Elburton & Dunstone
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.
Elburton & Dunstone Neighbourhood Team

Darren Benfield
Police Community Support Officer

Dean Large
Police Constable

Deana Rowe
Police Constable
Local Priority Issues
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Anti-social driving Issued 08 October 2026 |
We have received reports of speeding, anti-social driving and noisy exhausts over the summer months and reports continue. Your local policing team continue to conduct targeted activity in the areas of Plymstock and Hooe, enforcing the Public Spaces Protection Order in car parks including Jennicliff. They have been supported by specialist Roads Policing colleagues and have successfully seized vehicles being driven anti-socially and reported drivers for driving offences. The Safety Camera Van has also deployed to the area to tackle speeding motorists. We acknowledge that this acts as a deterrent so will continue over the Autumn. We are also working with Vision Zero and Plymouth City Council to identify more long term sustainable solutions including the potential for noise monitoring and average speed cameras. Actioned 31 December 2026 |
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Youth Related Anti-social Behaviour Issued 08 October 2026 |
We are aware of reports of sporadic youth related anti-social behaviour including the use of e-bikes. We will continue to take action against individuals identified and work in partnership with Plymouth City Council and our Child Centred Policing Team to conduct home visits and consider escalation where appropriate through anti-social behaviour legislation. Actioned 31 December 2026 |
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Issued 08 October 2026 |
We continue to conduct patrols in retail areas including the Broadway alongside Plymouth Against Retail Crime (PARC) officers to deter people from stealing from shops and businesses. We will continue to take robust action against prolific shoplifters and use civil legislation including dispersal powers to prevent people intent on committing theft from coming to the area. Actioned 31 December 2026 |
What members in Elburton & Dunstone are saying are the issues in the area:
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