Greater Andersonstown
The neighbourhoods within West Belfast patrolled by the Greater Andersonstown Neighbourhood Policing Team are divided into three areas:
- Andersonstown, Riverdales, Moorelands
- Commercial Beat
- Turf Lodge, Norfolks, Granshas
Andersonstown, Riverdales, Moorelands
This beat includes everything to the right of Shaws Road, Glen Road, and to the left of the Kennedy Way and includes the Stockmans, Moorelands and Owenvarraghs.
Commercial Beat
The Commercial beat incorporates Falls Park, Milltown Cemetery, the Kennedy Centre, the Westwood Centre, St Meryls, the Lakeglens and Blackstaff Industrial Estate.
Turf Lodge, Norfolks, Granshas
This beat is bounded by Falls Park, Ballymurphy, Glen Road and Monagh Bypass and contains the housing estates of Turf Lodge, the Norfolks and the Granshas.
The Greater Andersonstown Neighbourhood Policing Team are based at Woodbourne Police Station.
Each beat area has a dedicated neighbourhood constable, with a sergeant leading the team.
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Your Neighbourhood Policing Team
| Name of Officer | Mobile Telephone Number | Neighbourhood Patrolled |
| Sergeant Byrne | 07500 904 239 | Sergeant, Greater Andersonstown Team |
| Constable Mullan Constable Livingston | 07825 168 662 07787 424 803 | Andersonstown, Riverdales, Moorelands |
| Constable Bethel | 07825 176 210 | Commercial beat |
| Constable Cunningham Constable Lilburn | 07787 423 380 07825 214 968 | Turf Lodge, Norfolks, Granshas |
Each Neighbourhood Team within West Belfast also has Liaison Officers dedicated to the groups and activities outlined below. The Greater Andersonstown Liaison Officers and their contact details are as follows: Citizenship and Safety Education / Schools Liaison Officer Minority Liaison Officer Traveller Liaison Officer In an emergency always use 999. If you are reporting a crime or require police response following an incident please dial 0845 600 8000. Local neighbourhood officers can be contacted to discuss non urgent community partnership/engagement issues in your local area. When a neighbourhood officer is not available to take your call you may leave a message. If it is not an emergency and you believe another officer can assist you, please ring 0845 600 8000. Alternatively you can email us on NPTGreaterAndersonstown@psni.pnn.police.uk |
Contact us | ||
| Neighbourhood Policing Team Contact Telephone | 02890 259899 | |
| Crime stoppers Telephone Number | 0800 555 111 | |
| Emergency Telephone Number | 999 | |
| Non-emergency Telephone Number | 0845 600 8000 | |
| Text number | 07795 152 719 | |
| NPTGreaterAndersonstown@psni.pnn.police.uk |
Woodbourne Police Station has 24 hour opening to the public.
Details of other agencies who may be of assistance to you:
| Agency | Telephone Number | Email Address |
| Belfast City Council (BCC) | 02890 320202 | generalenquiries@belfastcity.gov.uk |
| BCC Noise Control | 02890 373006 | envhealth@belfastcity.gov.uk |
| District Policing Partnership West Belfast sub-group | 02890 270684 | dpp@belfastcity.gov.uk |
Citizens Advice Bureau |
| ecentralbelfast@citizensadvice.co.uk fallscab@citizensadvice.co.uk suffolkandandersonstowncab@citizensadvice.co.uk enorthbelfast@citizensadvice.co.uk eshankill@citizensadvice.co.uk |
| Victim Support | 02890 244039 | info@victimsupportni.org.uk |
Housing Executive (NIHE) | 03448 920900 | belfastnorth@nihe.gov.uk belfastwest@nihe.gov.uk belfastshankill@nihe.gov.uk |
| Women’s Aid | 0800 917 1414 | info@womensaidni.org |
| The Samaritans | 08457 909090 | jo@samaritans.org |
| Childline | 0800 1111 | nireland@childline.org.uk |
| Age NI | 0808 808 7575 | |
| Contact | 0808 808 8000 | |
| Forum for Action on Substance Abuse (FASA) | 02890 803040 | info@fasaonline.org |
| Lighthouse | 02890 755070 | info@lighthouseireland.org |
Get involved |
| You can get involved with helping us to make your neighbourhood safer by telling us the issues that you think need to be addressed by attending one of your local partnership meetings. |
| Method of engagement | How to find out more |
| West Belfast Drugs and Alcohol Forum | Meetings take place on a monthly basis. Speak to Sergeant Byrne on 07734 909 733 or 02890 259899 for more details. |
| DPP Meetings in Public | Speak to a local neighbourhood officer, or a member of your local DPP, or alternatively you can telephone the DPP on 02890 270684. |
| Upper Falls Community Safety Forum | Sergeant Byrne, 07734 909 733 or 02890 259899, can provide more details. |
| Upper Springfield Community Safety Forum | Constable Bethel can be contacted on 07825 176210 for more details. |
