Headless Cross and Oakenshaw

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.

Headless Cross & Oakenshaw

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

Richard Field

Insp

07890510896

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

Holly Larner

Police Community Support Officer

07929091577

Surinder  Maman (West Mercia, PCSO, Headless Cross and Oakenshaw)

Surinder Maman

PCSO

07773042756

Charlie Osborne (Police, Sergeant, SNT Redditch)

Charlie Osborne

Sergeant

07866996257

James Roberts (West Mercia, Police Officer, Headless Cross)

James Roberts

Police Officer

07929800786

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 Headless Cross and Oakenshaw 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 Headless Cross and Oakenshaw are saying are the issues in the area:

Latest Alerts

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Worcestershire residents feel less informed about what the police are doing

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Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner
09/05/2025 10:41:02

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Man arrested on suspicion of drug dealing after Redditch warrant

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08/05/2025 11:01:06

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Mature drivers invited to attend virtual reality awareness sessions

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07/05/2025 15:47:50

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Do you live or work in a rural part of West Mercia?

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Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner
07/05/2025 14:22:55

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Police and fire hub in Redditch wins Delivering Value Award

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Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner
06/05/2025 15:59:45

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ROMANCE FRAUDS We continue to receive regular ...

West Mercia Police
06/05/2025 13:20:47

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Have your say: We're hosting a Coffee Morning

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West Mercia Police
02/05/2025 14:39:23

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Have your say: We're hosting a Police Surgery

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West Mercia Police
02/05/2025 14:26:25

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