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Map of the Padstow & St Merryn Policing Area

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Towns and Villages within the Padstow & St Merryn Neighbourhood

The Padstow & St Merryn is policed by the Devon & Cornwall Police and covers the following settlements.

Settlements located within Padstow & St Merryn
Name Type County
Constantine Bay Village Cornwall
Harlyn Village Cornwall
Padstow Town Cornwall
Penrose Village Cornwall
Porthcothan Village Cornwall
Rumford Village Cornwall
St Eval Village Cornwall
St Issey Village Cornwall
St Merryn Village Cornwall
Trevone Village Cornwall
Treyarnon Village Cornwall

Worst Locations for Crime within the Padstow & St Merryn neighbourhood

April

The Top 5 Worst Locations for Crime in the Padstow & St Merryn neighbourhood in April 2019
Town Type County Location Number of Crimes Committed
St MerrynvillageCornwallOn or near Ivy Close3
RumfordvillageCornwallOn or near Trewinnick Road1

March

The Top 5 Worst Locations for Crime in the Padstow & St Merryn neighbourhood in March 2019
Town Type County Location Number of Crimes Committed
St EvalvillageCornwallOn or near Anson Road2
St EvalvillageCornwallOn or near Warwick Crescent2
TrevonevillageCornwallOn or near Trevone Road2

February

The Top 5 Worst Locations for Crime in the Padstow & St Merryn neighbourhood in February 2019
Town Type County Location Number of Crimes Committed
St MerrynvillageCornwallOn or near Trevithick2
St IsseyvillageCornwallOn or near Meadow Way2
PadstowtownCornwallOn or near High Street2
St EvalvillageCornwallOn or near Halifax Road1

Neighbourhood Events for Padstow & St Merryn

TitleDescriptionDates
Egloshayle Parish Council

meeting

The monthly meeting of the Egloshayle Parish Council. With Public Participation.

Held in the Shuttleworth Hall, Egloshayle.

Start: 18/06/2019 19:30

End: 18/06/2019 20:30
St Merryn Parish Council

meeting

Full Council meeting of the St Merryn Parish Council. Held in the parish Hall, there is a section at the start of the meeting for Public Participation. We attend occasionally but for operational reasons, we cannot attend every meeting.

Start: 20/06/2019 19:00

End: 20/06/2019 20:00
St. Minver Lowlands Parish Council

meeting

On the 1st Monday of each month the parish council for St. Minver Lowlands meets in the council chambers at Rock Institute. As part of their meeting agenda PC Malcolm Taylor and PCSO Claire Drennan attend a give a police report in which they give detials of crime figures for the previous month, offenders brought to justice, incidents of Anti Social Behaviour, details of meeting with partner agents/groups such as pubwatch and any other matters within the community that the officers have been involved in. If you would like to meet the officers then please come along and fee free to discuss any matters or highlight any issues to them.

Start: 24/06/2019 19:00

End: 24/06/2019 20:00
Port Isaac Parish Council

meeting

On the 2nd Monday of each month the neighbourhood officers for the Port Isaac area - PC Malcolm Taylor and PCSO Claire Drennan attend the monthly parish council meeting held in the sports hall of Port Isaac school. The officers give a detailed crime reprot of crimes that have occurred in the previous month, projects the neighbourhood team are involved in, details of anti social behaviour, and any other matter within the community that the councillors should know about. If you would like to meet the officers or have any questions or issues you wish to raise please come along and they will make every effort to answer the question and resolve issues raised.

Start: 24/06/2019 19:00

End: 24/06/2019 20:00
Padstow Town Council - Full Council Meeting

meeting

On the last Tuesday of each month Padstow Town Council hold their monthly meeting in the council chambers at the town council offices at Trecerus Industrial Estate, Padstow. Police are sometimes in attendance to give a police report for the Padstow area for the previous month.

