Greenlands and Lodge Park

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.

Greenlands & Lodge Park

Richard Field (West Mercia Police, Inspector, SNT Redditch & Bromsgrove)

Richard Field

Inspector

Daniel Freckelton (West Mercia Police, Police Constable, Greenlands & Lodge Park)

Daniel Freckelton

Police Constable

07866996122

James Hall (West Mercia Police, Police Constable, Greenlands & Lodge Park, Redditch)

James Hall

Police Constable

07773050972

Brandon Jones (West Mercia Police, Police Community Support Officer, Greenlands & Lodge Park)

Brandon Jones

Police Community Support Officer

07483111839

Craig Osborne (West Mercia Police, Sergeant, North Worcestershire)

Craig Osborne

Sergeant

Paulo Valente (West Mercia Police, Police Constable, Greenlands & Lodge park)

Paulo Valente

Police Constable

07900656409

Local Priority Issues

Priority Action taken

Issue: Anti-Social Behaviour

This is a priority for the next 3 months, based on community feedback, crime data and engagements with partners.

Issued 01 July 2026

We will:
-Deal robustly with any persons committing anti-social behaviour, working together with our partners and making use of available legislation.
-Ensure Officers are regularly visible in areas of concern & ASB hotspots, such as the Woodrow Centre.

We did July 2026 -
- Numerous hotpot patrols at Woodrow centre.
- PACT meeting with partners at the Hub - members of the public attended to raise concerns in local area.
- Walkabout with housing, public health and community members - identified street lighting that needed repairing, an e-bike seized while walk about taking place and damage identified to local infrastructure that will now be repaired

We did August 2026 -
Further collaborative work with partners and public health focusing on the Woodrow area and proactive patrols conducted.
There have been people identified that have been issued with Community Protection Warnings.

Actioned 30 September 2026

Issue: Drug use & supply

This is a priority for the next 3 months, based on community feedback, crime data and engagement with partners.

Issued 01 July 2026

We will:
-Deal proactively with drug use & supply in Greenlands & Lodge Park, with a particular focus on working with partners to address the root causes of drug use in the community.

We did July 2026 -
A number of stop searches carried out in the location under misuse of drugs act.
We did August 2026 -
Proactive patrols in Bengrove Close, in particular at the spider park.
Further intelligence has been identified and the team are actively following up with this.
A key offender has been identified and arrested.

Actioned 30 September 2026

Issue: Speeding
This is a priority for the next 3 months, based on community feedback, recorded data and engagement with partners.

Issued 01 July 2026

We will:
-Review data and community concerns, working together with partners to be visible on our roads.
-Provide education as well as proactive enforcement with available tools, such as TruCAM.

We did July 2026 -
Speed enforcement on Studley Road having been identified as an area of concern by local residents

We Did August 2026 -
Further speed enforcement conducted during the month of August, including Studley Road and surrounding roads, the bus route.

Actioned 30 September 2026

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