Selsdon Vale & Forestdale
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Selsdon Vale & Forestdale 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 SelsdonVale&Forestdale@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).
Callum Karn
DWO
James Morrow
Sergeant
Martyn Patrick
Sergeant
Summer-Jayne Ross
PC
Andrew Smith
Inspector
Andrew Vincent
Police Constable
Alex Warmington
Police Community Support Officer
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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High visibility patrols in the known areas of violence in the ward, to deter violent crime. Issued 28 June 2025 |
High visibility patrols are taking place across various shifts to produce effective results Actioned 28 June 2025 |
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The ward & neighbouring wards have been subject to small pockets of ASB. We will actively patrol areas on the ward that are suffering this crime and attempt to combat it. Issued 28 June 2025 |
Mobile patrols being conducted across a variety of shifts to remain vigilant and also visible for the community Actioned 28 June 2025 |
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There has been reports of drug dealing and drug use across the ward from a variety of age groups. Issued 28 June 2025 |
Conduct different policing operations and tactics across varied shifts to tackle problem and capture potential suspects. Actioned 28 June 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 Selsdon Vale & Forestdale are saying are the issues in the area:
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