Orpington

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Orpington 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 Orpington@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).

Gina Arcari

PCSO

Stuart Baker

Inspector

Adam Brenson

Andrea Chittenden

Police Constable

Luke Giles

Sergeant

Ryan Kressinger

Matt Lane

PCSO

Luke Giles

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
To reduce violence across the ward, with specific focus on Orpington High Street, where we see the majority of offences committed Issued 05 July 2025	Officers will adopt a blended patrol strategy comprising of both uniformed (high visibility) & plain clothes patrols. Tasking will be directed towards known hotspots, and will be carried out at times when offences are prevalent. Officers will liaise with shop owners/businesses to gather information/intelligence to identify and target offenders. This includes ongoing partnership working with representatives of the Orpington Business Improvement District (BID). Actioned 05 July 2025
To reduce ASB and crimes against wildlife. To focus specifically on crimes against swans/ducks/squirrels through the use of catapults. Issued 05 July 2025	Officers will adopt a blended patrol strategy comprising of both uniformed (high visibility) & plain clothes patrols. Tasking will be directed towards known hotspots, and will be carried out at times when offences are prevalent. Officers will liaise with local businesses to gather information/intelligence to identify and target offenders. Actioned 05 July 2025
Off road vehicles Issued 05 July 2025	Incidents occur throughout the ward cluster and beyond, with a notable rise in activity throughout spring and summer months. Activity involves pit bikes, scramblers and quads accessing public and on occasions private land. This is not isolated to Goddington Park although on Orpington Ward, this is where police see most activity. In addition to regular patrols of hot spot areas, officers are to liaise with Bromley Council regarding identification of vulnerabilities with a view to installing or modifying existing target hardening measures. Officers will notify partners where measures currently in place have been damaged, removed or are being circumvented. Officers to increase their presence on social media to educate young riders (and parents) with regards legislation/offences and signpost them to legitimate venues where they can ride their bikes legally. Emergency Response Policing Teams (ERPT) are to be briefed to achieve 24/7 policing coverage. Advice/assistance to be sought from specialist policing units. Actioned 05 July 2025

Priority

Action taken

To reduce violence across the ward, with specific focus on Orpington High Street, where we see the majority of offences committed

Issued 05 July 2025

Officers will adopt a blended patrol strategy comprising of both uniformed (high visibility) & plain clothes patrols. Tasking will be directed towards known hotspots, and will be carried out at times when offences are prevalent. Officers will liaise with shop owners/businesses to gather information/intelligence to identify and target offenders. This includes ongoing partnership working with representatives of the Orpington Business Improvement District (BID).

Actioned 05 July 2025

To reduce ASB and crimes against wildlife. To focus specifically on crimes against swans/ducks/squirrels through the use of catapults.

Issued 05 July 2025

Officers will adopt a blended patrol strategy comprising of both uniformed (high visibility) & plain clothes patrols. Tasking will be directed towards known hotspots, and will be carried out at times when offences are prevalent. Officers will liaise with local businesses to gather information/intelligence to identify and target offenders.

Actioned 05 July 2025

Off road vehicles

Issued 05 July 2025

Incidents occur throughout the ward cluster and beyond, with a notable rise in activity throughout spring and summer months. Activity involves pit bikes, scramblers and quads accessing public and on occasions private land. This is not isolated to Goddington Park although on Orpington Ward, this is where police see most activity. In addition to regular patrols of hot spot areas, officers are to liaise with Bromley Council regarding identification of vulnerabilities with a view to installing or modifying existing target hardening measures. Officers will notify partners where measures currently in place have been damaged, removed or are being circumvented. Officers to increase their presence on social media to educate young riders (and parents) with regards legislation/offences and signpost them to legitimate venues where they can ride their bikes legally. Emergency Response Policing Teams (ERPT) are to be briefed to achieve 24/7 policing coverage. Advice/assistance to be sought from specialist policing units.

Actioned 05 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 Orpington are saying are the issues in the area:

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