Oswestry 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.
Oswestry Rural North

Michael Hogg
Police Constable
07870156668

David Hughes
Police Community Support Officer
07870219190

Tim Lever
Sergeant
07976937927

Barry Thomas
T/Inspector
07870512879
Local Priority Issues
Priority | Action taken |
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Setting the blueprint for West Mercia Police, the Police and Crime Commissioner’s West Mercia Safer Communities Plan has four priorities shaped by the public: Issued 24 June 2025 |
Safer Neighbourhood Teams set local priorities and provide regular updates via social media and Neighbourhood Matters. Contact your local team for more information. Actioned 24 June 2025 |
What members in Oswestry Rural North are saying are the issues in the area:
Latest Alerts

Attendance at a Road Traffic Collision
Yesterday afternoon at around midday, Pc Mike and PCSO Dave from the Rural North Safer Neighbourhood...
Os NOSH Cafe : Fri 12 Sep 12:00
Dear Resident, We are encouraging the public to have their say, at an event at OsNosh Café, Y...
Meet and Greet at Cabin Lane Church, Oswestry : Fri 12 Sep 14:30
Dear Resident, Your local Safer Neighbourhood Team will be at Café at Cabin Lane Church on 12...

WEEKLY FRAUD UPDATE FROM WEST MERCIA POLICE - ECONOMIC CRIME UNIT - 09/09/2025
TELEPHONE FRAUD Whilst we have mainly focused with Online Fraud in these weekly updates, criminals...

Have your say in shaping support services in West Mercia
Victims have opportunity to shape future support in West Mercia Committed to putting the voice of vi...

🌟 Community Heroes in Oswestry 🌟
Yesterday afternoon, officers in Oswestry were searching for an elderly woman with dementia who had ...

Female arrested for Public order offences
Yesterday afternoon, Sergeant Lever and PC Watling of the Oswestry Town Centre Team were on foot pat...

Wanted Person Arrested
This afternoon officers from E Shift and the Rural North Safer Neighbourhood Team attended a report ...
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Upcoming Events

Police engagement van - Gobowen Pavillion
- Pavilion and Playing Fields, Gobowen, , SY10 7BU
- 15/09/2025 16:30
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Police engagement Van - St Martins community centre
- St Martins Village Hall, , SY11 3AY
- 19/09/2025 18:30
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Police engagement van - Weston Rhyn Recreational Ground
- Saint Johns Vicarage, Vicarage Lane, SY10 7RE
- 29/09/2025 18:00
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Police surgery @ Whittington Primary school coffee and chat
- Whittington C E A Primary School, Station Road, SY11 4DA
- 07/10/2025 09:00
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Police surgery @ Whittington senior citizens coffee morning
- SY11 4BS, Station Road, SY11 4BS
- 09/10/2025 10:30
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Police engagement van - Whitington senior citizens
- Whittington Senior Citizens Hall, , SY11 4BS
- 09/10/2025 18:30
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Police surgery @ Weston Rhyn Primary school coffee and chat
- Weston Rhyn Primary School, 3 Station Road, SY10 7SR
- 14/10/2025 09:00
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Police surgery @ Gobowen, Meadowbrook Court Coffee Morning
- Meadow Brook Court, , SY10 7HD
- 15/10/2025 10:30
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