| Youth and Sport Clubs | Neighbourhood officers work with youth and sports clubs in the Greater Andersonstown area. For more details please contact Sergeant Bryne. |
| Pizza With Peelers Project | Involves young people and local police engaging in debate a on a wide range of issues. For more details please contact Sergeant Robinson. |
| Citizenship and Safety Education (CASE) | Presentations delivered to young people through schools and educational groups. For more details please contact Constable Taylor. |
| Residents Groups | Neighbourhood officers engage regularly with residents groups to discuss and tackle community concerns. Details of groups listed below, for further information please contact Sergeant Bryne. |
| Community Surgery | Events which provide an informal opportunity for the local community to meet with police and other agencies to raise concerns about issues in the local area. For further information please contact Sgt Byrne. |
| Contact your neighbourhood police officers for more details of where and when your next meeting will take place. If you are unable to come along to a meeting but have an issue that you would like to let us know about, please phone us on 07734 909733 , or at 0845 600 8000 extension 25705. |
You said we did
Suffolk Lenadoon Community Safety Partnership
The Suffolk Lenadoon Community Safety Partnership was established in January 2012 to deliver improved information sharing and communication between police and members of the local community. Whilst providing a strategic approach to tackling community safety issues and maintaining safety at interface areas.
In recent months local Neighbourhood officers have been working alongside Suffolk Community Forum, Lenadoon Community Forum, Suffolk and Greater Andersonstown Safer Neighbourhoods Projects, Brooke Residents Association, Suffolk Lenadoon Interface Group and local councillors.
The partnership recently established at initiative involving members of Woodbourne neighbourhood team and local woman’s groups to increase effort towards resolving anti social behaviour concerns. The woman’s groups were chosen in particular, as parents who may be able to provide a gateway for officers to relate directly with the young people involved in anti social behaviour.
Drugs and Alcohol Surgery
On the 8th March 2012 a drugs and alcohol surgery took place in St Agnes’ Parish Hall, this event was organised in conjunction with Community Restorative Justice Ireland (CRJI), local community representatives, BCC, NIHE, Victim Support NI and Crime Stoppers in an effort to educate and reassure attendees around the issue of drugs and alcohol.
Officers based at Woodbourne were involved in engagement with local schools, inviting them to attend the event which was targeted towards young people aged 16-18 years. This event was well received and many local schools attended, provided positive feedback and discussion relating to drug and alcohol issues.
Anti Burglary Patrols
In recent months officers with responsibility for the West Belfast area have carried out a number of dedicated anti burglary patrols in hotspot areas. Between January – March 2012 160 anti-burglary operations have been carried out across West Belfast targeting hotspot areas aiming to reduce burglary activity. Local neighbourhood officers continue to distribute anti burglary leaflets to homes and deliver burglary prevention guidance though local community groups.
Neighbourhood officers with responsibility for the Woodbourne area have been delivering leaflets and burglary prevention information to local Neighbourhood watch and church groups. Officers have also been involved in house to house enquires in areas where burglaries have taken place. It is hoped this engagement will continue to ensure that key crime prevention messages are communicated to residents throughout the local area and reduce the opportunities for people to be victims of these crimes.
Deaf Link Officer
Constable Taylor, a neighbourhood officer based at Woodbourne is the Deaf Link officer within A, B and C Districts which involves reviewing communication through the PSNI Emergency Text Service for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Speech Impaired. Constable Taylor reviews all reports received through the emergency text service to a certain appropriate police response, working in partnership with the Sensory Support Team of the Belfast Health Trust to establish contact and home visits as required. In recent months Constable Taylor has been involved in a number of anti social behaviour reports through this system ensuring that appropriate support is received by vulnerable members of the community.
