Blidworth

Newark and Sherwood is Nottinghamshire’s largest district incorporating Sherwood Forest, the historic town of Newark, Minster town of Southwell and former mining communities. The River Trent and the primary road links of the A1 and A46 Fosse Road run through the district.

The Newark and Sherwood Neighbourhood teams are led by Inspector Charlotte Ellam, with three teams of PCs and PCSOs under her command. These three teams are split into two teams working form Newark and a team at Ollerton, each supervised by a Sgt.

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 the district.

Please find contact details for your Neighbourhood Team provided below. Please note that to report a crime or incident to Nottinghamshire you can visit nottinghamshire.police.uk or in an emergency, please dial 999.

Did you know you can help influence local policing in your community in a number of ways. Nottinghamshire is a pilot area for Immediate Justice where; the scheme provides an opportunity for those who commit low level antisocial behaviour to compensate the community by undertaking supervised reparation activities which help to improve the environment e.g., litter picking, graffiti removal. You can report what areas you would like to see such activities here:-  

Immediate Justice (immediatejusticenotts.co.uk)

We run Op Visibility every Friday and Saturday afternoon and evening across all our districts in Nottinghamshire patrolling Hotspots for anti social behaviour as identified by members of the public. You can complete our Op Visibility survey on the link below which if you tell you have witnessed a form or ASB in the past month will generate a request for you to identify where this was on a map so we can consider adding it to our patrol plans.

Please select one of the below options to start the survey. (nottsalerts.co.uk)

Ollerton & Sherwood Neighbourhood Policing Team

Dawn Adams (Police , PC, Sherwood (Ollerton and surrounding villages))

Dawn Adams

PC

Deborah Bakin (Nottinghamshire Police, Police Constable, Villages A616)

Deborah Bakin

Police Constable

Chris Ball (Police, PC, Newark and Sherwood)

Chris Ball

PC

Nicola Best (Police, PC, Ollerton Beat Team)

Nicola Best

PC

Clive Collings (Nottinghamshire Police, Ch Insp, Nottinghamshire)

Clive Collings

Ch Insp

Ian Cotton (Nottinghamshire Police, PCSO, Ollerton NPT)

Ian Cotton

PCSO

Richard Dunn (Nottinghamshire Police, PCSO, Southwell)

Richard Dunn

PCSO

Charlotte Ellam (Nottinghamshire Police, Inspector, Newark and Sherwood)

Charlotte Ellam

Inspector

Christian HURLEY (Police, SGT, Sherwood NPT)

Christian Hurley

SGT

David Keightley (Nottinghamshire Police, PCSO, Ollerton)

David Keightley

PCSO

Maisie  Seels (Police , Police Constable , Edwinstowe and Clipstone)

Maisie Seels

Police Constable

PCSO Seward (Nottinghamshire Police, PCSO, Sherwood NPT)

Pcso Seward

PCSO

Tracy Stokes (Nottinghamshire Police, PCSO, Rainworth and Blidworth)

Tracy Stokes

PCSO

Juliet Webber (Nottinghamshire Police, Partnerships Manager, Countywide)

Juliet Webber

Partnerships Manager

Local Priority Issues

Crime & Anti-social behaviour in Bridge Ward and Town Centre

Both areas have had issues with crime and ASB which clearly have caused significant community concern. We have, and continue to, work with Newark and Sherwood District Council to use all available options to tackle this issue

Road Safety and Nuisance Vehicles.

Feedback from the residents of Sherwood consistently and overwhelmingly sights speeding, vehicle-linked ASB, car cruising, and road safety as a priority.

What members in Blidworth are saying are the issues in the area:

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