Hereford Rural North
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 Rural North

James Ashton
SNT Inspector

Rebecca Colcombe
Sgt
07970544910

Stefan Hawes
PC
07773054234

Mark Jones
Sgt
07773034427

Rachael Mahoney
PCSO
07483108011

Adam Westlake
PCSO
07773052580
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 Rural North 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 Rural North are saying are the issues in the area:
Latest Alerts

Suspicious Circumstances
Between 1600 and 1700 hours on 25th May 2025, a suspicious male was hanging around a rural property ...

WEEKLY FRAUD UPDATE FROM WEST MERCIA POLICE - ECONOMIC CRIME UNIT - 27/05/2025
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Theft in Credenhill - E-bike Batteries 🚴♀️
Between 10:52 PM and 11:17 PM on May 10th 2025, the batteries from six e-bikes belonging to the Bery...

Op Sceptre - tackling knife crime
This week we’re supporting Op Sceptre, a national campaign to tackle knife crime. We know locally kn...

WEEKLY FRAUD UPDATE FROM WEST MERCIA POLICE - ECONOMIC CRIME UNIT - 20/05/2025
FREE GIFT OFFERS In recent weeks, there have been an increasing number of Emails, claiming to be f...

Free webinars for mature drivers in June
West Mercia Police are hosting two free online webinars during June, aimed specifically at mature dr...

Officers target retail crime in Herefordshire operation
A successful operation targeting retail crime was carried out on Wednesday (14 May) by officers from...

Rural Crime Team News - Please come and share your views
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