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

Speed Enforcement Activity - A417 Bodenham
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Twelve charged with burglary and vehicle theft offences
Eleven men and one teenage boy have been charged after a series of burglaries and vehicle thefts acr...

WEEKLY FRAUD UPDATE FROM WEST MERCIA POLICE - ECONOMIC CRIME UNIT - 29/04/2025
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🚨 Tool Thefts – Vans Targeted Across the Area 🚨
🚨 Tool Thefts – Vans Targeted Across the Area 🚨 Between 18th and 19th April, we've received report...

Latest ONS figures show positive picture in West Mercia
Latest ONS figures show positive picture in West MerciaThe latest crime figures for England and Wale...

🚐 Vehicle Break-in, Sutton St Nicholas 🛑
Between 17:00 on Friday 18th April and 06:00 on Saturday 19th April, a van in Sutton St Nicholas was...

WEEKLY FRAUD UPDATE FROM WEST MERCIA POLICE - ECONOMIC CRIME UNIT - 22/04/2025
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WEEKLY FRAUD UPDATE FROM WEST MERCIA POLICE - ECONOMIC CRIME UNIT - 22/04/2025
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Upcoming Events

Canon Pyon Women's Institute Talk about NHM (Rach)
- Canon Pyon Parish Hall, , HR4 8PE
- 28/05/2025 19:30
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Canon Pyon Women's Institute Talk about NHM (Rach)
- Canon Pyon Parish Hall, , HR4 8PE
- 28/05/2025 19:30
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