Cowick & St Thomas

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.

Ana Powell

Police Community Support Officer

Jack Sloman

Police Constable

Matt Beards

Police Sergeant

Nathan Johnson

Police Inspector

Local Priority Issues

Priority	Action taken
Engagement - Increase and maintain engagement across all communities Shop Theft – Reduce shop theft across Exeter sector Drugs – increase positive outcomes for drug offences and decrease in drugs deaths across Exeter Serious and Organised Crime – disrupt SOC activity in Exeter namely: sexual services, forced labour and forced criminality. Evening and Nighttime Economy – Reduce related crime on Friday and Saturday evenings Violence Against Women and Girls – reduce VWAG in the nighttime economy and target other VAWG perpetrators effectively Exploitation – reduce incidents of cuckooing and increase positive outcomes with victims of exploitation Anti-Social Behaviour – Residential – decrease ASB incidents in the residential areas Anti-Social Behaviour – City Centre – decrease incidents of ASB in the city centre Issued 24 February 2026	No action

Priority

Action taken

Engagement - Increase and maintain engagement across all communities
Shop Theft – Reduce shop theft across Exeter sector
Drugs – increase positive outcomes for drug offences and decrease in drugs deaths across Exeter
Serious and Organised Crime – disrupt SOC activity in Exeter namely: sexual services, forced labour and forced criminality.
Evening and Nighttime Economy – Reduce related crime on Friday and Saturday evenings
Violence Against Women and Girls – reduce VWAG in the nighttime economy and target other VAWG perpetrators effectively
Exploitation – reduce incidents of cuckooing and increase positive outcomes with victims of exploitation
Anti-Social Behaviour – Residential – decrease ASB incidents in the residential areas
Anti-Social Behaviour – City Centre – decrease incidents of ASB in the city centre

Issued 24 February 2026

No action

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