South Woodford

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 SNTJI-South-Woodford@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 South Woodford 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

VAWG - South Woodford have been working closely with surrounding wards as well as its residents and councillors to begin to do more work for Violence Against Women and Girls. Walk and Talks, Briefings and support to be prioritised especially around George Lane and the London Underground Station.

Op Bruntwood saw a VAWG leaflets distribution targeting Female residents. Reassurance Patrols conducted in and around ward especially George Lane and around Tube station. VAWG session was organised in partnership with local councillors at Holly Trinity Church to hear concerns from Women residents of south Woodford ward. Crime prevention advice around VAWG is published on owl and other communication platforms for awareness of women and girls working and living in South Woodford.

ASB e.g. Cannabis use & Knife Crime

Residents have expressed concerns in regards to consistent cannabis use in areas across the ward such as CLEVELAND ROAD, EASTWOOD Close, TORRINGTON ROAD, PRIMROSE ROAD and BUSHEY AVENUE. This will be addressed through liaising with residents and building and intelligence picture of who may be consistently committing the offences. Also, patrols targeting ASB hotspots are being conducted in order to show a presence and deal with any suspects who may be caught during these patrols. This also includes Street Briefings, Weapon Sweeps, Stop and Searches, working together with outside organisations and the council. The aim of this is to make the area a better place for the community and local residents to enjoy and feel safe.

Targeted patrols are directed to Drug related activity at the locations mentioned. Street Briefings and cuppa with copa have been organised to hear local residents' voices regarding cannabis use by motorists. Intel reports have been generated. NPT shall continue to target areas to catch offenders through robust patrols at the affected locations.

ASB GEORGE LANE/VIADUCT

Dealing with consistent begging, shoplifting and street drinking occurring on and GEORGE LANE by liaising with local businesses and council enforcement to amend this on-going problem. Along George lane and the Viaduct (both sides of the station)

Robust patrols are being and will be conducted on George Lane /viaduct to deter crime and alleviate fear of crime. ASB Notices issued to beggars and has seen significant reduction. Local businesses are liaised through communication platforms and reassurance visits made to build confidence for police. Council Enforcement officers have been contacted to patrol the High Road and George Lane E18 to boost business community's level of trust in NPT working in partnership with Council Enforcers. Street drinkers have been discouraged to gather and consume alcoholic beverages on George Lane bus stops and outside CO-OP store. ASB tickets were issued and problem has seen significant level of reduction and NPT do not hear residents' reporting for street drinkers recently.

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.