Buckfastleigh

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.

Ashburton & Buckfastleigh Neighbourhood Team

Ryan Cook

Police Sergeant

Claire Hurrell

Police Constable

Tina Jordan

Police Community Support Officer

Paul Wilson

Police Community Support Officer

Local Priority Issues

Priority	Action taken
Anti Social Behaviour Issued 01 January 2026	To work with our local communities to identify areas where Anti Social behaviour is prevalent. To work in partnership with local councils, housing associations and other organisations, to form problem solving plans to reduce as much as possible any form of Anti Social behaviour. We will carry out high visibility patrols and engage with those present and to reassure our communities Where necessary we will use both criminal law and civil injunctions against those who are persistently responsible for Anti social behaviour Jan 2026 Update Members of the Neighbourhood Police Team have been conducting Hi Visibility patrols around The Ashburton and Buckfastleigh area. We have carried out partnership work with the Dartmoor Rangers engaging with visitors across Dartmoor. Actioned 01 April 2026
Disruption of Drug supply and use Issued 01 January 2026	To identify areas where there drug use takes place, and to identify those involved in both the supply and use of illegal drugs. To support our communities by providing high visibility reassurance patrols and engage with our communities to identify their concerns. To engage with our schools and other learning establishments to provide support to them and their pupils To work with our Police colleagues, councils and other organisations to identify specific areas or persons of concerns and have a proactive response to preventing offending. Jan 2026 Update Misuse of drugs act warrants were conducted last year with home checks completed at addresses linked to importation of controlled drugs. This work led to arrests and seizures of drugs Actioned 01 April 2026
Responding to Theft from Shops Issued 01 January 2026	We will be engaging with our retail outlets to listen to their concerns, give security advice when required and gather evidence to support any action against offenders. We will work with our colleagues particularly where children or young people are involved to ensure they are safeguarded as well as being aware of the potential criminality of their actions. We will deal with prolific thieves using banning letters, civil orders and where necessary the criminal justice system to make them take responsibilities for their actions Jan 2026 update Patrols of the high street in both Ashburton and Buckfastleigh have taken place in support of our retail outlets. We will continue responding to reports of thefts from our retail community. Actioned 01 April 2026

Priority

Action taken

Anti Social Behaviour

Issued 01 January 2026

To work with our local communities to identify areas where Anti Social behaviour is prevalent.
To work in partnership with local councils, housing associations and other organisations, to form problem solving plans to reduce as much as possible any form of Anti Social behaviour.
We will carry out high visibility patrols and engage with those present and to reassure our communities
Where necessary we will use both criminal law and civil injunctions against those who are persistently responsible for Anti social behaviour

Jan 2026 Update

Members of the Neighbourhood Police Team have been conducting Hi Visibility patrols around The Ashburton and Buckfastleigh area.
We have carried out partnership work with the Dartmoor Rangers engaging with visitors across Dartmoor.

Actioned 01 April 2026

Disruption of Drug supply and use

Issued 01 January 2026

To identify areas where there drug use takes place, and to identify those involved in both the supply and use of illegal drugs.
To support our communities by providing high visibility reassurance patrols and engage with our communities to identify their concerns.
To engage with our schools and other learning establishments to provide support to them and their pupils
To work with our Police colleagues, councils and other organisations to identify specific areas or persons of concerns and have a proactive response to preventing offending.

Jan 2026 Update

Misuse of drugs act warrants were conducted last year with home checks completed at addresses linked to importation of controlled drugs. This work led to arrests and seizures of drugs

Actioned 01 April 2026

Responding to Theft from Shops

Issued 01 January 2026

We will be engaging with our retail outlets to listen to their concerns, give security advice when required and gather evidence to support any action against offenders.
We will work with our colleagues particularly where children or young people are involved to ensure they are safeguarded as well as being aware of the potential criminality of their actions.
We will deal with prolific thieves using banning letters, civil orders and where necessary the criminal justice system to make them take responsibilities for their actions

Jan 2026 update

Patrols of the high street in both Ashburton and Buckfastleigh have taken place in support of our retail outlets. We will continue responding to reports of thefts from our retail community.

Actioned 01 April 2026

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