Your Safer Neighbourhoods Team
Your Safer Neighbourhoods Team is a group of Met police officers dedicated to serving your community. The team is made up of officers based in your area (or 'ward'), supported by additional officers from the wider area.
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 London.
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Crimes and priorities
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Priority:
Action taken:
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Priority:
Violent Crime including Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG)
Action taken:
High visibility patrols continue to be conducted throughout the ward to prevent violent offences, particularly along the Thames Path as an area highlighted by residents that can sometimes feel unsafe.
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Priority:
Acquisitive crimes: Burglaries and thefts including thefts of and from motor vehicles.
Action taken:
Targeted patrols of hot spot areas, utilising police powers to stop and search suspicious vehicles and persons. Leaflet dropping with crime prevention advice in areas affected by burglaries and thefts, reassurance visits and cocooning.
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Priority:
Fly-tipping
Action taken:
Fly-tipping has been raised by local residents as a rising problem within West Thamesmead. Residents at the local ward panel in conjunction have decided that this should be a priority for the next quarter. By working in partnership with local authority and housing associations we hope to deter future incidents taking place and to apprehend any offenders found committing such offences.