Rye Lane

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 speak to your local team about policing issues, and find out how you can get involved, you can email them at SNTMD-.RyeLane@met.police.uk.

In an emergency always call 999.

If it is not an emergency, you can report crime online at www.met.police.uk or dial 101.

We regularly speak to local residents to establish what issues they may be experiencing in the area. The word cloud below represents the issues that residents of Rye Lane have highlighted as priorities for the area recently. Word clouds are graphical representations of word frequency that give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently. The larger the word in the visual below the more common the word was in the local survey.

We seek to tackle the issues raised by you and your communities in your local area. To 'Have your say' on local issues, please click on the button below to complete a short survey.

Violence Related Priority

Robbery - focus on Rye Lane and surrounding areas on the ward where robberies have been reported.

Patrols have been increased in Rye Lane and we work closely with specialist units to identify perpetrators and take requisite action. recent operations have seen a reduction in offences.

Reduce drug dealing

Drug dealing - taking action on reports of drug dealing across the ward and also proactively tackling the issue. This includes proactive use of stop and search and developing intelligence working towards drus warrants and enforcement.

Rye Lane is a priority ward and has seen an uplift of police officers present on the streets. Officers work with community partner organisations to engage with and identifying habitual drug users and guide them towards supporting services, alongside investigating the supply of drugs. An aim of this is a reduction in thefts, begging and anti-social behaviour.

Anti-social behaviour (ASB)

Anti-social behaviour (ASB) - reduce all forms of ASB, including graffiti, aggressive begging, drug taking, street drinking, littering and drug taking.

Patrols have increased across the ward and officers work in partnership with Southwark Council to tackle the issue. Engagement with local residents and business owners is ongoing.

In an emergency always call 999. If it is not an emergency, you can report crime online at www.met.police.uk or dial 101.