Anti-social behaviour crackdown sees 93 charges

A year-long crackdown on anti-social behaviour in a Surrey town has led to more than 90 charges, police have said.

The Safer Redhill scheme is a collaborative initiative to help residents, businesses, the local council and police to reduce criminal activity in the town.

Surrey Police said so far, 25 years-worth of prison sentences have been handed out and more people are yet be sentenced.

The force's borough commander, Jon Vale, said: "I'm incredibly proud of the efforts of all our partners to address crime in Redhill and help people feel safer."

Fiona Oldam and Marlon Williams, work for the YMCA charity in Surrey.

They have a bus which was funded by the Safer Redhill campaign.

Ms Oldam said: "We have games, TV and cooking facilities on board.

"We go to wherever young people meet and where complaints of anti-social behaviour has been breaking out.

"Young people like the PlayStation on the bus but we find most of them just want to talk."

Mr Williams, the lead youth worker for the YMCA, said: "Once you build a rapport with the young people, they are fine.

"We go out four nights a week in Redhill so it's good for them to have a safe space when youth clubs aren't open.

"Vaping is a massive topic of conversation at the moment so we want to have chats around subjects to help keep them out of trouble.

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