Addiscombe West

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Addiscombe West 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 AddiscombeWest@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).

Christian Herbaut

Police Constable

Scott Jones

Sergeant

Angela Lee

PCSO

Ashok Patel

Inspector

Thomas Tilbey

Police Constable

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 29 September 2026	SNT officers are carrying out high visibility patrols, whilst also regularly carrying out arrest enquiries for high harm offenders. SNT officers have worked with Croydon council to safeguard vulnerable females which has involved conditions imposed on males linked to violence to have them removed from Croydon. SNT officers have also worked hard alongside partner agencies to improve safety conditions within communal locations of locations which include security doors fixed, lighting increased, joint visits and regular contact with residents. Actioned 07 October 2026
Shoplifting There is ongoing concerns regarding shoplifting and linked offences Issued 29 September 2026	SNT officers have carried out partnership work with stores to improve security. They have also provided training to staff to ensure the best procedure to secure evidence. There has been further training provided to officers also in how to secure charges through best practice Arrests have been made and convictions obtained against shoplifters with charges for linked offences Two prolific shoplifters have received custodial sentences through arrests made by SNT officers Actioned 07 October 2026
Drugs concern that drug users have been attending the area and causing linked ASB through their conduct Issued 29 September 2026	SNT officers from Addiscombe West have completed the following - High visibility patrols have been conducted Closure Order being obtained at court Eviction of tenant causing ASB and linked to other offences Reassurance visits to vulnerable persons improved security within blocks of flats such as secured access, improved lighting and conditions imposed on those causing ASB Referrals made for those with substance misuse matters Arrests made for drug offences Actioned 07 October 2026

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 29 September 2026

SNT officers are carrying out high visibility patrols, whilst also regularly carrying out arrest enquiries for high harm offenders.
SNT officers have worked with Croydon council to safeguard vulnerable females which has involved conditions imposed on males linked to violence to have them removed from Croydon.
SNT officers have also worked hard alongside partner agencies to improve safety conditions within communal locations of locations which include security doors fixed, lighting increased, joint visits and regular contact with residents.

Actioned 07 October 2026

Shoplifting

There is ongoing concerns regarding shoplifting and linked offences

Issued 29 September 2026

SNT officers have carried out partnership work with stores to improve security. They have also provided training to staff to ensure the best procedure to secure evidence.
There has been further training provided to officers also in how to secure charges through best practice
Arrests have been made and convictions obtained against shoplifters with charges for linked offences
Two prolific shoplifters have received custodial sentences through arrests made by SNT officers

Actioned 07 October 2026

Drugs

concern that drug users have been attending the area and causing linked ASB through their conduct

Issued 29 September 2026

SNT officers from Addiscombe West have completed the following -
High visibility patrols have been conducted
Closure Order being obtained at court
Eviction of tenant causing ASB and linked to other offences
Reassurance visits to vulnerable persons
improved security within blocks of flats such as secured access, improved lighting and conditions imposed on those causing ASB
Referrals made for those with substance misuse matters
Arrests made for drug offences

Actioned 07 October 2026

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 West are saying are the issues in the area:

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