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
Lee Holley
Police Sergeant
Dudley Rowe
Police Constable
Adam Stonehill
Police Inspector
Scott Wheadon
Police Community Support Officer
Local Priority Issues
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Anti-Social Behaviour Issued 04 October 2025 |
We take reports of Anti-Social Behaviour very seriously. We work closely with our partners to problem-solve situations to ensure that offenders are brought to justice where appropriate and necessary, diversionary work is implemented, and support is given to those who need it. Actioned 04 October 2025 |
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Drugs Issued 04 October 2025 |
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 encourage our residents to report information to the Police or Crime Stoppers so that the information can be gathered, assessed, and inform us around our patrols and operations in the future. Actioned 04 October 2025 |
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Shoplifting and Retail Crime Issued 04 October 2025 |
The Bodmin Sector Neighbourhood Team are proactively tackling prolific offenders within our town centres. We are passionate about reducing the impact of these crime types across our town centres of Bodmin, Wadebridge, and Padstow. We have recently been successful in obtaining 2 Criminal Behaviour Orders against our most prolific offenders, enabling us to take action against any further offending. Actioned 04 October 2025 |
What members in Padstow & St Merryn are saying are the issues in the area:
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