Addiscombe East

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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.

Addiscombe East 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 AddiscombeEast@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).

Chiani-Rae Garland

Police Constable

Ryan Holliday

Inspector

Sunni Jardine

Police Constable

Scott Jones

Sergeant

Pius Kasunmu

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 Reducing Violent Crime as a Pan London objective working in conjunction with local residents and businesses to focus on hotspots areas and identified individuals Issued 20 October 2025	SNT officers are carrying out high visibility patrols, whilst also working with other units to identify suspects linked to violence and carrying out arrest enquiries. Actioned 20 October 2025
Begging & Street Drinking Due to the summer months and retail venues there has been a slight increase in begging within Lower Addiscombe Road Issued 20 October 2025	Partnership work is being carried out through charities, rehabilitation assistance and housing accommodation whereby vulnerable persons are identified and through engagement obtain further support. Officers have utilised Community Protection Warnings and Community Protection Notices which has led to the arrest and conviction of street beggars in July 2025 Actioned 20 October 2025
Shoplifting There has been a continued issue regarding shoplifting within Lower Addiscombe Road at a number of venues Issued 20 October 2025	A number of arrests have been made resulting in known shoplifters attending court and receiving custodial sentences SNT will continue to carry out high visibility patrols and joint operations to identify suspects and make arrests along with Criminal Behaviour Order Actioned 20 October 2025

Priority

Action taken

Violence
Reducing Violent Crime as a Pan London objective working in conjunction with local residents and businesses to focus on hotspots areas and identified individuals

Issued 20 October 2025

SNT officers are carrying out high visibility patrols, whilst also working with other units to identify suspects linked to violence and carrying out arrest enquiries.

Actioned 20 October 2025

Begging & Street Drinking
Due to the summer months and retail venues there has been a slight increase in begging within Lower Addiscombe Road

Issued 20 October 2025

Partnership work is being carried out through charities, rehabilitation assistance and housing accommodation whereby vulnerable persons are identified and through engagement obtain further support.
Officers have utilised Community Protection Warnings and Community Protection Notices which has led to the arrest and conviction of street beggars in July 2025

Actioned 20 October 2025

Shoplifting
There has been a continued issue regarding shoplifting within Lower Addiscombe Road at a number of venues

Issued 20 October 2025

A number of arrests have been made resulting in known shoplifters attending court and receiving custodial sentences

SNT will continue to carry out high visibility patrols and joint operations to identify suspects and make arrests along with Criminal Behaviour Order

Actioned 20 October 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 Addiscombe East are saying are the issues in the area:

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