Cranbrook

Welcome to Met Engage,

We're transforming the Met to become a service that truly delivers for you.

Through our new platform Met Engage you can get to know your local officers, help shape how we police your local area and have direct access to key information and advice.

This isn't just a platform for us to tell you what we're doing in your area, it's an opportunity for you to tell us what's concerning you most so we can take action on the things that truly matter to you.

Cranbrook 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 Cranbrook@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).

Dean Birch

Police Constable

Daniel Green

Sergeant

Mohammed Saim Islam

Police Constable

Jason Marchant

Police Constable

Gerrard Mathieson

Inspector

Nicholas Sutton

Inspector

Craig Westley

PCSO

Craig Westley

PCSO

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 Issued 15 January 2026	Robbery patrols at the start/end of school hours and VWAG engagements with local residents/commuters. ASB has also been actively reported and actioned via LBR& TFL Actioned 28 August 2025
Reduction in Theft from/Theft off motor vehicle Issued 15 January 2026	weekly street surgeries, engaging with the public and delivering leaflets. There will also be proactive high - vis patrols in hot spot areas where indicated by crime statistics. Actioned 28 August 2025
ASB reduction Issued 15 January 2026	Frequent patrols based on intel reports and regular street surgeries. Actioned 28 August 2025
Violence related priority Issued 01 July 2025	Robbery patrols at the start/end of school hours and VAWG engagements with local residents/commuters. ASB has also been actively reported and actioned via LBR & TFL. Actioned 01 September 2025
Reduction in burglary Issued 01 July 2025	Weekly street surgeries, engaging with the public and delivering leaflets. There will also be proactive high-vis patrols in hot-spot areas from last year's crime statistics. Actioned 01 September 2025
ASB reduction Issued 01 July 2025	Frequent patrols based on intel reports and regular street surgeries Actioned 01 September 2025

Priority

Action taken

Violence related priority

Issued 15 January 2026

Robbery patrols at the start/end of school hours and VWAG engagements with local residents/commuters. ASB has also been actively reported and actioned via LBR& TFL

Actioned 28 August 2025

Reduction in Theft from/Theft off motor vehicle

Issued 15 January 2026

weekly street surgeries, engaging with the public and delivering leaflets. There will also be proactive high - vis patrols in hot spot areas where indicated by crime statistics.

Actioned 28 August 2025

ASB reduction

Issued 15 January 2026

Frequent patrols based on intel reports and regular street surgeries.

Actioned 28 August 2025

Violence related priority

Issued 01 July 2025

Robbery patrols at the start/end of school hours and VAWG engagements with local residents/commuters.

ASB has also been actively reported and actioned via LBR & TFL.

Actioned 01 September 2025

Reduction in burglary

Issued 01 July 2025

Weekly street surgeries, engaging with the public and delivering leaflets. There will also be proactive high-vis patrols in hot-spot areas from last year's crime statistics.

Actioned 01 September 2025

ASB reduction

Issued 01 July 2025

Frequent patrols based on intel reports and regular street surgeries

Actioned 01 September 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 Cranbrook are saying are the issues in the area:

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