West Mercia Safer Neighbourhood Team

The Worcester Cathedral Ward covers the areas of Pitchcroft, Diglis, Cathedral and the City Centre. Cathedral Safer Neighbourhood Team provides policing for 10,000 residents as well as the students, shoppers and workers ...

About Safer Neighbourhoods

Safer Neighbourhoods Teams work with a wide range of people, communities and partners, to tackle and solve crime and anti-social behaviour issues that affect local communities.

Safer Neighbourhood Teams

Safer Neighbourhoods teams are dedicated to making your local community safer. There are 20 covering the South Worcestershire area.

Each ward has a minimum of Dedicated Ward Officer and Police Community Support Officer, some have more. There are additional officers who work flexibly across a larger area in support of the dedicated team, all supervised by a sergeant and inspector.

This enhanced team of officers are committed to the needs of a specific neighbourhood, with the policing priorities for that area decided in partnership with communities, crime and disorder reduction partnerships, local authorities and other local organisations.

This means local communities get a real say in deciding the priorities for the area in which they live, allowing the police to provide long-term solutions to local problems, while maintaining a focus on reducing crime.

Safer Neighbourhoods Teams work closely with other local and specialist teams to tackle local concerns and prevent crime.

Where are Safer Neighbourhoods teams based?

Sometimes teams are based at local police stations. Others work from kiosks, partnership offices, schools and hospitals - even places of worship.

How does Safer Neighbourhoods work?

Safer Neighbourhoods teams are dedicated to the needs of each specific neighbourhood, with the policing priorities for that area decided in partnership with local stakeholders - the public, crime and disorder reduction partnerships (CDRPs), local authorities and other local organisations.

Officers are trained to communicate with a wide range of people, communities and partners, to tackle and solve community problems. Experience suggests these are most likely to be quality-of-life issues, such as anti-social behaviour, criminal damage, abandoned cars and graffiti.

How can you guarantee these officers won't be taken away to deal with other duties?

Safer Neighbourhoods teams are different because the Service has specific guidelines about where officers can and can't be used. This means that except for the most catastrophic or terrorist-related event, Safer Neighbourhoods officers will stay where the public needs them most - in the heart of their dedicated neighbourhood. Safer Neighbourhoods Police officers are posted to their roles for a minimum period of 2 years.

Contact Us

The team will be at the 55+ and Retirement Roadshow on 25th March where you can come and meet us. We look forward to seeing you there.

Emergency number 999

Non-emergency number 101

Non-emergency email contactus@westmercia.police.uk