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Bridge 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 Bridge@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).

Samuel Burt

Police Sergeant

Habibur Khan

Police Constable

Dimitris Nicola

PCSO

Tanzina Rumi

Police Constable

Nicholas Sutton

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
Violence Related Priority Location: Snakes Lane East, Ray Park and Woodford Station Problems: Concerns were raised by the community about robberies and knife related crime within the Woodford Area, in Snakes Lane East, Ray Park and Woodford Station Issued 09 September 2025	Results: To combat these Violent related robberies, BRIDGE SNT officers made Redbridge Council aware of these important issues and the urgent requirement of a CCTV on one of the entrances of the park, which through intel has shown to be best placed on the Oxford Road entrance, which leads through a very secluded alley way into the park. Redbridge council approved this urgent request, and as a result of combined actions, has resulted in a fully operational CCTV camera. Requires: community engagement, increased police presence in the area. Officers will continue to find innovative ways to tackle this problem over the following month to ensure no reoccurrence, we ask the public to report any concerns, no matter how small it may seem. Actioned 12 December 2025
Burglaries & Robberies Location: St Anthony Avenue and Snakes Lane East Problem: Concerns were raised by the community about recent robberies and burglaries within the Woodford Area, in St Anthony Avenue, Repton Park and Prospect Rd. Residential and business premises Burglaries and attempted Burglaries, no linked series. Issued 09 September 2025	Results: A recent robbery on Chigwell road, where officers witnessed two young boys dressed all in black with balaclavas. Bridge SNT officers then heard a call on the radio that a robbery had just occurred in the exact location that the officers were driving. Suspects made off and Bridge SNT officers managed to find the two suspects and make the arrests. This positive action has resulted in the suspects being arrested and successfully charged accordingly. Requires: community engagement, increased police presence in the area. Officers will continue to find innovative ways to tackle this problem over the following month to ensure no reoccurrence, but we ask the public to report any signs of potential burglaries or Robberies. Actioned 12 December 2025
ASB & Drug related crime Location: Baddow Close, Copford Close, Madeira Grove Problem: Concerns were raised by the community in regards to drug dealing and youths smoking namely cannabis within the Woodford Area, in particular Copford Close, Danbury Way and Baddow Close. Issued 09 September 2025	Requires: community engagement, increased police presence in the area.. Officers will continue to find innovative ways to tackle this problem over the following month to ensure no reoccurrence, but we ask the public to report any signs of potential drug dealing, no matter how small it may seem. Actioned 12 December 2025

Priority

Action taken

Violence Related Priority
Location: Snakes Lane East, Ray Park and Woodford Station
Problems: Concerns were raised by the community about robberies and knife related crime within the Woodford Area, in Snakes Lane East, Ray Park and Woodford Station

Issued 09 September 2025

Results: To combat these Violent related robberies, BRIDGE SNT officers made Redbridge Council aware of these important issues and the urgent requirement of a CCTV on one of the entrances of the park, which through intel has shown to be best placed on the Oxford Road entrance, which leads through a very secluded alley way into the park. Redbridge council approved this urgent request, and as a result of combined actions, has resulted in a fully operational CCTV camera.
Requires: community engagement, increased police presence in the area. Officers will continue to find innovative ways to tackle this problem over the following month to ensure no reoccurrence, we ask the public to report any concerns, no matter how small it may seem.

Actioned 12 December 2025

Burglaries & Robberies
Location: St Anthony Avenue and Snakes Lane East
Problem: Concerns were raised by the community about recent robberies and burglaries within the Woodford Area, in St Anthony Avenue, Repton Park and Prospect Rd. Residential and business premises Burglaries and attempted Burglaries, no linked series.

Issued 09 September 2025

Results: A recent robbery on Chigwell road, where officers witnessed two young boys dressed all in black with balaclavas. Bridge SNT officers then heard a call on the radio that a robbery had just occurred in the exact location that the officers were driving. Suspects made off and Bridge SNT officers managed to find the two suspects and make the arrests.
This positive action has resulted in the suspects being arrested and successfully charged accordingly.
Requires: community engagement, increased police presence in the area. Officers will continue to find innovative ways to tackle this problem over the following month to ensure no reoccurrence, but we ask the public to report any signs of potential burglaries or Robberies.

Actioned 12 December 2025

ASB & Drug related crime
Location: Baddow Close, Copford Close, Madeira Grove
Problem: Concerns were raised by the community in regards to drug dealing and youths smoking namely cannabis within the Woodford Area, in particular Copford Close, Danbury Way and Baddow Close.

Issued 09 September 2025

Requires: community engagement, increased police presence in the area.. Officers will continue to find innovative ways to tackle this problem over the following month to ensure no reoccurrence, but we ask the public to report any signs of potential drug dealing, no matter how small it may seem.

Actioned 12 December 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 Bridge are saying are the issues in the area:

Agree or not? Have your say now, click here to do the survey

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