Ludlow

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.

Ludlow

Dougal Bell

Sergeant

07971395219

Susan Cooke

Police Community Support Officer

07890912910

Stephen Dunn-Brown

Senior Police Community Support Officer

07814053796

Beth Francis

Police Community Support Officer

07773054449

Fern Johnson

Police Constable

07929783665

Damien Kelly

Inspector

07870219174

Elliot Maslen

Police Constable (SNO Town Centre)

07814944270

Ivan Waddicor

Police Constable (SNO Town Centre)

07980954484

Local Priority Issues

Priority	Action taken
To be visible, accessible and responsive Issued 30 June 2026	Maintaining a strong presence across our communities through high-visibility patrols, targeted operations and regular engagement opportunities in areas identified through community concerns, crime patterns and local intelligence. These patrols are designed not only to deter criminal activity and anti-social behaviour but also to provide opportunities for residents to speak with us directly about issues affecting their community. Community engagement remains a priority. Through police surgeries, Mobile Police Stations, community meetings and local events, we are committed to listening to your concerns and working collaboratively with residents, businesses and partner agencies to tackle local issues. We will continue to advertise and host police surgeries and mobile police stations to provide an opportunity for residents to meet us in an informal setting. These sessions allow you to discuss concerns, report ongoing issues, seek crime prevention advice and find out more about the work we do. We will provide regular updates on social media, Neighbourhood Matters and local meetings, we will continue to share information about policing activity, community issues, ongoing initiatives and successful outcomes. Actioned 30 September 2026
Anti-Social Behaviour - based on resident feedback, crime data and ongoing local concerns Issued 30 June 2026	We will: - Deal robustly with people committing anti-social behaviour, making use of available legislation to divert offenders and prevent harm. - Ensure officers are visible in areas of heightened concern. - Conduct further neighbourhood priority surveys to identify areas of focus. Actioned 30 September 2026
Road Safety - based on resident feedback, crime data and ongoing local concerns Issued 30 June 2026	We will: - review available speed and collision data for this area - focus police visibility on high risk locations - consider speed surveys and enforcement Actioned 30 September 2026
Drug Dealing - based on resident feedback, crime data and ongoing local concerns Issued 30 June 2026	We will: - Deal robustly with people committing offences, making use of available legislation to divert offenders and prevent harm. - Ensure officers are visible in areas of heightened concern. - Conduct further neighbourhood surveys to identify areas of concern. - Provide crime prevention advice to local neighbourhoods being targeted by offenders Actioned 30 September 2026

Priority

Action taken

To be visible, accessible and responsive

Issued 30 June 2026

Maintaining a strong presence across our communities through high-visibility patrols, targeted operations and regular engagement opportunities in areas identified through community concerns, crime patterns and local intelligence.
These patrols are designed not only to deter criminal activity and anti-social behaviour but also to provide opportunities for residents to speak with us directly about issues affecting their community.
Community engagement remains a priority. Through police surgeries, Mobile Police Stations, community meetings and local events, we are committed to listening to your concerns and working collaboratively with residents, businesses and partner agencies to tackle local issues.
We will continue to advertise and host police surgeries and mobile police stations to provide an opportunity for residents to meet us in an informal setting. These sessions allow you to discuss concerns, report ongoing issues, seek crime prevention advice and find out more about the work we do.
We will provide regular updates on social media, Neighbourhood Matters and local meetings, we will continue to share information about policing activity, community issues, ongoing initiatives and successful outcomes.

Actioned 30 September 2026

Anti-Social Behaviour - based on resident feedback, crime data and ongoing local concerns

Issued 30 June 2026

We will:
- Deal robustly with people committing anti-social behaviour, making use of available legislation to divert offenders and prevent harm.
- Ensure officers are visible in areas of heightened concern.
- Conduct further neighbourhood priority surveys to identify areas of focus.

Actioned 30 September 2026

Road Safety - based on resident feedback, crime data and ongoing local concerns

Issued 30 June 2026

We will:
- review available speed and collision data for this area
- focus police visibility on high risk locations
- consider speed surveys and enforcement

Actioned 30 September 2026

Drug Dealing - based on resident feedback, crime data and ongoing local concerns

Issued 30 June 2026

We will:
- Deal robustly with people committing offences, making use of available legislation to divert offenders and prevent harm.
- Ensure officers are visible in areas of heightened concern.
- Conduct further neighbourhood surveys to identify areas of concern.
- Provide crime prevention advice to local neighbourhoods being targeted by offenders

Actioned 30 September 2026