Start: 25/06/2019 19:00

End: 25/06/2019 20:00
St. Minver Highlands Parish Council

meeting

On the 2nd tuesday of each month PC Malcolm TAYLOR and PCSO Claire DRENNAN attend the parish council meeting for St. Minver Highlands. The officers attend together or seperately. As part of the agenda the officers give a crime report, within this report are details of crimes occurred within the past month, detials of anti social behaviour, projects the neighbourhood officers are involved in and detials of matters arising at partner meetings such as pubwatch.

Start: 25/06/2019 19:00

End: 25/06/2019 20:00
Police 'Drop in Surgery'

meeting

PCSO 30280 Clive WHERRY will be at the John Betjeman Centre each month to answer your questions and give advice.

Clive will be in 'The Snug' from 1pm on those days. 

Start: 26/06/2019 13:00

End: 26/06/2019 14:00
Wadebridge Chamber of Commerce

meeting

On the 3rd Wednesday of each month the chamber meets and as part of their agenda, a police report is given concerning details of crimes and other matters in the immediate area. The chamber are updated on neighbourhood projects involving the youngsters in the town, inter agency meetings and partnership matters, which include's pubwatch.

Start: 26/06/2019 17:45

End: 26/06/2019 18:45
Wadebridge Town Council

meeting

Every 2nd Wednesday of each month the Town Council meets and as part of the public session, PC Helen Lentern and PCSO Phil Chanter attend to give a crime report for the previous month. also within the report are details of on going projects, details of inter agency and partnership meetings such as pubwatch and also matters of anti social behaviour. Please come along and speak with Phil and Helen to ask questions or discuss issues affecting you in your area.

Start: 26/06/2019 19:00

End: 26/06/2019 20:00
St Breock Parish Council

meeting

The monthly meeting of St Breock Parish Council.

Meeting at The Paddock Room, Hawksfield, A39, Wadebridge

For more details please see:- http://www.stbreockparishcouncil.co.uk

Start: 03/07/2019 19:30

End: 03/07/2019 20:30
St.Kew Parish Council

meeting

On the 2nd Tuesday of each month, the neighbourhood officer for St.Kew- PCSO Claire Drennan attends the parish council meeting and gives a Police report to the council and any other attendee's. The report contains detials of crimes in the area for the previous month, projects etc being undertaken by the neighbourhood officers and team such as Speed Watch and any incidents of Anti Social Behaviour etc.

Start: 08/07/2019 19:00

End: 08/07/2019 20:00

Police Officer Information for Padstow & St Merryn

NameRankBio
Peter Fox PC
Pete Sobye PCSO
Amy Honeywill PC
Sue Honeywill Sgt
Clive Wherry PCSO

Neighbourhood Priorities for Padstow & St Merryn

IssueActionDates

Anti-Social Behaviour in Wadebridge

We have had reports of Anti-Social behaviour in and around Wadebridge.

 

Update: 24 May 2019 - Further Reports of ASB

Police have received further reports of ASB in the Jubilee Park area. The local Neighbourhood Team will be out and about throughout the half term and anyone acting in an anti- social manner will be dealt with accordingly.  

 

Please be courteous and remember that young children play in the park area and do not want to hear foul language and have to pick up litter left by others.

 

In June 2019, the local neighbourhood Team will be out and about with our partner agencies carrying out a ‘Have your Say’ survey. This will be a great opportunity for anyone with any concerns to raise them with the ASB Cornwall Council Case worker for the area.

Update: 27 April 2019 - ASB Warning Letters Issued

Police have received reports of drug dealing taking place in and around the Wadebridge area. Police take these reports very seriously and will be looking to take positive action in relation to this matter. We have also received reports of ASB, by some local youths. A number of anti-social behaviour warning letters have been issued and the local policing team will continue to monitor and progress the matters where appropriate.

Update: 15 April 2019 - ASB Update

Police continue to receive some reports of ASB in and around the Wadebridge area. However, these do appear to be on the decline. I do suspect that with the warming weather soon to be upon us.... (Fingers crossed) That reports may increase.

