Fairfield

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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.

Fairfield 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 Fairfield@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).

Lauren Claydon

Police Constable

Catherina Cooper

PCSO

Nathaniel Ivy

Sibel Kantarova

PCSO

Jahim Paul

PCSO

Stephen Pennington

Police Constable

Philip Sheehan

Sergeant

Cosmina Suiu

Police Constable

Mark Trattell

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
E bike / Scooter enforcement for pedestrian safety Issued 05 October 2026	Op Veyvah was developed and pioneered by Fairfield SNT targeting the use of E-Scooters and E-bikes following complaints from residents and the ward panel. It has run on several dates and involves fixed and mobile enforcement of traffic legislation to seize these vehicles where their use is illegal. The aim is to improve pedestrian safety and ensure vehicles are used in a responsible way with education. E bikes are legal if limited to 15.5 mph and pedal assisted to reach this speed. E scooters are only legal if used on private land as they cannot be insured unless hired through a scheme which is not local to Croydon. The team have seized many of these vehicles and will continue enforcement and improving awareness of the current legal situation. We have worked with HM Immigration to speak to food delivery workers and target the use of illegal bike and working without a visa. Dates have also been run with town centre team officers and specials assisting. The government is currently reviewing and bringing forward legislation around the use of these vehicles. Actioned 05 October 2026
Drug dealing Issued 05 October 2026	Home office funding for additional patrols in the town centre under Op Poros. Additional patrols by town centre teams and Fairfield SNT in key hotspots such as George St, North End and West Croydon. Stop and searches are taking place on a regular basis. Op Stiles has been launched in October to address residential concerns of drug dealing in Edridge Road and Wandle Road areas. This will involve a mixture of plain clothes and uniform patrols gathering and acting on local intelligence. Work continues with multi agencies to address drug use in the area with Change Grow Live. Actioned 05 October 2026
Violence against Women and Girls. Offences that target and have a disproportionate effect on female victims Issued 05 October 2026	We will be attending the Faiths Together in Croydon event at Braithwaite Hall on Thursday 15th October from 1900 - 2000 Local police are assisting with the deployment of fixed Live Facial Recognition cameras within the town centre footprints. As part of these deployments officers are arresting wanted offenders for violence offences and checking Sexual Offence Prevention Orders are being complied with. Neighbourhood officers were out and about engaging with the public, communities, and arresting perpetrators. Throughout the day we had VAWG stalls across the borough, a drop-in session for women at the Croydon Voluntary Action Centre, visits to licensed premises handing out materials and arrests for multiple offences. Officers conduct patrols of transport hubs and enforce the PSPO where appropriate. Additional police visibility is being provided at West Croydon bus station due to partnership working with TFL. Op Veyvah - a hi visibility pedestrian safety operation targeting the use of illegal e-bikes and e-scooters is conducted on a regular basis. Actioned 05 October 2026

Priority

Action taken

E bike / Scooter enforcement for pedestrian safety

Issued 05 October 2026

Op Veyvah was developed and pioneered by Fairfield SNT targeting the use of E-Scooters and E-bikes following complaints from residents and the ward panel. It has run on several dates and involves fixed and mobile enforcement of traffic legislation to seize these vehicles where their use is illegal.
The aim is to improve pedestrian safety and ensure vehicles are used in a responsible way with education.

E bikes are legal if limited to 15.5 mph and pedal assisted to reach this speed. E scooters are only legal if used on private land as they cannot be insured unless hired through a scheme which is not local to Croydon.
The team have seized many of these vehicles and will continue enforcement and improving awareness of the current legal situation.
We have worked with HM Immigration to speak to food delivery workers and target the use of illegal bike and working without a visa.

Dates have also been run with town centre team officers and specials assisting.

The government is currently reviewing and bringing forward legislation around the use of these vehicles.

Actioned 05 October 2026

Drug dealing

Issued 05 October 2026

Home office funding for additional patrols in the town centre under Op Poros. Additional patrols by town centre teams and Fairfield SNT in key hotspots such as George St, North End and West Croydon. Stop and searches are taking place on a regular basis.
Op Stiles has been launched in October to address residential concerns of drug dealing in Edridge Road and Wandle Road areas.
This will involve a mixture of plain clothes and uniform patrols gathering and acting on local intelligence.

Work continues with multi agencies to address drug use in the area with Change Grow Live.

Actioned 05 October 2026

Violence against Women and Girls. Offences that target and have a disproportionate effect on female victims

Issued 05 October 2026

We will be attending the Faiths Together in Croydon event at Braithwaite Hall on Thursday 15th October from 1900 - 2000
Local police are assisting with the deployment of fixed Live Facial Recognition cameras within the town centre footprints. As part of these deployments officers are arresting wanted offenders for violence offences and checking Sexual Offence Prevention Orders are being complied with.

Neighbourhood officers were out and about engaging with the public, communities, and arresting perpetrators. Throughout the day we had VAWG stalls across the borough, a drop-in session for women at the Croydon Voluntary Action Centre, visits to licensed premises handing out materials and arrests for multiple offences.
Officers conduct patrols of transport hubs and enforce the PSPO where appropriate. Additional police visibility is being provided at West Croydon bus station due to partnership working with TFL.
Op Veyvah - a hi visibility pedestrian safety operation targeting the use of illegal e-bikes and e-scooters is conducted on a regular basis.

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

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