West Thornton

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West Thornton 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 WestThornton@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).

Brandy Ademola (Metropolitan Police, PCSO, SAFER NEIGHBOURHOOD TEAM)

Brandy Ademola

PCSO

George Bartlett (Metropolitan Police, Sergeant, Safer Neighbourhood Team)

George Bartlett

Sergeant

Klaudia Cupak (Metropolitan Police, Police Constable, Safer Neighburhoods)

Klaudia Cupak

Police Constable

Charles Daniels (Metropolitan Police, Police Constable, Thornton Heath)

Charles Daniels

Police Constable

Alex Game (Metropolitan Police, Sergeant, Thornton Heath SNT)

Alex Game

Sergeant

Justin Hobden (Metropolitan Police, Police Constable, SNT WEST THORNTON)

Justin Hobden

Police Constable

Rodney Kenny (Metropolitan Police, Inspector, Croydon North Wards)

Rodney Kenny

Inspector

Hanna Pearcey (Metropolitan Police, Police Constable, Bensham Manor SNT)

Hanna Pearcey

Police Constable

Sunilkumar Raghavan Pillai (Metropolitan Police, PCSO, West Thornton SNT)

Sunilkumar Raghavan Pillai

PCSO

Daniel Rouse (Metropolitan Police, Police Constable, West Thornton)

Daniel Rouse

Police Constable

Deborah Storey (Metropolitan Police, PCSO, Safer Neighborhoods Team)

Deborah Storey

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

VAWG (Violence Against Women & Girls).

Issued 16 July 2026

- Evening crime prevention safety walks
- Streetsafe pavement stencils and local business safety zones, advertised for awareness
- School talks for prevention and awareness.

Actioned 16 July 2026

Motor Vehicle Crime

Issued 16 July 2026

- Victim care and prevention advice for blue badge thefts
- Unmarked patrolling targeting prolific areas
- Catalytic converter Met Trace marking roadshows
- Speed enforcement days
- Securing stolen vehicles
- ANPR (Automated Number Plate Recognition) operations.

Actioned 16 July 2026

Drug-related ASB (Anti-Social Behaviour)

Issued 16 July 2026

- Proactive patrols of drug hotspots
- Identifying regular offenders
- Securing communal areas, vulnerable to ASB and environmental alterations to deter offenders
- Targeting wanted offenders for drug offences
- Knife arches at transport hubs
- Enforcing the PSPO

Actioned 16 July 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 West Thornton are saying are the issues in the area:

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Violence Against Women and Girls

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11/10/2025 18:28:28

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