Please can I remind everyone, that it only takes a few individuals, behaving in an anti-social manner to ruin it for others. Please be respectful and if you do see any ASB please do not hesitate to report to your local policing team;

CIOSNBMwadebridge@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk

 

Update: 11 March 2019 - 'Have Your Say'

Recently, PCSO Pete Sobye was joined by Cornwall Councillor Karen McHugh and ASB Caseworker, Sarah Dundon and together they carried out doorstop 'Have Your Say' surveys in the area.

We are waiting for these forms to be collected and we can then analyse the responses and form a working plan to tackle any issues.

Update: 11 March 2019 - Further Reports of ASB

Police have received further reports of anti-social behaviour involving youths in and around the areas of Southern Way, The Platt, Jubilee field and Egloshayle Park. Vulnerable victims have been targeted with eggs being thrown, verbal abuse and other criminal acts.

Officers are increasing patrols in the area and ask for your assistance in reporting any such incidents and those involved to us.

 

Update: 11 March 2019 - Update on ASB

Police are monitoring reports of anti-social behaviour within the Wadebridge town area. To ensure we have a true picture of the problem, Police undertook a ‘Primary Tasking’ throughout November to monitor the situation. The tasking was for further patrols during the evenings. (When operational policing allowed) I am pleased to report that although we had a one report of ASB, all other engagements with some of our local young people were very positive. A few even enjoyed having a look and taking some pictures inside the police van.

  With the colder weather, we have noticed that a number of young people do congregate outside the Co-op. We are assuming that this is to stay out of the wet. However, if any further problems are reported, we do encourage the public to continue to report, so we can take positive action.   

Update: 11 March 2019 - ASB update 02/02/2019

Wadebridge Police are aware that there may have been some incidents of Anti-Social behaviour in the area near the Co-op during the period of snowfall.

We are asking that any incidents of ASB in the Wadebridge area are reported directly to police via either the 101 telephone system or email to 101@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk.

It appears that reports of ASB are being reported to social media sites like 'Love Wadebridge' and not being reported to the local policing team. For us to take positive action we need these reports and any witnesses willing to provide their details to keep us informed.  

Some really positive news: Our new 'Neighbourhood Beat Manager', PC Amy Honeywill has joined us in Wadebridge. She has already been out on foot patrol meeting the local community and is looking forward to some positive engagement in the coming weeks.

The local policing teams will continue to patrol the local areas identified at potential hotspots.

Sgt Sue Honeywill

 

Update: 11 March 2019 - Update 11/03/2019

Wadebridge Police attended the Wadebridge Pubwatch meeting recently. There, we showed the licensees present, examples of fake ID which can be bought on the internet. Some examples were 'Driving Permit', 'National ID Card' among others.

In a warning to those in posession of these cards, and who use them to obtain alcohol when underage, Police reassured those present that they could sieze these cards and refuse the sale. Police would attend and collect the cards for destruction on a regular basis.

This also appears to be a possible way in which some are obtaining alcohol and tobacco products while underage and increasing the amount of ASB in Wadebridge by consuming the alcohol on the streets.

This behaviour will not be tolerated and anyone underage found in posession of alcohol of cigarettes / tobacco, they will be dealt with robustly.

Issue dated: 04/07/2018

Action dated: 24/05/2019

Parking on the Pavements

These appears to be an increase on the number of reported incidents whereby drivers think it is acceptable to park their car on the pavement. This is not the case and in a bid to tackle this Wadebridge Police will be dealing with these offenders robustly.

Warning notices and fixed penalty tickets will be issued to these offending vehicles.

Remember :- 'Pavements are for People'

Update: 24 May 2019 - Parking On Pavement Update

Wadebridge Police continue to issue warning letters to owner of cars being parked on pavements. Both PCSO Wherry and PCSO Sobye have been out and about throughout Wadebridge and will continue to monitor the situation.

