Crayford

Violence related priority

Violence reduction is number one aim across the Metropolitan Police . The team will conduct high visibility patrols and undertake specific tasks around the local train station and surrounding areas where we are aware of ASB and an increase in reporting. We will engage with local residents and also business and staff.

Drug dealing/ASB
Concerns and issues have been raised locally with relation to concerns and suspicious behaviour around ASB and alleged drug dealing in the area.

Our team to increase patrols with a mixture of high visibility and plain clothes and where required enforcement and engagement. Identifying groups, individuals and vehicles of interest and co-ordinate a response of educating and enforcement through direct stops and searches where evidence exists and deal with appropriately through methods such as arrests, CPNW, partnership referrals. Build and increase the intelligence picture by our own knowledge supported by the information of local residents and police systems such as crime mapping . This will enable us to focus the teams efforts.

Anti- Social Behaviour:
Town Hall Square & locality. This relates to the Town Hall Square estate and adjacent Crayford retail park and Haberdasher Academy. There has been an increase in particular locations for ASB by groups of youths relating to thefts, bad behaviour towards shop staff and residents and drug misuse.

Our team to increase patrols with a variety of high visibility and plain clothes to increase enforcement and engagement. This will result in a variety of outcomes from arrests to CPNW and other methods escalating to CBO’s if required. Engagement with business within the retail park and also engagement with residents of Town Hall Square. Where local residents are identified as being anti social working with partners to deal. If there are any issues with relation to the estate bringing this to the attention of Pea Body and working in conjunction with them to identify and resolve potential problems. Working in conjunction with the design out crime via visual audits where necessary.

Theft shoplifting/ASB re the Retail park and Sainsburys.

Our team to increase patrols with a mixture of high visibility and plain clothes and where required enforcement and engagement. Patrols in the specific locations being targetted and surrounding area's, identifying and targetting prolific offenders and prosecutions where appropriate and joint working with store security and business's focusing on crime reduction. With relation to engagement regular retailer visits and information sharing with local businesses alongside reassurance patrols for staff and customers and support retailers on evidence gathering and reporting.
Where possible engagement with repeat offenders through intervention and referral pathways where suitable.