(JC4) Potters Bar Oakmere Ward

Your local Neighbourhood Policing Team works to prevent crime and anti-social behaviour in this area. They also respond to issues or concerns, conduct regular patrols and hold surgeries to share crime prevention advice.

Other units also work in this area, responding to emergency calls (Response) and investigating crimes (Crime Investigation Department).

Your local contactable officer is listed as PC Ashleigh Begg below, you can also contact us via our website or call 101.
If it is an emergency, you should always call 999.

Ashleigh Begg

Police Constable

Noel Buckley

Sergeant

Rachael Robertson

Inspector

Local Priority Issues

Priority	Action taken
We’re currently consulting the public on the issues they would like to see their local policing teams focusing on as a priority. You can have your say by completing our short survey. Copy this link into your browser to give your views: https://bit.ly/hertspolice-psf Issued 02 April 2026	Residents previously asked us to focus on the following issues: Address speeding in Potters Bar and Shenley • Numerous speeding operations have been carried out, with over 800 vehicles checked. A number of tickets were issued, in addition to warnings given to drivers who were found to be speeding. Continue work to tackle anti-social behaviour in Darkes Lane, Potters Bar • Regular high visibility patrols have been carried out. Numerous young people have been given banning orders, preventing them from entering McDonalds for 6 months. Another young person has been issued with an Acceptable Behaviour Agreement. Actioned 02 April 2026
Continue work to tackle anti-social behaviour in Darkes Lane, Potters Bar. Issued 01 January 2026	Regular high visibility patrols are being carried out. Numerous young people have been given banning orders, preventing them from entering McDonalds for 6 months. Another young person has been issued with an Acceptable Behaviour Agreement. Actioned 27 March 2026

Priority

Action taken

We’re currently consulting the public on the issues they would like to see their local policing teams focusing on as a priority.

You can have your say by completing our short survey. Copy this link into your browser to give your views: https://bit.ly/hertspolice-psf

Issued 02 April 2026

Residents previously asked us to focus on the following issues:

Address speeding in Potters Bar and Shenley
• Numerous speeding operations have been carried out, with over 800 vehicles checked. A number of tickets were issued, in addition to warnings given to drivers who were found to be speeding.

Continue work to tackle anti-social behaviour in Darkes Lane, Potters Bar
• Regular high visibility patrols have been carried out. Numerous young people have been given banning orders, preventing them from entering McDonalds for 6 months. Another young person has been issued with an Acceptable Behaviour Agreement.

Actioned 02 April 2026

Continue work to tackle anti-social behaviour in Darkes Lane, Potters Bar.

Issued 01 January 2026

Regular high visibility patrols are being carried out. Numerous young people have been given banning orders, preventing them from entering McDonalds for 6 months. Another young person has been issued with an Acceptable Behaviour Agreement.

Actioned 27 March 2026

What members in (JC4) Potters Bar Oakmere Ward are saying are the issues in the area:

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