Community priorities to be tackled in Tunstall initiative

We’re gearing up our efforts to tackle the main concerns of people in Tunstall as part of our newest Making Great Places initiative. 

Next week, local officers will be carrying out engagement sessions, giving local people and businesses the chance to speak to us about the issues affecting people the most in the area. 

Sergeants Robert Emanuel and Sergeant Chris Bradbury will be at Tower Square, Tunstall, at 8am on (Monday 7 July) as part of the first walk and talk session, followed by a meeting at Tunstall Memorial Gardens from 10am the following day (Tuesday 8 July). 

We’ll then build the intelligence needed to focus specifically on these main issues in a joint initiative with Stoke-on-Trent City Council, to target crime and to make the city a cleaner, safer and greener place for people to live, work and visit. 

The initiative follows on from targeted enforcement and engagement that we carried out in Shelton and Hanley Park, resulting in hundreds of arrests for serious criminal offences and significant engagement with people in the area. 

Chief Inspector Laura Davies, from the Stoke North local policing team, said: “Our recent Making Great Places initiatives have been instrumental in clearing criminals from communities and engaging more closely with the people we’re serving every day, and that’s we’re going to focus on in Tunstall.

“We’re keen to speak to as many of you as possible next week so we can build a picture on the main issues that need to be dealt with in the city. Then, we’re going to work closely with the local authority and our wider partners to deliver on these needs and to make a difference in the local community.” 

Stoke-on-Trent City Council Leader, Jane Ashworth, said: “We are now onto our third Making Great Places initiative, following success in Fenton and Shelton. Myself and my fellow councillors hear daily about the issues that are important to you, both in your neighbourhoods and in the towns you love. 

“This information is vital in helping us capture, deter and clear crime from the streets of Stoke-on-Trent. 

“Tunstall is our next focus, in partnership with Staffordshire Police. I encourage you all to have your say, speaking out will help us stamp out crime, ASB and help to make the city a safer, cleaner and greener space for people to thrive in.

“Tunstall is also set to receive £4.5m of government funding, and from next week, residents will be invited to have their say both online and at two face-to-face events. The proposed plans include Design Out Crime initiatives, which will be valuable in supporting the wider works proposed for the area.”

More information can be found at www.stoke.gov.uk/publicrealm

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