Avon and Somerset Constabulary

North Somerset district > Nailsea neighbourhood area > Backwell beat

Backwell is a residential area which is situated along the A370. It has a railway station, three junior schools and one secondary school. The population is about 5,700.

It is supported by an active Parish Council and Neighbourhood Watch group. There are many clubs including two youth clubs, a football club, WI and an amateur dramatic society.

The nearest police stations are shown below. The station providing policing for this beat is Nailsea Police Station, Stockway South, Nailsea.

More information

Local Authority

North Somerset Council

Nearest police stations

Nailsea police station (1.6 miles)
Bristol International Airport police station (2.1 miles)
Bishopsworth police station (5 miles)

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Partners and Communities Together

Partners and Communities Together (PACT) gives you the opportunity to influence what happens in your neighbourhood. It is a mechanism whereby neighbourhood issues, identified through local meetings, are taken to a partnership panel, where courses of action are agreed. Find out more.

If you are unable to attend a meeting but would like to make your views known, please Register your local priorities.

Current public priorities

Agreed 25th May 2010

At the PACT meeting held at Backwell United Football Club on 25 May 2010 the following priority was agreed:

1. Anti-social behaviour
Particularly on a Friday and Saturday night between 6pm and midnight in the Rodney Road area and Backwell playing fields.

2. Road safety
As part of their ongoing patrols plan officers will be targeting road safety on the A370.

There are currently no specific priorities for the Brockley and Flax Bourton area.

Outcomes

Update 30/06/2010:

Anti-social behaviour
There have been low numbers of anti-social nuisance calls since the last meeting and specifically none in relation to a business premises in the Rodney Road area. Levels of anti-social behaviour in the Rodney Road area and the Recreation Ground remain low.

Road safety
Patrols have been targeted around parking issues and the neighbourhood team have been working with Backwell School to address some of the parking issues around the school site.

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Neighbourhood team

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Neighbourhood Team Inspector

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Neighbourhood Police Team Sergeant

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Neighbourhood Beat Manager

(post currently vacant)
Special Constable

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Police Community Support Officer

Richard Stamp
PCSO Support

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Neighbourhood watch information

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Neighbourhood Watch Administrator

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Wanted

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Theft

Can you help us identify a white man who we think may be able to help with our enquiries into a case of theft of hard drives from a computer shop in Weston-super-Mare at 7.50pm on 21 January 2010?