Harold Wood
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Harold Wood 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 HaroldWood@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).
Leigh Appleton
PCSO
Kim Berry
PCSO
Leigh Cheslin
PCSO
Kayleigh Evans
Dedicated Ward Officer
Lee George
Sergeant
Stephen Lee
Dedicated Ward Officer
Siobhan Smith
Dedicated Ward Officer
Ben Tanner
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 |
|---|---|
|
Violence against woman and girls. Issued 02 July 2025 |
-Events around violence against woman and girls (VAWG) Actioned 02 July 2025 |
|
Tackeling shoplifting offences on the Ward. Achieved by extra patrols and joint working with other police departements. Also utilising Community Behaviour Order. Issued 02 July 2025 |
- Further patrols in hotspot areas Actioned 02 July 2025 |
|
Anti-social behaviour and crime in open areas. Issued 02 July 2025 |
Further patrols in open spaces, working with local council and other partners in making open spaces safer. Actioned 02 July 2025 |
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 Harold Wood are saying are the issues in the area:
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