Interface Patrols
Work continues at interface areas across West Belfast, officers have increased foot patrol visibility in recent months, in an effort to combat anti social behaviour in the area and increase engagement with members of the local community. Officers have been talking with parents to increase their awareness of interface activity involving young people, it is hoped this increased partnership will encourage young people not to participate in interface violence.
Introduction of Pizza 'n' Peelers in the Woodbourne area
The aim of the Pizza and Peelers initiative is to help build more positive relationships between police officers and local young people by offering an informal get together where the two can chat about issues they face whilst enjoying a slice of delicious pizza.
Police officers from Woodbourne Neighbourhood Policing Team responsible for the Turf Lodge area met young people from Holy Trinity Youth Club at the first event of this kind in this area. The event provided young people the opportunity to meet their local Neighbourhood officers, chat with local police and to ask questions about issues and legislation that are of interest to them in an informal environment. It also gave officers the chance to meet and engage with young people that they might not ordinarily have had the opportunity to have positive contact with.
Local police officers hope that this initiative will create a better understanding of policing, help improve relationships with individual officers and educate young people as to how the law affects them and their activities.It also gives officers the chance to educate young people about the law and advise them of the consequences of becoming involved in crime. It is hoped that such conversations will make the young person think about the wider implications of their actions before becoming involved in antisocial behaviour incidents for example.
Partnership Working, Monagh Road Shops
Constable Lilburn has been attending the shops at Monagh Road to discuss local ASB issues. Constable Lilburn raised the issue of the alley way that ran behind the flats adjacent to the old Belfast Education and Library Board building, an ASB hotspot. The necessity for this alley way was discussed as was the possibility of closing it permanently.
Constable Cunningham, a Woodbourne Neighbourhood colleague, and Constable Lilburn attends Falls Community Council for the monthly meeting with Turf Lodge resident’s association members. Local hotspots,in particularly the top shops at Monagh Road, were discussed. The problems at the shops occur mainly at weekends with youths drinking in an alleyway behind the shops and in a second alleyway that leads from Monagh Road and Monagh Drive. Constable Lilburn pointed out that there was no necessity for the alley way behind the shops to be open as it did not provide any access or exit but instead was providing an area for youths to gather, drink and light fires. Constable Lilburn added that the gates should be kept locked and the area maintained.
Constable Lilburn made contact with the Housing Executive and BelfastCity Council to identify ownership of the area to enable progress. As for the second alley way, it was agreed that this only needed to be open to accommodate the shops at Monagh Road in the pursuance of their business. It was established that there was a previous agreement between local persons who looked after the opening and closing of the alley gates, however over time this arrangement had broken down. It was agreed that further discussions would take place with the shopkeepers before decisions were made.
The officers attended the shops at Monagh Road again to follow up on the proposals set out at the residents meeting a few days previously. They spoke to the shop owners who provided a general consensus that they were in favour of the alleyway at the rear of their shops being permanently closed and over time, if the ASB, drinking and lighting fires disappeared, that eventually they would use the alleyway to store their bins. Enquiries were also made regards shopkeepers opening and locking up the alley gates.
Excellent progress, through partnership working, has been achieved thus far and it is anticipated that this will continue towards a successful resolution with ASB in this area kept to a minimum.
ASB, McDonalds, Kennedy Centre
At the end of December Constable Bethel met with the manager of McDonalds in relation to continued reports of ASB. Initial proposals to tackle ASB in this vicinity were discussed and a meeting is being arranged with staff from McDonalds, ASDA, Westwood Centre shops, a local Councillor and Neighbourhood police to identify specific actions to target ASB. Constable Bethel has encouraged staff to report all incidents of ASB to police, no matter how minor, and he has provided his mobile number so that he can be contacted personally. The area has been designated a priority for police patrols and officers are working in conjunction with BCC to enforce on-street drinking.
