Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown
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Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown 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 PurleyOaks&Riddlesdown@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).
Bethany Beadle
Police Constable
Sam Brooks
PCSO
Sami Deacons
Police Constable
Sara Ginn
Sergeant
Kayleigh Goble
PCSO
Aimee Hooker
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 |
|---|---|
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Theft of Motor Vehicle - To maintain and reduce motor vehicle crime - including theft of and theft from. Issued 22 November 2025 |
To visit with victims of providing reassurance and crime prevention advice. Monitor patterns or trends of these incidents and implement intelligence lead policing. Actioned 22 November 2025 |
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Burglary - To reduce residential and non-residential burglaries across the ward. Issued 22 November 2025 |
To attend all victims of burglary providing reassurance and crime prevention advice. Actioned 22 November 2025 |
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Engagement with youths and the Elderly. Issued 22 November 2025 |
To attend schools and youth events and visit care homes for the elderly. Actioned 22 November 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 Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown are saying are the issues in the area:
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