Martley and Tenbury

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.

Martley & Tenbury

James Ashton

Inspector

Adrian Hunting

Sergeant

Kim Jones

Police Constable

Jason Maiden

Sergeant

07966569754

Abigail Partridge

Police Community Support Officer

07870399400

Lewis Thomas

Police Community Support Officer

07773051508

Local Priority Issues

Priority	Action taken
Issue: Road Safety You said: This is a priority for the next 3 months, based on resident feedback, crime data, and ongoing concerns. Issued 01 October 2026	We will: - Conduct speed monitoring and enforcement at locations identified as areas of concern. - Deal with anti-social driving, providing education to motorists and enforcement when appropriate. - Attend schools at drop off and pick up times to promote safe areas for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists. We did: -Respond to reported areas of highlighted concern with a particular focus on these areas. -Conduct a road safety operation across our Policing area to engage, educate and enforce road users where appropriate. Results to include issuing of enforcement for speeding motorists. -Conduct high visibility patrols at the areas our community has requested we enforce road safety. Actioned 01 October 2026
Issue: Rural Crime You said: This is a priority for the next 3 months, based on resident feedback, crime data, and ongoing concerns. Issued 01 October 2026	We will: - Diligently deal with reported incidents and seek to bring offenders to justice. - Review local crime data to understand whether this is an emerging crime threat or perception. - Provide crime prevention advice regularly through community messaging. - Conduct patrols in areas identified as having heightened concerns. We did: -Respond to reported incidents, attend and speak to victims to investigate and seek evidence. -Review reported data to establish if a crime trend was emerging. -Conduct arrests as part of a series of linked rural crimes. -Provide crime prevention advice to victims. -Conduct high visibility patrols across our Policing area. -Continue with investigations into reported offences to bring offenders to justice. Actioned 01 October 2026
Issue: ASB (Anti Social Behaviour) You said: This is a priority for the next 3 months, based on resident feedback, crime data, and ongoing concerns. Issued 01 October 2026	We will - Deal robustly with people committing anti-social behaviour, making use of available legislation to divert offenders and prevent harm. - Ensure high visibility patrols are conducted in areas of concerns at relevant times. - Conduct further neighbourhood priority surveys to identify areas of focus. We Did - Deal swiftly and robustly to reports of Anti Social Behaviour. - Investigate and gather evidence into reports of ongoing Anti Social Behaviour incidents. Work with partners using available legislation to resolve incidents in the most efficient manner. Make arrests and use Policing powers available to prohibit perpetrators from returning to the location of the reported Anti social behaviour. Continue to carry out case file work to present to CPS for consideration of prosecution. -Carry out high visibility patrols across our Policing area, carry out checks for compliance in reported areas. -Continue to support victims of reported Anti Social Behaviour. Actioned 01 October 2026

Priority

Action taken

Issue: Road Safety

You said: This is a priority for the next 3 months, based on resident feedback, crime data, and ongoing concerns.

Issued 01 October 2026

We will:

- Conduct speed monitoring and enforcement at locations identified as areas of concern.
- Deal with anti-social driving, providing education to motorists and enforcement when appropriate.
- Attend schools at drop off and pick up times to promote safe areas for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists.

We did:
-Respond to reported areas of highlighted concern with a particular focus on these areas.
-Conduct a road safety operation across our Policing area to engage, educate and enforce road users where appropriate. Results to include issuing of enforcement for speeding motorists.
-Conduct high visibility patrols at the areas our community has requested we enforce road safety.

Actioned 01 October 2026

Issue: Rural Crime

You said: This is a priority for the next 3 months, based on resident feedback, crime data, and ongoing concerns.

Issued 01 October 2026

We will:

- Diligently deal with reported incidents and seek to bring offenders to justice.
- Review local crime data to understand whether this is an emerging crime threat or perception.
- Provide crime prevention advice regularly through community messaging.
- Conduct patrols in areas identified as having heightened concerns.

We did:
-Respond to reported incidents, attend and speak to victims to investigate and seek evidence.
-Review reported data to establish if a crime trend was emerging.
-Conduct arrests as part of a series of linked rural crimes.
-Provide crime prevention advice to victims.
-Conduct high visibility patrols across our Policing area.
-Continue with investigations into reported offences to bring offenders to justice.

Actioned 01 October 2026

Issue: ASB (Anti Social Behaviour)

You said: This is a priority for the next 3 months, based on resident feedback, crime data, and ongoing concerns.

Issued 01 October 2026

We will
- Deal robustly with people committing anti-social behaviour, making use of available legislation to divert offenders and prevent harm.
- Ensure high visibility patrols are conducted in areas of concerns at relevant times.
- Conduct further neighbourhood priority surveys to identify areas of focus.

We Did
- Deal swiftly and robustly to reports of Anti Social Behaviour.
- Investigate and gather evidence into reports of ongoing Anti Social Behaviour incidents. Work with partners using available legislation to resolve incidents in the most efficient manner. Make arrests and use Policing powers available to prohibit perpetrators from returning to the location of the reported Anti social behaviour. Continue to carry out case file work to present to CPS for consideration of prosecution.
-Carry out high visibility patrols across our Policing area, carry out checks for compliance in reported areas.
-Continue to support victims of reported Anti Social Behaviour.

Actioned 01 October 2026