Old Kent Road
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Old Kent Road 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 OldKentRoad@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).
Felix Adeyanju
PCSO
Richard Carpenter
Police Sergeant
Jack Cornish
PCSO
Anthony Day
PCSO
Heather Gilbert
Police Constable
Rachael Metcalfe
Police Constable
Zoe Tubbs
Police Constable
Joel Williams
Police Constable
Richard Carpenter
Police Sergeant
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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There is regular drug dealing and drug use in communal areas at Colegrove Road. Drug users have been damaging communal doors to use drugs in the stairwells. Issued 26 November 2025 |
1/ Old Kent Road SNT have liaised with the council and had CCTV installed, we will follow up any evidence that the CCTV provides. Actioned 11 March 2026 |
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There is regular ASB and drug use at Brimmington Park. There are also a number of anti social dog walkers whose dogs are out of control when not on a lead. Issued 26 November 2025 |
1/ Old Kent Road SNT will conduct high visibility patrols to deter ASB and criminality. Actioned 11 March 2026 |
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There has been significant ASB, drug dealing and drug use at Avondale Square and the Astley Estate. People have been using drugs in communal stairwells, disrupting the daily life of residents. Issued 26 November 2025 |
1/ Meeting with Tenants Resident Association to brainstorm new ideas to prevent ASB from occurring Actioned 11 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 Old Kent Road are saying are the issues in the area:
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