Batchley and Central

Your Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) is a group of local police officers dedicated to serving your community. The team is made up of officers and PCSOs based in your area, supported by additional officers from the wider area.

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 Herefordshire, Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin and Worcestershire.

Please find contact details for your Safer Neighbourhood Team provided below. Please note that to report a crime or incident to West Mercia Police, you can visit westmercia.police.uk or in an emergency, please dial 999.

Batchley & Central

Richard  Field (West Mercia Police, Insp, SNT Redditch & Bromsgrove)

Richard Field

Insp

07890510896

Olivia Jones (Police, PCSO, Redditch SNT)

Olivia Jones

PCSO

07483133587

Holly Larner (Police , Police Community Support Officer , Redditch Abbey Town Centre)

Holly Larner

Police Community Support Officer

07929091577

Nina Moore (Police, PCSO, North Worcestershire - SNT Batchley and Central)

Nina Moore

PCSO

07980911778

Charlie Osborne (Police, Sergeant, SNT Redditch)

Charlie Osborne

Sergeant

07866996257

Tom Poole (West Mercia, PCSO, Batchley and Central)

Tom Poole

PCSO

07970543663

Andrew Rhodes (West Mercia, PC, Batchley and Central)

Andrew Rhodes

PC

07773041388

Matthew SLEMENSEK (West Mercia Police, Police Constable, Batchley & Central Safer Neighbourhood Team )

Matthew Slemensek

Police Constable

07773042276

Marie Wright (West Mercia, Senior PCSO, Redditch and Bromsgrove)

Marie Wright

Senior PCSO

07866215034

Local Priority Issues

We regularly speak to local residents to establish what issues they may be experiencing in the area. The word cloud below represents the issues that residents of Batchley and Central have highlighted as priorities for the area recently (including some that say “I have no issues”).

Word clouds are graphical representations of word frequency that give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently. The larger the word in the visual below the more common the word was in the local survey.

We seek to tackle the issues raised in line with our Local Policing Community Charter.

To 'Have your say' on local issues, please click on the button below to complete a short survey.

What members in Batchley and Central are saying are the issues in the area:

Latest Alerts

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Motorbike theft

Dear residents On 11th-12th April 2025 there was a theft of a motorbike from a garden on PLYMOUTH...

West Mercia Police
17/04/2025 15:33:32

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Digital Road Safety Publications

Did you know? West Mercia Police Road Safety Team have access to a great range of free road safety m...

West Mercia Police
16/04/2025 13:07:28

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Opportunity for motorcyclists to gear up their skills in Redditch

Opportunity for motorcyclists to gear up their skills in RedditchFocused on supporting motorcyclists...

Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner
15/04/2025 16:05:56

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WEEKLY FRAUD UPDATE FROM WEST MERCIA POLICE - ECONOMIC CRIME UNIT - 15/04/2025

SCAM SUBSCRIPTIONS Many people are falling victim to fraudulent subscriptions or “Scamscriptions” ...

West Mercia Police
15/04/2025 12:41:47

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Street Safe

StreetSafe is a pilot service for anyone to anonymously tell us about public places where you have...

West Mercia Police
14/04/2025 15:52:12

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Your chance to get involved in the Victims' Hub project

Your chance to get involved in the Victims' Hub projectPCC John Campion is creating a new Victims' H...

Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner
14/04/2025 15:50:53

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eScooters

We often get complaints and questions about the legality of electric powered scooters of the type so...

West Mercia Police
14/04/2025 08:30:34

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Livestock theft - Drayton

Dear Resident, We have received a report that 17 young lambs have been stolen from farmland near ...

West Mercia Police
13/04/2025 15:55:02

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