Church Stretton and Craven Arms
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.
Church Stretton & Craven Arms

David Baron
Police Community Support Officer
07870163156

Damien Kelly
Inspector
07870219174

Henry King-Salter
Police constable
07483140311

Elliot Maslen
Police constable
07814944270

Jenni Price
Sergeant
07870511466

Jay Rees
Police Community Support Officer
07980910737

Lisa Thomas
Police Community Support Officer
07870 163208
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 Church Stretton and Craven Arms 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 Church Stretton and Craven Arms are saying are the issues in the area:
Latest Alerts
Burglaries at fire stations and the criminal use of stolen fire service equipment.
Since the beginning of the year 23 burglaries have been committed at rural based retained fire stati...

Operation Spotlight
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Vehicle stopped in Craven Arms
Craven Arms safer neighbourhood team have been out today and spotted this vehicle pulling a dangerou...

Tips for keeping your home safe this summer
Dear All, We have some top tips to help keep you and your home safe this summer and deter potential ...
Parking concerns
Dear Resident, We are working hard to tackle your parking concerns in location. Inconsiderate...

Mature drivers invited to attend virtual reality awareness session
Alongside Telford & Wrekin Council, Shropshire Fire & Rescue Service and West Mercia Police ...
Church Stretton Family Fun Day : Sat 05 Jul 11:00
Dear Resident Your local Safer Neighbourhood Team will be at the Church Stretton Family Fun Day at...
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