Arboretum and Claines

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.

Arboretum & Claines

Chloe Christian

Police Community Support Officer

07980928423

Warren Edmunds

Police Constable

Sarah England

Sergeant

Brahim Faci

Police Community Support Officer

07870159867

Liam Hopkins

Police Constable

Dave Wise

Inspector

Local Priority Issues

Priority	Action taken
Vehicle Crime Issued 01 December 2026	We will- increase patrols in areas that have been targeted previously, provide security advice to members of the public, take a multi agency approach to identify offenders. We did- Oct 2026 We have identified offenders linked to the spike in vehicle crime and have secured a custodial sentence for a primary vehicle crime offender. We are continuing to work with other departments to identify offenders and provide overnight patrols. Actioned 01 January 2027
Anti Social behaviour- Concerns raised in relation to anti social behaviour in the Claines and Arboretum area. Issued 01 October 2026	We will- Continue high visibility patrols in hotspot ASB areas, engage with members of the community to identify specific areas of concern, work with partner agencies to deal with ASB. We did- Volume patrols in hotspot ASB areas on Halloween, Pump track engagements due to ASB reports, Pocket Park engagement, high visibility foot patrols, responding to ASB incidents, Actioned 01 January 2027

Priority

Action taken

Vehicle Crime

Issued 01 December 2026

We will- increase patrols in areas that have been targeted previously, provide security advice to members of the public, take a multi agency approach to identify offenders.

We did-
Oct 2026
We have identified offenders linked to the spike in vehicle crime and have secured a custodial sentence for a primary vehicle crime offender. We are continuing to work with other departments to identify offenders and provide overnight patrols.

Actioned 01 January 2027

Anti Social behaviour-
Concerns raised in relation to anti social behaviour in the Claines and Arboretum area.

Issued 01 October 2026

We will-

Continue high visibility patrols in hotspot ASB areas, engage with members of the community to identify specific areas of concern, work with partner agencies to deal with ASB.

We did- Volume patrols in hotspot ASB areas on Halloween, Pump track engagements due to ASB reports, Pocket Park engagement, high visibility foot patrols, responding to ASB incidents,

Actioned 01 January 2027