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Feb 2022
Calls for police in Bilton to tackle 'yobs on bicycles'
There were calls last night for police to do more to tackle teenagers on bicycles in Bilton who residents say are causing havoc in the Harrogate suburb.
A meeting was held at Bilton Grange United Reform Church and residents asked questions to a panel that included PC Brendan Frith from NYP, Bilton Conservative councillors Matt Scott and Paul Haslam, Liberal Democrat councillor and Mayor of Harrogate,Trevor Chapman, and Julia Stack from Harrogate Borough Council’s safer communities team.
It was chaired by Reverend Alan Crump who invited questions from around 30 residents who were in attendance.
One resident said "something has to be done" about the groups of youths who congregate on bicycles after 10pm.
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PC Brendan Frith circulated a leaflet of crime statistics in the Woodfield area of Bilton. It said there had been 11 reports of arson and criminal damage in January 2022, compared with 2 in January 2021 and 5 in January 2020.
He said "a number of arrests" have been made recently linked to anti-social behaviour in Bilton.
He said:
Last night's meeting was the third to have taken place since September 2021. Police were praised by some residents for increasing their presence in Bilton and performing more arrests in recent months on suspected criminals.
The next meeting is set to take place in June.
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