Shrewsbury Rural South and West

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.

Shrewsbury Rural East

Lyn Birch (West Mercia Police, PCSO, Shrewsbury Rural East)

Lyn Birch

PCSO

07890545343

Stephen Dunn-Brown (West Mercia Police, Senior Police Community Support Officer, South Shropshire)

Stephen Dunn-Brown

Senior Police Community Support Officer

07814053796

Matthew Howell (Police, PC, Shrewsbury Safer Neighbourhood Team)

Matthew Howell

PC

07870156697

Simon Lewis (West Mercia Police, Constable, Shrewsbury Rural East)

Simon Lewis

Constable

07852155122

Stuart Roberts (West Mercia Police, PCSO, Shropshire  Rural East )

Stuart Roberts

PCSO

07967303856

Ben Tanfield (West Mercia Police, Local Policing Inspector, Shropshire Central)

Ben Tanfield

Local Policing Inspector

07890 547455

Neil Ward (Police , Police Sergeant , SNT Shrewsbury )

Neil Ward

Police Sergeant

07890527786

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 Shrewsbury Rural South and West 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 Shrewsbury Rural South and West are saying are the issues in the area:

Latest Alerts

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WEEKLY FRAUD UPDATE FROM WEST MERCIA POLICE - ECONOMIC CRIME UNIT - 16/04/2024

WORKING FROM HOME SCAMS WHAT IS IT?An offer to make ea...

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16/04/2024 09:38:27

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Speeding

Dear Residents, Shrewsbury Rural East & West team have been out conducting speed monitoring in...

The Police
14/04/2024 13:08:25

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Stolen tractor and trailer, North Shropshire

These images relate to a stolen John Deere 1026r compact tractor and an Ivor Williams 3 axle trai...

The Police
11/04/2024 13:37:14

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WEEKLY FRAUD UPDATE FROM WEST MERCIA POLICE - ECONOMIC CRIME UNIT - 09/04/2024

CYBER PREVENT & PROTECT INFORMATIONThis week’s upda...

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09/04/2024 13:23:48

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Mobile police surgery in your area

Dear Residents, Drop in to speak to officers at the mobile police station at Cressage village hall...

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05/04/2024 09:36:53

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Thank you

Dear Residents, Thank you to everyone who took the time to speak to me today whilst out on foot pa...

The Police
04/04/2024 14:58:05

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Community Engagement

Dear All, The Safer Neighbourhood Team will be out and about across the areas today engaging with ...

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04/04/2024 07:48:49

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The 'Fatal Four' and the impact they have on crashes

Last year, across our police force area, 56 people lost their lives in collisions and 468 people suf...

The Police
03/04/2024 15:53:17

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