Brixton Rush Common
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Brixton Rush Common 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.
To contact to your team about local policing issues, email us at BrixtonRushCommon@contact.metengage.co.uk or pick an officer to email below. (Please do not use this contact method to report crime, in an emergency always call 999 or you can report crime online at www.met.police.uk or dial 101).
Tafhim Alvi
PCSO
Rachel Balcombe
Police Constable
Sarah Finch
Dedicated Ward Officer
Matthew Francis
Police Constable
Kunle Kolawole
PCSO
Olly Lamb
Inspector
Scott Parbodee
Police Constable
Ben Thomas
Sergeant
Darren Watson
Inspector
Local Priority Issues
We are committed to tackling the issues that matter most to local communities. Based on our conversations with residents, and the issues they have raised with us, our main priorities are:
| Priority | Action taken |
|---|---|
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Drug use and associated anti social behaviour Issued 24 June 2026 |
Increase high visibility patrolling particularly at peak hours, improve the usage of community protection warnings and notices. Identify and prosecute those who deal drugs to people in our community. Offer drugs diversion schemes to those we engage with. Actioned 24 June 2026 |
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Improve visibility of Policing our community later into the evenings. Issued 24 June 2026 |
High visibility Police presence on foot and mobile patrol later in the evenings. Actioned 24 June 2026 |
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Dangerous dog ownership within the ward. Issued 24 June 2026 |
Proactively investigate and seize dangerous dogs that are identified on the ward. Actioned 24 June 2026 |
The word cloud below represents the issues raised by residents through their Local Matters survey. We take this into consideration along with discussions with stakeholders, ward panel meetings and conversations with the public when setting our key priorities
What members in Brixton Rush Common are saying are the issues in the area:
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