Padstow & St Merryn

Your Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) 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 Devon and Cornwall.

Please find contact details for your Neighbourhood Policing Team provided below.

Please note that to report a crime or incident to Devon and Cornwall Police, please visit Devon & Cornwall Police or in an emergency, please dial 999.

Wadebridge Neighbourhood Team

Laura Barnden

Police Constable

Phillip Bartlett

Police Constable

Olivia Brown

Police Community Support Officer

Lee Holley

Police Sergeant

Anton Lake

PCSO

Dudley Rowe

Police Constable

Adam Stonehill

Police Inspector

Scott Wheadon

Police Community Support Officer

Local Priority Issues

Priority	Action taken
Anti-Social Behaviour Issued 01 June 2026	We have conducted 30 dedicated foot patrols throughout Wadebridge and Padstow town centres in the last month, and have managed to see many of you at the recent Royal Cornwall Show! We will be at many events throughout the summer, so feel free to stop and come have a chat with us. As per our recent messaging to our Community Messaging members, since April we have seen a significant increase in theft from vehicle offences. We are looking to engage with members of the public about their personal security to safeguard against this opportunistic crime. We will be carrying out reassurance patrols in relation to this in recently targeted areas to advise and educate about how this can best be achieved. We take reports of ASB incredibly seriously in our community, and work collaboratively to overcome it. Please see the dedicated pages on our website for support. Actioned 01 June 2026
Drugs Issued 01 June 2026	The Bodmin Sector Neighbourhood Team are proactively looking to tackle issues around illicit drug use and the negative impacts that this has upon our communities. We work closely with partners to tackle the wider issues associated with drug use, and the harm that it can have upon our communities. We have recently closed a further property in Wadebridge following community intelligence reports related to Anti-Social Behaviour and drug use! We rely on information from the community to build a picture of the issue, so if you have information that could help us take more illegal drugs off the street please report it to us or anonymously to CrimeStoppers. Actioned 01 June 2026
Shoplifting and Retail Crime Issued 01 June 2026	The Bodmin Sector Neighbourhood Team are proactively tackling prolific offenders within our town centres. We saw an uplift of offending across the sector directly linked to the half-term influx of people to the area. We have had 18 offences recorded across Wadebridge, Polzeath, and Padstow. We continue to carry out regular and routine patrols within our town centres to deter and prevent crime from occurring, as well as targeting known individuals to be involved in this type of criminality. Actioned 01 June 2026

Priority

Action taken

Anti-Social Behaviour

Issued 01 June 2026

We have conducted 30 dedicated foot patrols throughout Wadebridge and Padstow town centres in the last month, and have managed to see many of you at the recent Royal Cornwall Show! We will be at many events throughout the summer, so feel free to stop and come have a chat with us.

As per our recent messaging to our Community Messaging members, since April we have seen a significant increase in theft from vehicle offences. We are looking to engage with members of the public about their personal security to safeguard against this opportunistic crime. We will be carrying out reassurance patrols in relation to this in recently targeted areas to advise and educate about how this can best be achieved.

We take reports of ASB incredibly seriously in our community, and work collaboratively to overcome it. Please see the dedicated pages on our website for support.

Actioned 01 June 2026

Drugs

Issued 01 June 2026

The Bodmin Sector Neighbourhood Team are proactively looking to tackle issues around illicit drug use and the negative impacts that this has upon our communities. We work closely with partners to tackle the wider issues associated with drug use, and the harm that it can have upon our communities. We have recently closed a further property in Wadebridge following community intelligence reports related to Anti-Social Behaviour and drug use! We rely on information from the community to build a picture of the issue, so if you have information that could help us take more illegal drugs off the street please report it to us or anonymously to CrimeStoppers.

Actioned 01 June 2026

Shoplifting and Retail Crime

Issued 01 June 2026

The Bodmin Sector Neighbourhood Team are proactively tackling prolific offenders within our town centres. We saw an uplift of offending across the sector directly linked to the half-term influx of people to the area. We have had 18 offences recorded across Wadebridge, Polzeath, and Padstow. We continue to carry out regular and routine patrols within our town centres to deter and prevent crime from occurring, as well as targeting known individuals to be involved in this type of criminality.

Actioned 01 June 2026