 

Please can we remind everyone to park courteously.   

 

Update: 15 April 2019 - Process for Enforcement

As some of you will be aware, the Wadebridge Neighbourhood Team have been placing warning notices on Vehicles which are parked on pavements.

Each vehicle which receives a warning notice will be entered onto a database and should any vehicle receive two notices, they will then be dealt with for obstruction. Thank you for your assistance in this matter. Please remember pavements are for people.

Issue dated: 11/03/2019

Action dated: 24/05/2019

Targeting the unlawful supply of Controlled Drugs

Like many towns and cities across the country, Wadebridge, Bodmin and surrounding areas has seen a rise in the supply of controlled drugs linked to ‘County Lines’ Organised Crime Groups. 

We are working hard to target suppliers and dealers and so far in February we have executed 3 Misuse of Drugs Act Warrants at premises in the town, removing drugs and weapons from the streets of Wadebridge and surrounding areas. 

We still need your help to tackle this threat to our community.  We need information about people who you suspect might be involved in drugs activity,  vehicles and phones used by them and any addresses they might be using to store drugs and the proceeds of crime. 

Please report any suspicious activity or where you have any concerns that a family member or friend might be at risk due to taking drugs. 

This isn’t just a police issue, it is a community one and we need your help to rid our community of these criminals who make a living by exploiting vulnerable people. 

You can contact us by phone on 101 (999 in an emergency),  by email using the links on our force website or by approaching an officer in the street, or a member of our organisation who you might know. 

Alternatively you can make an anonymous report via Crime Stoppers by phoning 0800 555 111. 

 Thank you for your help.

Update: 24 May 2019 - Positive action by Wadebridge Police

Wadebridge are continuing to take positive action in relation to the unlawful supply of illegal drugs. On the 1st May 2019 the Neighbourhood Team, along with the assistance of a dog handler, PC Stephen Waters and his dog jet, used Police Powers, under the Misuse of Drugs Act to stop and search an individual. Positive action was taken and an investigation remains ongoing. If you have any further information regarding the supply of illegal drugs in the town, please do contact us. You can call 101 or email us at wadebridge@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk or call crime stoppers on 0800 555 111.

Update: 27 April 2019 - Positve Action

Police have received reports of drug dealing taking place in and around the Wadebridge area. Police take these reports very seriously and will be looking to take positive action in relation to this matter. We have also received reports of ASB, by some local youths. A number of anti-social behaviour warning letters have been issued and the local policing team will continue to monitor and progress the matters where appropriate.

Update: 15 April 2019 - Cuckooing, Organised Crime Gangs and Neighbourhood Watch

Bodmin and Wadebridge police are looking to increase the use of our local ‘Neighbourhood Watch schemes’ (NHW). We have a large number of committed co-ordinators already working in the community to help share information. This really does help to keep our towns and villages safe places to live and work. We cannot emphasise enough how important it is to share information with your local policing teams. To report anything suspicious and/or any drug activities in your local areas, please report utilising 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. However, if you would prefer you can always look to discuss with your local NHW Co-ordinator.

If anyone would be interested in setting up a new NHW scheme, then please contact:

PCSO 3008 Pete Sobye for Wadebridge at CIOSNBMWadebridge@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk

Or

PCSO 30298 Jenny Michell for Bodmin at CIOSNBMBodmin@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk

County lines is the term used to describe urban gangs supplying drugs to other parts of the UK outside their usual operating area. The gangs are likely to exploit children and vulnerable adults in order to move drugs and money. To do this they will often use intimidation, violence, coercion and there may be the use of weapons.

The local Neighbourhood policing Team (NPT)  are happy to provide advice and guidance on County lines and drug activities and have been attending as many local groups to share the warning signs, including attendance at local town council meetings. Drugs remains a priority for the Bodmin and Wadebridge Neighbourhood Teams and it is important that we all work together to ensure that vital information is shared and reported to combat this issues.

