🛡️ Business Alert: Preventing Theft & Protecting Your Staff

A message for local businesses from your Neighbourhood Policing Team

Hello everyone,

We’re continuing to work closely with businesses across the area, and we want to update you on a recent increase in theft, attempted theft, and incidents where staff have been threatened or assaulted while doing their jobs.

Keeping your teams safe is a priority for us. Here’s how we can work together to prevent crime and respond effectively when it does occur.

✅ Protecting Your Business

We’re seeing offenders target:

Please encourage your teams to:

✅ Staff Safety Comes First

Unfortunately, we’ve also had reports of verbal threats, intimidation, and physical assaults against employees.

If your staff feel unsafe at any time:

Assaults on shop workers are taken extremely seriously, and we will respond robustly.

✅ Reporting Crime

Please report all incidents directly to the police:

📞 999 – If a crime is in progress, violence is threatened, or someone is in immediate danger
📞 101 – For non‑emergency reports
🌐 Online – Via the police reporting portal
🕵️ Anonymous information – Crimestoppers: 0800 555 111

The more information you provide, the better we can target patrols, identify offenders, and support your staff.

✅ Your Internal Policies Still Apply

If an incident involves employee theft or staff misconduct, please continue to:

We work alongside your business processes, not instead of them.

✅ We’re Here to Support You

Our officers, PCSOs, and plain‑clothes teams are carrying out focused patrols across business districts. We’re also providing crime‑prevention visits and security advice on request.

Working together, we can protect your staff, reduce losses, and keep our business community safe.

If you’d like a crime‑prevention review or business contact visit, just let us know.
Stay safe — and thank you for everything you and your teams do every day.