Update 18th August - 3rd September

Over the last three weeks the council and our partners have been working hard in the Duncan Street area addressing the ASB that you have been experiencing.

The police and the council ASB team along with community safety have been working hard and patrolling daily in the area. We have:-

• Engaged with local businesses and listened to their concerns
• Engaged with residents in Duncan Street who have told us that “We’re definitely feeling an improvement since the ASB team have been active in the area”
• Recovered rusty tools preventing them being used as weapons.
• Garden area at the rear of Widford House has been tidied, to reduce the likelihood of ASB and Drug use in the area.
• Following a report of drug users by scared vulnerable elderly tenants, estate services cleared bushes close to their address and painted anti-climb paint on a drain pipes. The residents fed back that they were very pleased at the response from the council
• Recovered drug paraphernalia
• Youths services in the area on Tuesday’s have been engaging with young people diverting into positive activities.
• Drug outreach is continuing to attend twice per week looking to engage/ support with rough sleepers
• St Mungo’s have visited Duncan Street area numerous times and have engaged with and supported 6 people
• Safer Neighbourhood Teams report that they have focused patrols in and around the Duncan Street over recent weeks. They report feedback from the most recent ward panel from one resident who said there was a “noticeable decrease in Class A drug use in the location”