St Johns and Bedwardine

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.

St Johns & Bedwardine

Edward Bishop

Police Constable

Dave Clee

Police Community Support Officer

07976937340

Sarah England

Sergeant

Amanda Gregg

Police Constable

Kate Hand

Police Community Support Officer

07811761157

Dave Wise

Inspector

Amanda Gregg

Police Constable

Dave Clee

Police Community Support Officer

07976937340

Edward Bishop

Police Constable

Kate Hand

Police Community Support Officer

07811761157

Local Priority Issues

Priority	Action taken
Issue: ASB You said: This is a priority for the next 3 months, based on resident feedback, crime data, and ongoing concerns. Issued 01 September 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 high visibility patrols around derelict buildings and liaised with partners following continued reports of ASB. Actioned 30 November 2026
Issue: Retail theft You said: This is a priority for the next 3 months based on resident feedback, crime data and ongoing local concerns. Issued 01 September 2026	We will: - Deal robustly with those committing theft offences, making use of available legislation to divert offenders and prevent harm. - Increase patrols around retail stores. Actioned 30 November 2026
ARCHIVE Issue: Road Safety You said: This is a priority for the next 3 months, based on resident feedback, crime data, and ongoing local concerns. Issued 01 July 2026	We will: Endeavour to tackle road safety concerns, by continuing to deal robustly with traffic offences, like insurance, license, seatbelt and mobile phone offences. Hold regular enforcement and monitoring days, making use of newly acquired speed enforcement laser, to tackle speed and other moving traffic offences. Continue to enforce obstruction offences, in particular those relating to white zigzags adjoining pedestrian crossings. We did: September update - We have conducted several speed enforcement sessions around the St. John's area, with the overwhelming majority of drivers travelling well below the posted speed limits. However we understand that standing next to the road in a hi-vis jacket definitely can have that affect. We will continue to monitor and enforce where appropriate. We have also issued a number of traffic reports for zigzag parking offences and given out plenty of advice to motorists to help keep the highways safe. Actioned 01 September 2026
ARCHIVE Issue: Drug Taking You said: This is a priority for the next 3 months, based on resident feedback, crime data, and ongoing local concerns. Issued 01 July 2026	We will: Work with our communities to continue to identify sources of drug supply within the area, conducting high visibility patrols to tackle and disrupt drug dealing. Conduct high visibility patrols in areas identified by the public, as being regularly used for drug taking. Gather intelligence and submit to relevant departments, work with partner agencies, apply and execute warrants where applicable. We did : September update - In early September we executed a search warrant at a property in St John's, that was being used to grow cannabis. two persons were taken into custody and 100 cannabis plants were removed from the property. We have continued to develop intelligence around properties like this and will continue our work to disrupt and tackle the supply of use of drugs. Actioned 01 September 2026

Priority

Action taken

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

Issued 01 September 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 high visibility patrols around derelict buildings and liaised with partners following continued reports of ASB.

Actioned 30 November 2026

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

Issued 01 September 2026

We will:
- Deal robustly with those committing theft offences, making use of available legislation to divert offenders and prevent harm.
- Increase patrols around retail stores.

Actioned 30 November 2026

ARCHIVE

Issue:
Road Safety

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

Issued 01 July 2026

We will:
Endeavour to tackle road safety concerns, by continuing to deal robustly with traffic offences, like insurance, license, seatbelt and mobile phone offences.
Hold regular enforcement and monitoring days, making use of newly acquired speed enforcement laser, to tackle speed and other moving traffic offences.
Continue to enforce obstruction offences, in particular those relating to white zigzags adjoining pedestrian crossings.

We did:

September update - We have conducted several speed enforcement sessions around the St. John's area, with the overwhelming majority of drivers travelling well below the posted speed limits. However we understand that standing next to the road in a hi-vis jacket definitely can have that affect. We will continue to monitor and enforce where appropriate.
We have also issued a number of traffic reports for zigzag parking offences and given out plenty of advice to motorists to help keep the highways safe.

Actioned 01 September 2026

ARCHIVE

Issue:
Drug Taking

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

Issued 01 July 2026

We will:
Work with our communities to continue to identify sources of drug supply within the area, conducting high visibility patrols to tackle and disrupt drug dealing.
Conduct high visibility patrols in areas identified by the public, as being regularly used for drug taking.
Gather intelligence and submit to relevant departments, work with partner agencies, apply and execute warrants where applicable.

We did :

September update - In early September we executed a search warrant at a property in St John's, that was being used to grow cannabis. two persons were taken into custody and 100 cannabis plants were removed from the property. We have continued to develop intelligence around properties like this and will continue our work to disrupt and tackle the supply of use of drugs.

Actioned 01 September 2026