The Shipley Area Committee met to discuss the Shipley Area Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) update. The committee resolved to defer the report of the Shipley Area Neighbourhood Policing Team Update to Wednesday 5 November 2025.

Shipley Area Neighbourhood Policing Team Update

The committee was scheduled to review the Shipley Area Neighbourhood Policing Team Update, which provides an overview of the work undertaken by the Shipley Area Neighbourhood Policing Team and an overview of the Shipley Constituency performance data.

The report highlighted several key areas:

• Overall Crime Statistics: Between 1 January and 31 December 2024, there were 8,121 crimes recorded across the Shipley NPT areas, a slight decrease from 8,132 offences in the previous year.
• Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB): There were 1,034 calls for service coded as ASB, an increase from 857 in the previous year. Specific actions to tackle this included Trojan Bus Operations in conjunction with First Bus.
• Hate Crime: 260 hate crimes were recorded, an increase from 242 in the previous year.
• Government Pledge: The report mentioned the government's Neighbourhood Policing Guarantee, aimed at restoring and strengthening local policing in every community. This included an uplift in staffing numbers of one police constable (PC) for each NPT team to patrol Shipley Town Centre.
• Domestic Abuse (DA): There were 1,984 DA incidents, a 6.8% increase compared to the previous period. The report detailed interventions, processes, and partnership work, including DASH risk assessments¹ and Clare's Law².

The report also included a breakdown of ward areas and their specific priorities, issues, and plans:

• Baildon Ward: Addressing speeding concerns, reducing residential burglaries, and tackling ASB in and around Esholt.
• Bingley Ward: Dealing with street dealing in Myrtle Park, reducing anti-social use of bicycles, addressing violent crime in Bingley centre, and reducing residential burglaries.
• Bingley Rural Ward: Addressing the anti-social use of motor vehicles on rural roads and reducing residential burglaries.

• Shipley Ward: Addressing the rise in shoplifting offences, plain clothes work to disrupt drug dealing, and Vision Zero³ initiatives.

• Wharfedale Ward: Observing Stepping Stones regarding ASB and addressing neighbour issues on Robin Lane.

• Windhill and Wrose Ward: Dealing with ASB, drug dealing, and the anti-social use of motorcycles and quad bikes.

The committee was asked to note the work undertaken by the Shipley Neighbourhood Policing Team and the positive partnership working established within the Shipley area. The committee resolved to defer the report of the Shipley Area Neighbourhood Policing Team Update to Wednesday 5 November 2025.

Shipley Area Committee and Shipley Constituency Area Partners' Advisory Group (SCAPAG) Issues

The committee set aside a maximum of 15 minutes for SCAPAG members to raise new items of information, questions, requests or suggestions that may have arisen within their organisation/neighbourhood. Any issues raised were required to be submitted in writing to the Shipley Area Co-ordinator's Office by midday on Monday 8 September 2025.