Belfast Alley Gating Scheme – Partnership Working Secures Results
The results of phase 3 of the Belfast Alley Gating Scheme were announced in December by Belfast City CouncilHealth & Environmental Committee. As a result of effective and true partnership working it was confirmed that the following areas would have alley gates installed:
- Beechview Park (top alley)
- Monagh Road
- Norglen Court
- Rock Grove
- New Barnsley Crescent
This demonstrates how integrated working between Belfast City Council, elected representatives, Upper Springfield Community Safety Forum, PSNI, and local residents, can produce results that will have a meaningful impact on the quality of life for those in the local area.
Community Safety Day, Tullymore Community Centre
In partnership with the local community forum, Woodbourne NPT organised a community safety day at Tullymore Community Centre. A stall was set up offering crime prevention advice and members of public were provided with personal safety alarms, and anti crime leaflets. The Crime Prevention Officer, Constable Connolly, gave a safety talk on home security. The event was well received by those who attended.
Community Surgery, Upper Falls
Members of the local community were invited to attend a community surgery in Upper Falls. The event, held in a Parish Hall, Blacks Road, provided an opportunity for residents in the local area to meet representatives from the local NPT, alongside representatives from NIHE, BCC and Victim Support, and raise in person any issues that may be impacting upon their quality of life.
The Community Surgery was organised by Inspector Wise from Woodbourne Neighbourhood, and originated from the Local Policing Plan for West Belfast. During consultations within the local planning process it was decided that four community surgery events would be held over the course of the year, which would provide an informal environment for local people to raise any concerns that they may have about day to day life in their local community.
Given that issues such as antisocial behaviour can require input from other agencies in order to find long lasting, effective solutions, police felt that in order for residents to have their concerns noted by the relevant agency, it would be better if representatives from the different organisations were all present, in the same room at the same time. Where there is a shared responsibility for an issue, it can now be raised with all parties at the same time within the surgery, and where follow up is required, the individual will have the relevant contact details of the person that they need to speak to.
Some very positive engagement took place at this event, the first of this kind to be held within West Belfast, and a number of issues ranging from drugs to antisocial behaviour were outlined as causes for concern. The local Neighbourhood Policing Team has been looking at ways in which these concerns can be addressed.
All those who attended completed feedback questionnaires which were all very supportive of this event and would welcome further events. Feedback of this nature is really important as it helps to shape service delivery. Police would like to thank all of those who took the time and effort to attend the surgery and share their views.
Domestic Abuse Update
The Domestic Abuse Unit continues to attend the Multi Agency Risk Assessment Conference (MARAC) Operational group which allows discussion of practice and practice issues and the sharing of information aimed to promote consistent good working practices. Officers have also been in attendance at the Domestic violence Partnership which aims to increase awareness and reduce incidents of Domestic Violence. The website for this partnership can be viewed at www.belfastdvp.co.uk which has many links to supportive groups and agencies.
A review of working practices within the Domestic Violence Unit has been conducted and plans are underway to create a more investigative aspect to the Domestic Abuse office from April 2012. It is anticipated the changes will assist local officers to improve the service they deliver by providing both support to victims of domestic crimes and targeting high risk offenders.
A District has referred 272 victims through the MARAC process between April 2011 and March 2012.
Domestic Violence Awareness Presentation
On 9th March 2012 a Domestic Abuse Officer attended Belfast Metropolitan College alongside our Women’s Aid representative who is attached to the A District Domestic Abuse office. A presentation was given to student social workers on the role of both the Domestic Abuse Unit and Women’s Aid which provided the students with an opportunity to gain insight into the different roles, responsibilities and provisions of a multi agency approach to tackling domestic violence.
Neighbourhood Watch / Residents Groups / District Policing PartnershipNeighbourhood Watch Police are keen to be involved in and assist with Neighbourhood Watch groups across West Belfast. Should anyone be interested in starting up a Neighbourhood Watch in their local area, please speak to your local Neighbourhood Sergeant. Contact details are on these pages. Residents Groups Residents Groups within the Greater Andersonstown Policing area, and their local police officer, are as follows: Chalky Residents Association, covering the Bernagh, Bingnian, North and South Link areas – Constable Mullan District Policing Partnership Councillor Tim Attwood is the Chair of the West Belfast Sub-Group of the Belfast District Policing Partnership. DPP Contact Details: Belfast District Policing Partnership, North Belfast Sub-Group |
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Last updated:
24 April 2012
