Current activities and recent events

On 5th September at Bryngarw Country Park, Bridgend Youth Offending Service (YOS) took the public for a journey back in history with their Family Fun & Information Day entitled “Locks, Stocks and Short Sharp Shocks” – A look at Crime and Punishment through the ages.

Safer Bridgend are working with the Celtic Crusaders to invite young people around the borough to try something positive and different called Street Rugby League.

The Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) for Bridgend is planning the first of a series of special Drugs Awareness road shows for the Borough which will be held at Wildmill Community Centre, Bridgend.

The Visible Unpaid Work Team recently undertook a graffiti removal exercise along a busy walkway in Brackla in response to concern from local residents. The project was managed by Communities First, working alongside community members and local agencies included in the Safer Bridgend Community Safety Partnership.

Sunnyside residents are enjoying stress-free parking thanks to work done by Newcastle Neighbourhood Policing Team.

After parking was named as a recurring issue in the local PACT meeting, PCSO Christian Freeth and the team worked with Sunnyside residents to identify peak times for the problem.

The Porthcawl Neighbourhood Policing Team are currently running two operations to crack down on vehicle theft in the Rest Bay area, after surfers have reported having their cars stolen by opportunist thieves.

Staff from the Community Safety team and Children and Young Peoples Partnership joined together to form Derwen House Devils as part of a charity rounders event on July 24th 2009.

The Garw Valley Neighbourhood Policing Team have once again been busy putting the brakes on speeding drivers in Pontycymmer and Blaengarw.

Pupils from Ogmore Vale Primary School joined their local Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) and took part in a speed camera exercise during the last week of term.

Latest annual figures released by the Home Office today (Thursday 16th July) show that car crime in Bridgend fell by 13.4 per cent in Bridgend County in the past year and detection rates for autocrime soared by an impressive 64.3 per cent in the same period.