Cottingham North

Cottingham North Neighbourhood Policing Team

Michael Batch

Police Constable

Gary Gowan

PCSO

Paul Hobman

Sergeant

Matthew Wilson

Inspector

Sophia Wilson

Sergeant

Local Priority Issues

Priority	Action taken
Anti Social Motorbike use - Middledyke Lane Issued 05 October 2026	In the coming months the Neighbourhood Policing Team will look to address the rise in misuse of motorbikes, e-bikes and quad bikes on the Flood Alleviation Lagoon on Middledyke Lane. The team will be providing a high visibility response to the issues on a day to day basis but also conducting days of action in conjunction with our neighbouring team in North Hull at the site dealing positively with offenders who cause the local community distress. Actioned 31 December 2026
Anti Social Behaviour - Cottingham Issued 05 October 2026	October and November are historically months where general ASB increases with Halloween and Bonfire Night. The local policing team will be providing extra high visibility patrols at targeted times and areas across Halloween and Bonfire night and look to deal with Anti Social behaviour that is effecting the community. As well as this the team will be looking to tackle the existing Anti Social Behaviour in the form of E-Bikes / Scooters, general ASB in town centre and trespass on the old Hull University sites within the Cotitngham area. Actioned 31 December 2026
Shop thefts Issued 05 October 2026	This year Cottingham has seen a general rise in shop theft. All the major stores have been targeted. The local policing team have been working closely with Shop watch and to identify and arrest offenders. This month the shops, Police and Councillors had a meeting with the local MP to see how we can work better to reduce offending. The run up to Christmas generally sees a seasonal increase in offending and the local team will look to increase our visibility as much as possible as well as attend events such as the Cottingham Christmas Festival. Couple with this the team will be providing extra patrols at high footfall pre Christmas shopping times. Actioned 31 December 2026

Priority

Action taken

Anti Social Motorbike use - Middledyke Lane

Issued 05 October 2026

In the coming months the Neighbourhood Policing Team will look to address the rise in misuse of motorbikes, e-bikes and quad bikes on the Flood Alleviation Lagoon on Middledyke Lane. The team will be providing a high visibility response to the issues on a day to day basis but also conducting days of action in conjunction with our neighbouring team in North Hull at the site dealing positively with offenders who cause the local community distress.

Actioned 31 December 2026

Anti Social Behaviour - Cottingham

Issued 05 October 2026

October and November are historically months where general ASB increases with Halloween and Bonfire Night.
The local policing team will be providing extra high visibility patrols at targeted times and areas across Halloween and Bonfire night and look to deal with Anti Social behaviour that is effecting the community.
As well as this the team will be looking to tackle the existing Anti Social Behaviour in the form of E-Bikes / Scooters, general ASB in town centre and trespass on the old Hull University sites within the Cotitngham area.

Actioned 31 December 2026

Shop thefts

Issued 05 October 2026

This year Cottingham has seen a general rise in shop theft. All the major stores have been targeted. The local policing team have been working closely with Shop watch and to identify and arrest offenders. This month the shops, Police and Councillors had a meeting with the local MP to see how we can work better to reduce offending.

The run up to Christmas generally sees a seasonal increase in offending and the local team will look to increase our visibility as much as possible as well as attend events such as the Cottingham Christmas Festival. Couple with this the team will be providing extra patrols at high footfall pre Christmas shopping times.

Actioned 31 December 2026