Gillingham and Shaftesbury

Your Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) is a group of local police officers dedicated to serving your community. The team is made up of inspectors, sergeants, police officers and Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) based in your area, supported by additional officers from the wider area.

NPTs provide a visible and accessible policing presence, building strong relationships with residents, businesses and partner agencies. They work to identify and tackle local priorities such as anti-social behaviour, crime prevention and community safety concerns. By listening to the community and acting on what matters most, they help create safer, more connected neighbourhoods.

We work closely with local authorities, community leaders and residents to decide our policing priorities for the area. This helps us to find useful, long-term solutions to local problems, while maintaining our wider focus on reducing crime across Dorset.

Please find contact details for your Neighbourhood Policing Team provided below.

Please note that to report a crime or incident to Dorset Police, please visit Dorset Police or in an emergency, please dial 999.

Gillingham & Shaftesbury Neighbourhood Policing Team

5370 Vicky Biggs

Police Community Support Officer

2151 James Dimmack

Sergeant

0116 Ashlea Gale

Police Constable

1244 Brad Gibbs

Police Constable

1978 Adam Gill

Inspector

0877 Chris Kingsbury

Police Constable

5382 Su Leatt

Police Community Support Officer

2724 Matt Saunders

Police Constable

Local Priority Issues

Priority	Action taken
Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) Location: Gillingham Issue: Anti-social behaviour remains a persistent issue in parts of the town, impacting local residents through nuisance behaviour and an increased fear of crime. Particular concerns relate to anti-social driving, neighbour disputes, and associated disorder, which continue to affect the quality of life of those living and working in the area. Planned actions to tackle this issue: - Continue working in partnership with the local authority and housing providers to address persistent problem addresses. - Work with the local authority to resolve issues that require a joint-agency response. - Encourage reporting and maintain engagement with the public through both face-to-face and online channels. - Take robust action against breaches of civil orders and criminal offences. - Conduct proactive operations with the Road Policing Team to target nuisance drivers and anti-social vehicle use, using seizure powers and enforcement of traffic offences where appropriate. - Work with schools to deter and reduce youth-related anti-social behaviour. - Engage with owners of derelict properties to improve security and reduce opportunities for crime and anti-social behaviour. Issued 01 October 2026	October update: - This is a newly refreshed priority for the area and updates will follow Actioned 01 January 2027
Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) Location: Shaftesbury Issue: Overall ASB is persistent in parts of the town which is impacting local residents, through nuisance and fear of crime Planned action to tackle this issue: - Continue Work in partnership with the local authority and housing providers on specified persistent addresses - Continue to encourage reporting and engage with the public, in person and online - Proactively deal with any breaches of civil orders and criminal offences - Deal with nuisance vehicles through use of seizure powers and driving offences. - Work with the licensing authority on late night economy issues Issued 01 October 2026	October update: - This is a newly refreshed priority for the area and updates will follow Actioned 01 January 2027

Priority

Action taken

Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB)

Location:
Gillingham

Issue:
Anti-social behaviour remains a persistent issue in parts of the town, impacting local residents through nuisance behaviour and an increased fear of crime. Particular concerns relate to anti-social driving, neighbour disputes, and associated disorder, which continue to affect the quality of life of those living and working in the area.

Planned actions to tackle this issue:
- Continue working in partnership with the local authority and housing providers to address persistent problem addresses.
- Work with the local authority to resolve issues that require a joint-agency response.
- Encourage reporting and maintain engagement with the public through both face-to-face and online channels.
- Take robust action against breaches of civil orders and criminal offences.
- Conduct proactive operations with the Road Policing Team to target nuisance drivers and anti-social vehicle use, using seizure powers and enforcement of traffic offences where appropriate.
- Work with schools to deter and reduce youth-related anti-social behaviour.
- Engage with owners of derelict properties to improve security and reduce opportunities for crime and anti-social behaviour.

Issued 01 October 2026

October update:
- This is a newly refreshed priority for the area and updates will follow

Actioned 01 January 2027

Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB)

Location:
Shaftesbury

Issue:
Overall ASB is persistent in parts of the town which is impacting local residents, through nuisance and fear of crime

Planned action to tackle this issue:
- Continue Work in partnership with the local authority and housing providers on specified persistent addresses
- Continue to encourage reporting and engage with the public, in person and online
- Proactively deal with any breaches of civil orders and criminal offences
- Deal with nuisance vehicles through use of seizure powers and driving offences.
- Work with the licensing authority on late night economy issues

Issued 01 October 2026

October update:
- This is a newly refreshed priority for the area and updates will follow

Actioned 01 January 2027