Top Valley

City North is diverse with 2 affluent shopping areas, Bulwell market days & Sherwood with a variety of small local businesses accessible via our transport network. We have outdoor green areas including the river Leen with various activities, walks and cycle routes. The City North Neighbourhood teams are led by Inspector Paul Ferguson with three teams of PCs and PCSOs under his command. These three teams are split into Bestwood, Sherwood and Bulwell and 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 Mansfield 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)

Bestwood NPT

Kamran Aziz (Nottinghamshire Police, PC, Bestwood)

Kamran Aziz

PC

Rose Barton (Nottinghamshire Police, Sgt, Sherwood and Carrington)

Rose Barton

Sgt

Emily  Dunn (Police - NPT, PC, Oxclose Lane - Bestwood)

Emily Dunn

PC

Mike Ebbins (Nottinghamshire Police, Chief Inspector, City)

Mike Ebbins

Chief Inspector

Paul Ferguson (Nottinghamshire Police, Inspector, City North)

Paul Ferguson

Inspector

Georgianne Herring (Nottinghamshire Police, Police officer, Bestwood NPT )

Georgianne Herring

Police officer

Craig Purcell (Nottinghamshire Police, Sergeant - Bestwood, Bestwood - City North)

Craig Purcell

Sergeant - Bestwood

Lewis Smith (Nottinghamshire police, PCSO, City North Bestwood )

Lewis Smith

PCSO

Richard Vincett (Nottinghamshire Police, PCSO, Bestwood)

Richard Vincett

PCSO

Matthew Walker (Police, PC, Bulwell)

Matthew Walker

PC

Zoe Wallis (Nottinghamshire Police, PCSO, City North - Bestwood Top valley )

Zoe Wallis

PCSO

Local Priority Issues

We regularly speak to local residents to establish what issues they may be experiencing in the area. The word cloud below represents the issues that residents of Top Valley have highlighted as priorities for the area recently (including some that say “I have no issues”).

Word clouds are graphical representations of word frequency that give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently. The larger the word in the visual below the more common the word was in the local survey.

We seek to tackle the issues raised in line with our Local Policing Community Charter.

To 'Have your say' on local issues, please click on the button below to complete a short survey.

What members in Top Valley are saying are the issues in the area:

Latest Alerts

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Recent burgulary on the Trent Lane allotments

Dear Resident, I wanted to provide you with an update regarding Personal theft (e.g. pick-pocket...

Nottinghamshire Police
24/03/2026 18:56:55

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Meet Your Police and Crime Commissioner - 1 WEEK TO GO!

In case you missed our last email: Join Nottinghamshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner Gary Godden ...

Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner
22/03/2026 12:53:02

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Have your say – Complete the What Matters survey today

Resident, we want to hear from you. We’re inviting all members of Notts Alerts to take part in...

Nottinghamshire Police
18/03/2026 18:12:26

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👮ICYMI - Public Safety Social - Gedling - 30/03/2026

In case you missed our last email: Join Nottinghamshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner Gary Godden...

Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner
17/03/2026 18:01:20

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Strengthen your community with Street Watch

Street Watch: Be the difference where you live! Dear Resident Do you want to make a differen...

Nottinghamshire Police
15/03/2026 10:28:04

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Male charged following possession of a stun gun.

Yesterday morning information was passed to Police suggesting a male was in possession of a weapon, ...

Nottinghamshire Police
12/03/2026 13:07:53

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👮You're Invited - Public Safety Social - Gedling - 30/03/2026

Join Nottinghamshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner Gary Godden for a Public Safety Social in Gedl...

Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner
12/03/2026 10:52:03

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Survey - Nottingham City Youth ASB #OpView

Nottingham City Centre Neighbourhood Policing Team are determined to tackle Anti-Social Behaviour ca...

Nottinghamshire Police
05/03/2026 18:43:33

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