Golden Valley

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.

The Golden Valley team are:

PC Jeff ROUSE

PCSO Margaret ANDRZEJEWSKA

PCSO Pete KNIGHT

Team mailbox: goldenvalley.snt@westmercia.police.uk

Golden Valley

Margaret Andrzejewska

Police Community Support Officer

07773053895

Alice Bennett

Sergeant

07557033270

Pete Knight

Police Community Support Officer

07773 053919

Jeff Rouse

Police Constable

07870 150972

Julie Watson

Inspector

07773053426

Golden Valley

Margaret Andrzejewska

Police Community Support Officer

07773053895

Alice Bennett

Sergeant

07557033270

Pete Knight

Police Community Support Officer

07773 053919

Jeff Rouse

Police Constable

07870 150972

Julie Watson

Inspector

07773053426

Alice Bennett

Sergeant

07557033270

Jeff Rouse

Police Constable

07870 150972

Margaret Andrzejewska

Police Community Support Officer

07773053895

Pete Knight

Police Community Support Officer

07773 053919

Local Priority Issues

Priority	Action taken
Issue: Speeding / Road Safety. You said: This is a priority for the next 3 months, based on resident feedback, and ongoing local concerns. Issued 01 October 2026	We will: Conduct regular speed enforcement and engagement activity in our main hotspot locations of Clehonger, Peterchurch, Madley, Tibberton, Ewyas Harold, Dorstone. We will: Ensure officers are visible in areas of heightened concern. We will: Look to use our Community Speed Watch Volunteers to support with increasing visibility. Actioned 01 November 2026
Issue: Poaching OP SNARE / Rural Crime Activity: You said: This is a priority for the next 3 months, based on resident feedback, and ongoing local concerns. Issued 01 October 2026	We will: Conduct regular activity at known hotspot locations. We will: Target individuals committing offences using a range of tactics. We will: Seize vehicles and equipment used to commit poaching or wildlife crime offences. We will: Op Snare & organised crime activity. Prosecute offenders committing offences related to Rural Crime. We did: Actioned 01 November 2026
Issue: Speeding / Road Safety. You said: This is a priority for the next 3 months, based on resident feedback, and ongoing local concerns. Issued 30 June 2026	We will: Conduct regular speed enforcement and engagement activity in our main hotspot locations of Clehonger, Peterchurch, Madley, Tibberton, Ewyas Harold, Dorstone. We will: Ensure officers are visible in areas of heightened concern. We will: Look to use our Community Speed Watch Volunteers to support with increasing visibility. We did: Conducted speed enforcement in the villages of Clehonger, Dorstone, Ewyas Harold and Longtown. Multiple vehicles recorded with the vast majority travelling at or below the 30mph speed limit. One vehicle stopped for excess speed with words of advice provided once their documents were confirmed as being in order. 29/09/2026: Speed enforcement in 5 locations as follows- 0730 - 0800 hours Peterchurch, 1030 - 1130 hours Clehonger, 1140 - 1200 hours Madley, 1210 - 1230 hours Tyberton, 1445 - 1515 hours Abbey Dore. Over 100 vehicles checked and all within speed limit. Also engaged with members of public on roadside in Clehonger and visited local business in Madley (village shop). Patrolled poaching hot spots along B4352 Hereford to Hay on Wye road Actioned 29 September 2026
Issue: Rural Thefts You said: This is a priority for the next 3 months, based on resident feedback, crime data and ongoing local concerns. Issued 30 June 2026	We will: Conduct patrols in Hotspot locations for Rural Thefts. We will: Complete home visits to residents & businesses to support with Crime Prevention advice and activities. We will: Mark your property, including garden equipment, mark and register bikes, property mark tools. We will: Support you to set up Neighbourhood Watch Schemes. We will: Be contactable for advice on Security. We did: Ensured that a visible police presence was maintained throughout the Golden Valley area by making regular patrols in marked police vehicles around as much of our road network as possible. We made post theft reassurance visits to the few unfortunate persons who had been victims of acquisitive crime and offered security advice in addition to Smartwater to these people. We visited Dorstone church following a recent renovation and offered security advice. We offered free property marking to anybody interested in receiving it. Actioned 29 September 2026
Issue: Poaching. You said: This is a priority for the next 3 months, based on resident feedback and ongoing local concerns. Issued 30 June 2026	We will: Conduct Poaching Patrols in known HOTSPOT areas. We will: Deal robustly with people poaching, making use of available legislation to reduce harm to our rural communities. We will: Seize vehicles and equipment used to commit poaching or wildlife crime offences. We did: we patrolled known poaching hotspot areas on a regular basis, with no reports of poaching having been received for the Golden Valley recently. Actioned 29 September 2026

