Purley & Woodcote

Welcome to Met Engage,

We're transforming the Met to become a service that truly delivers for you.

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.

Purley & Woodcote 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 Purley&Woodcote@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).

Nathaniel Gates

Sergeant

Jack Killian

Police Constable

Dominic Lundie

Police Constable

Anastasai Molotkova

PCSO

Rebecca Pitt

Police Constable

Andrew Smith

Inspector

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
2) BURGLARY Marked & Unmarked Police patrols in Burglary hotspots to create a visible police presences to disrupt burglaries, and unmarked to detect crimes. Issued 29 January 2026	The team have been utilising local knowledge and intelligence to proactively patrol the ward throughout February and into the new year utilising overt and covert tactics. Further, crime prevention advice will be provided to residents around securing their properties over the festive period. Actioned 29 January 2026
3) MOTOR CRIME Increase visible Police patrols in high vehicle crime hotspots to detect and disrupt offenders. Using an intelligence lead approach to targeting offenders by using new tends to identify target vehicles and bringing offenders to justice. Issued 29 January 2026	The team are utilising local knowledge and intelligence to proactively patrol the ward throughout December and into the new year utilising overt and covert tactics. Actioned 29 January 2026
4) SHOPLIFTING Shoplifting is a borough-wide priority for Croydon Issued 29 January 2026	Plain clothes operations will take place in stores that experience a high level of shoplifting. Working with stores and security, planned operations will take place in order to catch shoplifters in the act and deal with them thorough the judicial process. Actioned 29 January 2026
1) VIOLENCE AGAINST THE PERSON Violence against the person, patrol the ASB / ROBBERY hotspots to detect and disrupt criminal behavior, reassure public and create a visible presence. Issued 28 January 2026	The team continue to work in partnership with local councilors and local school staff to patrol the hotspot areas in and around Purley & Woodcote. This has provided good quality stop and searches, a targeted approach and intelligence lead tasks / stops. This has shown a reduction in ASB and Robberies in recent months. Actioned 28 January 2026

Priority

Action taken

2) BURGLARY

Marked & Unmarked Police patrols in Burglary hotspots to create a visible police presences to disrupt burglaries, and unmarked to detect crimes.

Issued 29 January 2026

The team have been utilising local knowledge and intelligence to proactively patrol the ward throughout February and into the new year utilising overt and covert tactics. Further, crime prevention advice will be provided to residents around securing their properties over the festive period.

Actioned 29 January 2026

3) MOTOR CRIME

Increase visible Police patrols in high vehicle crime hotspots to detect and disrupt offenders. Using an intelligence lead approach to targeting offenders by using new tends to identify target vehicles and bringing offenders to justice.

Issued 29 January 2026

The team are utilising local knowledge and intelligence to proactively patrol the ward throughout December and into the new year utilising overt and covert tactics.

Actioned 29 January 2026

4) SHOPLIFTING
Shoplifting is a borough-wide priority for Croydon

Issued 29 January 2026

Plain clothes operations will take place in stores that experience a high level of shoplifting. Working with stores and security, planned operations will take place in order to catch shoplifters in the act and deal with them thorough the judicial process.

Actioned 29 January 2026

1) VIOLENCE AGAINST THE PERSON

Violence against the person, patrol the ASB / ROBBERY hotspots to detect and disrupt criminal behavior, reassure public and create a visible presence.

Issued 28 January 2026

The team continue to work in partnership with local councilors and local school staff to patrol the hotspot areas in and around Purley & Woodcote. This has provided good quality stop and searches, a targeted approach and intelligence lead tasks / stops. This has shown a reduction in ASB and Robberies in recent months.

Actioned 28 January 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 Purley & Woodcote are saying are the issues in the area:

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