(CA4) Meriden 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 Megan Devereux below, you can also contact us via our website or call 101.
If it is an emergency, you should always call 999.

(CA4) Meriden Ward Neighbourhood Policing Team

Matthew Hardy

Sergeant

Megan Devereux

Police Constable

Simon Cooper

Inspector

Local Priority Issues

Priority	Action taken
During our last survey, residents asked us to focus on: • Vehicle crime, including theft of and theft from motor vehicles. • Anti-social behaviour, including anti-social vehicle use, in industrial areas. • Drug use and anti-social behaviour, with a particular focus on Meridan and Stanborough wards. Issued 01 August 2026	• Patrols have been conducted. • Advice has been shared to help people prevent their vehicles from becoming targets for thieves. • Several operations have been conducted. • Businesses in affected areas have been given advice to help prevent anti-social vehicle use out of hours. • A section 59 warning has been issued to a motorcyclist who had adapted their vehicle. • Public engagements have been carried out. Actioned 01 August 2026
We’re currently consulting the public on the issues they would like to see their local policing teams focusing on as a priority. Issued 01 August 2026	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 Actioned 01 August 2026

Priority

Action taken

During our last survey, residents asked us to focus on:
• Vehicle crime, including theft of and theft from motor vehicles.
• Anti-social behaviour, including anti-social vehicle use, in industrial areas.
• Drug use and anti-social behaviour, with a particular focus on Meridan and Stanborough wards.

Issued 01 August 2026

• Patrols have been conducted.
• Advice has been shared to help people prevent their vehicles from becoming targets for thieves.
• Several operations have been conducted.
• Businesses in affected areas have been given advice to help prevent anti-social vehicle use out of hours.
• A section 59 warning has been issued to a motorcyclist who had adapted their vehicle.
• Public engagements have been carried out.

Actioned 01 August 2026

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

Issued 01 August 2026

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

Actioned 01 August 2026

What members in (CA4) Meriden Ward are saying are the issues in the area:

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