Priority

Action taken

Issue: Speeding / Road Safety.
You said: This is a priority for the next 3 months, based on resident feedback, and ongoing local concerns.

Issued 01 October 2026

Actioned 01 November 2026

Issue: Poaching OP SNARE / Rural Crime Activity:
You said: This is a priority for the next 3 months, based on resident feedback, and ongoing local concerns.

Issued 01 October 2026

We will: Conduct regular activity at known hotspot locations.

We will: Target individuals committing offences using a range of tactics.

We will: Seize vehicles and equipment used to commit poaching or wildlife crime offences.

We will: Op Snare & organised crime activity. Prosecute offenders committing offences related to Rural Crime.

We did:

Actioned 01 November 2026

Issue: Speeding / Road Safety.
You said: This is a priority for the next 3 months, based on resident feedback, and ongoing local concerns.

Issued 30 June 2026

We will: Conduct regular speed enforcement and engagement activity in our main hotspot locations of Clehonger, Peterchurch, Madley, Tibberton, Ewyas Harold, Dorstone.

We will: Ensure officers are visible in areas of heightened concern.

We will: Look to use our Community Speed Watch Volunteers to support with increasing visibility.

We did: Conducted speed enforcement in the villages of Clehonger, Dorstone, Ewyas Harold and Longtown. Multiple vehicles recorded with the vast majority travelling at or below the 30mph speed limit. One vehicle stopped for excess speed with words of advice provided once their documents were confirmed as being in order.

29/09/2026:
Speed enforcement in 5 locations as follows-
0730 - 0800 hours Peterchurch,
1030 - 1130 hours Clehonger, 1140 - 1200 hours Madley,
1210 - 1230 hours Tyberton,
1445 - 1515 hours Abbey Dore.
Over 100 vehicles checked and all within speed limit.
Also engaged with members of public on roadside in Clehonger and visited local business in Madley (village shop).
Patrolled poaching hot spots along B4352 Hereford to Hay on Wye road

Actioned 29 September 2026

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

Issued 30 June 2026

We will: Conduct patrols in Hotspot locations for Rural Thefts.

We will: Complete home visits to residents & businesses to support with Crime Prevention advice and activities.

We will: Mark your property, including garden equipment, mark and register bikes, property mark tools.

We will: Support you to set up Neighbourhood Watch Schemes.

We will: Be contactable for advice on Security.

We did: Ensured that a visible police presence was maintained throughout the Golden Valley area by making regular patrols in marked police vehicles around as much of our road network as possible. We made post theft reassurance visits to the few unfortunate persons who had been victims of acquisitive crime and offered security advice in addition to Smartwater to these people. We visited Dorstone church following a recent renovation and offered security advice. We offered free property marking to anybody interested in receiving it.

Actioned 29 September 2026

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

Issued 30 June 2026

We will: Conduct Poaching Patrols in known HOTSPOT areas.

We will: Deal robustly with people poaching, making use of available legislation to reduce harm to our rural communities.

We will: Seize vehicles and equipment used to commit poaching or wildlife crime offences.

We did: we patrolled known poaching hotspot areas on a regular basis, with no reports of poaching having been received for the Golden Valley recently.

Actioned 29 September 2026