Doncaster Council has its own Safer Neighbourhood Teams, consisting of a sergeant, a neighbourhood manager, a team leader, police officers, community safety wardens and police community support officers.
The Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) work to reduce crime and disorder by targeting relevant properties, targeting prolific and priority offenders, gathering crime and community intelligence and by providing education packages covering Balby, Balby North, Hexthorpe and Woodfield Plantation.
Doncaster Central has its own Safer Neighbourhood Area covering Doncaster Council's Neighbourhood Management Areas as below:
| Neighbourhood Management Area | Areas |
| Balby and Hexthorpe | Balby, Hexthorpe, Woodfield Plantation |
| Hyde Park, Belle Vue, Town Fields | Hyde Park, Belle Vue, Town Fields and Balby Bridge |
| Town Centre, Lakeside & Lower Wheatley | Town Centre, Lakeside & Lower Wheatley |
| Wheatley, Intake & Clay Lane | Wheatley, Wheatley Hills, Intake & Clay Lane |
Further information can be accessed on the South Yorkshire Police website using the link below:
The Safer Neighbourhood Team works with the community and partner agencies to help tackle locally identified issues such as quality of life problems like graffiti, noisy neighbours, anti social behaviour and vandalism. Their aim is to listen and talk to local people and to work with them to help reduce crime and improve neighbourhoods and communities to become, safer, cleaner and greener.
Examples of good working relationships between the Police and Council can be found in Doncaster News 2008.
Further information can be accessed by using the links below to the Community Safety pages.
The Balby and Hexthorpe Neighbourhood has two Safer Neighbourhood Teams. The Balby SNT covers the Balby and Woodfield Plantation area and the Hexthorpe SNT covers Balby North and Hexthorpe areas.
| Doncaster Council and South Yorkshire Police | |
|---|---|
| Police Sergeant - South Yorkshire Police | Sgt 606 Pat Bowen |
| Neighbourhood Manager - Doncaster Council | David Ridge |
| Team Leader - Doncaster Council | Michaela Rowlands |
| Police Officers - South Yorkshire Police | PC 1173 Andy Buddle, |
| Police Community Support Officers - South Yorkshire Police | PCSO CS8027 Kay Shackleton,
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| Community Safety Wardens - Doncaster Council | Jon Thompson
Wendy Wayman Samantha Cofield Shane Taylor |
| Community First Officers - Doncaster Council | Lynn Wigglesworth
Andrew Smith |
| Children and Young Peoples Officer - South Yorkshire Police | PC 552 Pete Hartshorne |
| Safer Neighbourhood Team Facilitator - Doncaster Council | Peter Finnerty |
| Doncaster Council and South Yorkshire Police | |
|---|---|
| Police Sergeant - South Yorkshire Police | Sgt 606 Pat Bowen |
| Neighbourhood Manager - Doncaster Council | David Ridge |
| Team Leader - Doncaster Council | Lisa Swainston |
| Police Officers - South Yorkshire Police | PC 1761 Tyrone Ali
PC 1464 Karl Hughes |
| Police Community Support Officers - South Yorkshire Police | PCSO CS8101 Lewis Wilburn
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| Community Safety Wardens - Doncaster Council | Hexthorpe -
Balby North -
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| Community First Officers - Doncaster Council | Sam Lord |
| Children and Young Peoples Officer - South Yorkshire Police | PC 552 Pete Hartshorne |
| Safer Neighbourhood Team Facilitator - Doncaster Council | Peter Finnerty |
There are clearer and easier means of contacting the Safer Neighbourhood Teams and other services to deal with local problems, and as a result the public will see a more visible, accessible and responsive presence on the streets, providing a proactive, problem-oriented and balanced approach to addressing local issues.
If you wish to contact the Safer Neighbourhood Team, please use the numbers below:
| Balby
Sergeant John Hunter and team | Tel: 01302 385339 Address: Balby Bungalow, Weston Road Balby, Doncaster |
| Hexthorpe
Sergeant Pat Bowen and Team | Tel: 01302 385339 Address: Balby Depot, Oswin Avenue, Oswin Avenue, Balby, Doncaster |
| Neighbourhood Manager David Ridge and team | Tel: 01302 736000, Address: Unity House, Carr Lane, Hyde Park, Doncaster,
DN4 5AA |
For an immediate response to EMERGENCIES dial 999
For information about general enquiries and non emergencies dial 01142 202020
To report a crime anonymously contact Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111
Victim Support Line 0845 3030900
The Safer Doncaster Partnership is piloting a new texting initiative to allow residents the opportunity to access a range of services and information by the Council and partner agencies from Monday 17th March 2008.
The 10 Services and keywords are below:
Text SMART - for Smartwater information
Text ALLEY - for problems relating to alley gates and keys
Text GARAGE - to access drug services information
Text ALCOHOL - for concerns about drinking too much
Text LIGHT - to report a street light out (please included column number)
Text SYFIRE - for South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue fire safety advice
Text SNT plus your postcode - to contact your local Safer Neighbourhood Team
Text NRT - to contact the Neighbourhood Response Team
Text FLAG - to report fly tipping, littering and graffiti
Text WATCH plus your postcode - to contact Neighbourhood Watch in your area
For example type SMART in your message and send to 83010
The information will be directed automatically to the designated services inbox for action.
The text messages can contain as little or as much information as the sender wishes as long as it begins with the keyword.
