged with youths which has been positive and we have also engaged with the local school to speak to puplis about the impact their behaviour can have on the community.