1. Focus on making our streets a safer place.
This will include fortnightly partnership meetings to discuss those individuals causing the most harm in our communities.
A real focus on Retail and Business Crime
Hotspot Policing- Maintaining high visibility patrols in key areas across the City Centre footprint.

Issued 01 February 2026

High visibility patrols in and around the City Centre and Waterfront area by the local neighbourhood team. On top of this we will also have hotspot patrols within the City Centre. This is in addition to the local team on duty.
There has also been a retail crime operation in the city centre over the last week resulting in 8 arrests and 17 stop searches.
Adding into a slight increase in youth asb outside the takeaways/ food outlets predominately 1700-2100hrs. NST requested to assist and LPP officers are incorporating the OLD TOWN STREET area on these times when able. Letter drops to takeaways wb 12-01-26 on how to report and when to report asb / issues.

Actioned 21 February 2026

2. Partnership Enforcement.
• Build effective working partnership with Plymouth City Council as part of local CSP to help obtain;
• Closure Orders
• Criminal Behaviour Orders
• Community Protection Warnings/Community Protection Notices
• Civil Injunctions

Issued 01 February 2026

Ongoing work with the local authority in order to issue orders to those individuals causing the most harm.

Aside from this, we are actively enforcing the new Public Spaces Protection Order within City Centre car parks.

Actioned 21 February 2026

3. Violence Against Women and Girls, Evening and Nightime Economy/Licensing

• Increase police visibility in the evening and night time economy (ENTE) - early evening engagement Friday and Saturday evenings by Neighbourhood Officers.
• Improve engagement with licensed premises to develop intelligence and partnership working
• Continue our partnership work around Project NightEye based intelligence, with early use of civil orders or Sexual Risk Orders. This targets our most prolific offenders within the night-time economy area.

Issued 01 February 2026

Each Friday and Saturday evening, we stand up our Nightime Economy Policing Operation with officers deployed on foot at key locations. This includes the Barbican and City Centre area. We will also have plain clothes patrols out during the festive period.

Actioned 21 February 2026