Oval
Welcome to Met Engage and the Oval Ward!
We're transforming the Met to become a service that truly delivers for you.
The Met Engage platform allows us to truly connect you to your local officers and speak to them directly. This platform lets you feedback to us what really matters to you in your local area. Your opinions then enable us to shape how we police your local area.
It also enables us to send out our good news stories about how the team are policing in your local area and dealing with issues that matter to you, as well as give you direct access to key information and advice!
Oval 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 Oval@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).
Jacob Eager
Sergeant
Antony Knapman
Police Constable
Matthew O'grady
PCSO
Grant Price
PCSO
Adam Rooney
Police Constable
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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Violent Crimes and VAWG Issued 03 March 2026 |
Team to conduct intel lead patrols around any hot spots for this crime type. To identify any patterns in offending and repeat offenders. Actioned 03 March 2026 |
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Drugs related Anti-Social Behaviour Issued 03 March 2026 |
Team to take action against those causing anti-social behaviour and patrol at times where ASB has been reported. Details to be taken from those causing anti-social behaviour and community protection warnings and notices to be utilised where appropriate. Actioned 03 March 2026 |
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Vehicle related Anti-social Behaviour Issued 03 March 2026 |
Patrols to target hotspot areas for anti-social usage of vehicles, Traffic offence reports and Section 59 notices to be issued to individuals found to be committing offences or involved in anti-social behaviour. Patrols in relation to E-bikes are also to be conducted in order to tackle the ever-growing number of illegal e-bikes on the streets of Oval. Actioned 03 March 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 Oval are saying are the issues in the area:
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Upcoming Events
Oval Ward Panel Meeting
- Bolney Meadow Community Centre, 31 Bolney Street, SW8 1EZ
- 02/06/2026 18:30
- Add to calendar
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