Your neighbourhood policing team
Neighbourhood policing is at the heart of our approach to keeping South Wales safe. Your local team is made up of dedicated officers and PCSOs based in the area, who have the community’s best interests at heart and who are both visible and accessible.
We work closely with residents, community leaders, your local council and other partners to understand and respond to community concerns. By working together and focusing on early intervention, prevention and problem solving, we can find long-term solutions to local issues.
As well as the information on this page, you can find out more about crime and policing activity in your community, as well as contact details for your local team, via South Wales Listens.
Registering for South Wales Listens also gives you the opportunity to tell your local neighbourhood policing team about the issues that matter most to you, as well as take part in surveys to enable us to better understand concerns in your community.
We will also let you know about local engagement events, crime prevention advice, and occasionally about significant policing activity in your area.
Crimes and priorities
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Priority:
Action taken:
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Priority:
Drug use & dealing – (Throughout ward)
Action taken:
Action taken is updated every three months.
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Priority:
ASB – Porthcawl Metrolink
Action taken:
Action taken is updated every three months
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ASB – Harbour
Action taken:
Action taken is updated every three months.
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Priority:
Obstructive parking – Outside takeaway premises (New Road, Station Hill, Eastern Promenade)
Action taken:
We have carried out high-visibility patrols in identified areas.
We have conducted joint partnership patrols with civil enforcement officers and continue to share intel with each other
We have moved on vehicles to a safer location
We have liaised with local businesses to assist us in Road Safety concerns. -
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ASB – Use of E-scooters and E-bikes (Throughout ward)
Action taken:
We have carried out high-visibility patrols in identified areas.
We have seized illegal vehicles and taken enforcement action.
We have run school-based awareness sessions about ASB. -
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Drug Use & Dealing - Throughout East Central ward
Action taken:
We have carried out high-visibility patrols in identified areas.
We have worked with local councils and housing providers to address ASB.
We have patrolled hotspots for drug-related activity and gathered intelligence. -
Priority:
Obstructive parking – Outside takeaway premises (New Road, Station Hill, Eastern Promenade)
Action taken:
We have carried out high-visibility patrols in identified areas.
We have conducted joint partnership patrols with Civil Enforcement Officers and continue to share intel.
We have moved on vehicles to a safer location.
We have liaised with local businesses to assist us in Road Safety concerns -
Priority:
ASB – Use of E-scooters and E-bikes (Throughout ward)
Action taken:
We have carried out high-visibility patrols in identified areas.
We have seized illegal vehicles and taken enforcement action.
We have run school-based awareness sessions about ASB. -
Priority:
ASB – Hi-Tide (Youths congregating and attempting to break into vacant stalls)
Action taken:
We have carried out high-visibility patrols in identified areas.
We have worked with local councils and housing providers to address ASB.
We have patrolled hotspots for drug-related activity and gathered intelligence -
Priority:
Anti-social behaviour – Youths congregating in the wooden areas surrounding The Wilderness Lake Porthcawl and Porthcawl Skatepark.
Action taken:
We have conducted high- visibility patrols and gathered intelligence.
We have submitted ASB referrals.
We liaised with partners regarding the Porthcawl regeneration and discussed target hardening with landowners.
We worked alongside Bridgend Youth Service who provided the Youth bus to discuss issues.
Residents have been updated via PACT meetings and through SWL messaging.
The residents who have been directly affected by ASB have been visited and are kept up to date with actions by both Police and Partners.