Hereford City Southside and Rural
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.
Hereford City Southside & Rural

James Ashton
SNT Inspector

Rebecca Colcombe
Sgt
07970544910

Martin Gillett
PC

Tally Hunt
PCSO
07773054156

Mark Jones
Sgt
07773034427

Rachael Mahoney
PCSO
07483108011

Carol Marsh
PCSO
07890524667

Jenny Rees
PC
07929783693

Lewis Thomas
Pcso
07773051508

Hayley Warne
police Community Support Worker
07773052560

Christopher Yarwood
PC
07773042896
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 Hereford City Southside and Rural 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 Hereford City Southside and Rural are saying are the issues in the area:
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