The reality is that Bodmin and Wadebridge has been subject to some county lines activities and although Bodmin and Wadebridge Police have conducted 17 drug warrants over the last 12 months and 2 Premises Closure Orders, more work still needs to be done to address this issue further.

If you do not wish to report direct to the police, then please utilise your NHW co-ordinators. Sharing information is vital to target drug activity in the towns and get as many illegal drugs off the street as possible.

Please log onto to the main Devon and Cornwall police website and enter Cuckooing for further information. This will give full details of the signs to look out for.

Thank You

Sgt Sue Honeywill Bodmin and Wadebridge Neighbourhood Team Leader

Update: 11 March 2019 - Another Positive Drugs Warrant 23/01/19

Further Positive Drugs Warrant Executed – on 23rd January 2019 a Misuse of Drugs Act Warrant was executed at a residential property in Bodmin. 

A quantity of Class A Drugs were seized and a male has been interviewed and released pending further enquiries. 

We continue to target the dealers and are grateful for any information the public are able to give us to assist in this.

Update: 11 March 2019 - Cannabis grow located

Police attended an address in Wadebridge and located a large cannabis grow in progress. Early indications are that the drug siezed could have a street value of over £40,000. A man was arrested at the scene and has been released under investigation.

Update: 11 March 2019 - Further Positive Drugs Warrants Conducted

 

 

 

Two further drugs warrants have been conducted by police this month in the Bodmin Area. One on the 30th November and the second on the 6th December 2018.  Targeting the unlawful supply of drugs will remain our priority- if anyone has any information which may assist us, please get in touch. You can email 101@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. Thank You

 

Update: 11 March 2019 - Police continue to target dealers but need your help

Targeting organised crimes groups, who unlawfully supply controlled drugs, remains a top priority. We continue to crack down on dealers in the area but need information from the pubic to improve the intelligence picture. Please contact us with any information that might be helpful.

Update: 11 March 2019 - Targeting the Unlawful supply of Controlled Drugs

 

On 8th August a Misuse of Drugs Act Warrant was executed at a residential property in Wadebridge resulting in the seizure of a quantity of Class B Drugs and the arrest of two people.  Work continues to target the dealers in the area.

 

Update: 11 March 2019 - Update 11/03/2019

Although we are still receiving intelligence reports on drugs activity in and around Wadebridge, we still need more, to enable us to carry out warrants and other pro-active operations.

 

Please keep the information coming in by the following means:-

email :- wadebridge@devonandcornwall.pnn.police.uk

Crimestoppers :- 0800 555111 (anonymously)

Telephone :- 101

Issue dated: 23/02/2018

Action dated: 24/05/2019

Street Crime Within Padstow & St Merryn

Last Update April.

LocationTypeOutcome
A389 Anti-social behaviour
A389 Anti-social behaviour
A389 Violence and sexual offences Unable to prosecute suspect
A389 Anti-social behaviour
A389 Criminal damage and arson Investigation complete; no suspect identified
B3276 Other theft Under investigation
Bay Retreat Violence and sexual offences Under investigation
Dobbin Road Violence and sexual offences Under investigation
Duke Street Shoplifting Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Foxglove Crescent Anti-social behaviour
Grenville Road Anti-social behaviour
Grenville Road Shoplifting Under investigation
Hill Street Criminal damage and arson Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Ivy Close Criminal damage and arson Under investigation
Ivy Close Vehicle crime Under investigation
Ivy Close Violence and sexual offences Unable to prosecute suspect
Netherton Road Violence and sexual offences Under investigation
Parc Trethias Burglary Under investigation
Peguarra Close Anti-social behaviour
Primrose Drive Anti-social behaviour
Rope Walk Violence and sexual offences Under investigation
Sarah'S Lane Violence and sexual offences Under investigation
Supermarket Criminal damage and arson Under investigation
Tamarisk Close Violence and sexual offences Under investigation
Trewinnick Road Violence and sexual offences Under investigation