Your Neighbourhood Policing Team
I have been a Police Officer with Greater Manchester Police for over six years, having previously served as a Police Community Support Officer for around one year.
Throughout my policing career, I have worked within frontline response policing, gaining extensive experience in responding to incidents and supporting communities across Greater Manchester. I have recently joined the Neighbourhood Policing Team covering Hindley and Hindley Green.
I am committed to engaging with residents, partners, and community groups to address issues that matter most to the public. I look forward to being a visible presence within Hindley and Hindley Green, building positive relationships with the community, and working collaboratively to help keep the area safe.
I am PC Brophy 07310, one of the Neighbourhood Officers for Hindley and Hindley Green. Before joining the Neighbourhood Team, I served for two years as a Special Constable across the Wigan Division and spent four years as a Police Constable on Response Policing in Leigh. My role is focused on addressing the issues that matter most to local residents, tackling crime and anti-social behaviour and working closely with partner agencies to keep our communities safe. I also focus on tackling traffic concerns within my beat. You may see me out on foot patrol around Market Street in Hindley, engaging with local businesses, responding to community concerns, and attending local events.
I am PC Chang (19102), one of the Neighbourhood Officers for Hindley and Hindley Green.
I have been a neighbourhood officer for around six years covering areas across both the Wigan and Leigh sides of the district.
My role is focused on addressing the issues that matter most to local residents, tackling drug related crime and anti-social behaviour and working closely with partner agencies such as the council and housing agencies to keep our communities safe. I look forward to meeting you all at PACT meetings and community events in the Hindley area, where we can talk about how to make Hindley and Hindley Green a safe community area
I am Police Community Support Officer PCSO Donna Longhurst working within Wigan Borough.
My role focuses on community engagement, problem solving, and supporting local residents to help keep neighbourhoods safe.
I work closely with partners, schools, and community groups to build trust, provide reassurance, and address local concerns.
During my 19 years in my role, I have worked in the Platt Bridge and Hindley area of Wigan and met some lovely people whilst out and about in the community.
Priorities
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Our key priorities are to make you feel safe within the areas you live by focussing on the following four themes; reducing Burglary, tackling Anti-Social Behaviour, dealing robustly with drug use and supply, and to promote and enforce safety on our roads.
These priorities will be updated with more specific detail following our Partners and Communities Together Meetings (PACT).
Action taken:
Across Abram, Ashton-in-Makerfield South, Bryn with Ashton-in-Makerfield North, Golborne and Lowton West, Lowton East, Hindley and Hindley Green, we have been carrying out targeted activity focusing on drugs and burglaries. Warrants have been executed, leading to arrests and the disruption of drug-related activity.
Operation Hurricane has been implemented to tackle anti-social behaviour caused by off-road motorcycles, using specialist equipment and officers such as drones and traffic units. Wigan District has seized 101 off-road vehicles in 2025, up from 64 in 2024.
We have also set up a Community Speed Watch team for Lowton and Golborne. This involves local residents, trained by GMP, who assist with speed enforcement activity in these areas and have had a significant impact on reducing speeding.Across Wigan we have seen an 8% increase in Arrests, 24% reduction in Residential Burglary, 21% reduction in Personal Robbery, 16.4% reduction in knife Crime incidents, 9.3% reduction in shoplifting and 3% reduction in Vehicle Crime over the last year.
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Partners and Communities Together meetings (PACT) take place every 3-4 months and will be advertised on Bee in the Loop. These meetings are an opportunity for you to come and meet your local teams and raise any concerns in your neighbourhood.
You can sign up to Bee in the Loop on the Greater Manchester Police website home page.Action taken:
We recently held a Partners and Communities Together (PACT) meeting in September, online. Previously the main concern raised was speeding in the community. As a result, we are focusing on carrying out further speed enforcement in the area.
We have conducted numerous off road and speeding operations and we will continue to carry out targeted speed enforcement at the locations highlighted in the meeting. We will hold another meeting in a few months’ time and will post details on Bee in the Loop and this website. venue and date to be confirmed