Exmouth

The success of hotspot policing over the summer has resulted in additional police patrols for Exmouth town centre.

Initially, Exmouth only received funding for street marshal patrols. However, over the busy summer season, funding was provided for daily police foot patrols to help meet the increased demand for resources. The results from this uplift were so positive that Exmouth will now have funding to continue police hotspot patrols until the end of March 2025.

The patrols aim to proactively disrupt crime and act as a deterrent, as well as providing a reassuring presence to help people feel safe.

The police work closely with street marshals to share intelligence and engage with the community.

Thanks to our partners East Devon Council for their help in setting up and managing these patrols.

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“Hotspot policing is an innovative deployment, by which policing, councils and private providers can target and confront ASB and criminality together. Its strength lies in its data-driven focus on identified areas, along with the flexibility to adapt as circumstances change. It will reassure the public by virtue of presence and visibility, in tandem with providing credible challenge to those that undermine our communities. Our aim is to make our streets safer by this strengthening, collective work, thus ensuring the public do not feel alone.”

— Inspector Grant Leitch