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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Tackling Violence Against Women and Girls is a key aspect of the Mayors Policing Plan and a New Met for London.
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We use data to identify specific problem areas in Colliers Wood. We work with Merton Council to make areas safer. We work with specialist departments to relentlessly pursue perpetrators of VAWG.
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Retail Crime
Colliers Wood has a large retail footprint and is often targeted by shoplifters. Concerns have been raised by a number of residents due to the increase in shoplifting that they have noticed on the ward.Action taken:
Local officers have participated in a number of operations targeting the shoplifting hotspots resulting in a number of arrests. Officers will continue to target shoplifters and seek to manage the most prolific offenders with long standing solutions, such as Community Behavioural Orders.
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Illicit drug use and supply
Colliers Wood has seen an increase in Anti-Social Behaviour linked to drug use, including activities such as drug taking and associated rowdy and inconsiderate behaviour. Key hotspots include areas outside the tube station, along the High Street, and surrounding streets.Action taken:
Officers have conducted patrols across the ward in partnership with Merton Safer Streets. In addition, officers have developed a proactive management plan to concentrate efforts on reducing the prevalence of drug-related anti-social behaviour within the community.