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

Rebecca Colcombe (West Mercia Police, Police Sergeant, Herefordshire)

Rebecca Colcombe

Police Sergeant

Stefan Hawes (Police, Police Constable, Hereford Rural North)

Stefan Hawes

Police Constable

07773054234

Rachael Mahoney (Police, Police Community Support Officer, Hereford Rural North)

Rachael Mahoney

Police Community Support Officer

07483108011

Julie Watson (West Mercia Police, Inspector, Herefordshire)

Julie Watson

Inspector

07773053426

Adam Westlake (Police, Police Community Support Officer, Hereford Rural North)

Adam Westlake

Police Community Support Officer

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

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🚨 Attempted Trailer Theft in Lugwardine

At 02:54am on 5th June 2026, police received a report of the theft of a trailer from a property loca...

West Mercia Police
06/06/2026 12:11:38

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Read the May newsletter from PCC John Campion

PCC John Campion's residents' newsletter for May now available! The May residents’ newsletter fro...

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03/06/2026 15:56:41

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03/06/2026 12:25:31

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PCC backs tougher action on speeding

PCC backs tougher action on speeding When out speaking with local communities, PCC John Campion hea...

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02/06/2026 15:32:56

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Weekly update from West Mercia Police - Economic Crime Unit - 02/06/2026

A TRIO OF FAKES As we have often mentioned in previous messages, criminals seize on topical opport...

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02/06/2026 14:12:10

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Have your say.

Your Safer Neighbourhood Team (SNT) would like to understand what’s happening in your local area and...

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28/05/2026 16:25:34

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Weekly Fraud Update from West Mercia Police - Economic Crime Unit - 26/05/2026

. FRAUDULENT HOLIDAY OFFERS Whilst people increasingly use the Internet as a marketplace to book t...

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26/05/2026 13:21:42

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West Mercia drives down vehicle crime with 18% fall in offences

West Mercia has seen a significant fall in the number of vehicle thefts over 2025/26 Comparing figu...

Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner
21/05/2026 10:48:51

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Upcoming Events

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Dormington & Mordiford Parish Council Meeting
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Bartestree/Lugwardine PC
  • Bartestree Village Hall, Ledbury Road, HR1 4BY
  • 11/06/2026 19:00
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School Foot Patrols
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Fownhope Parish Council Meeting
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New Bees, Stretton Sugwas Academy
  • Stretton Sugwas Academy (C of E, Church of England), , HR4 7AE
  • 09/07/2026 14:00
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School foot Patrols

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