Woodside (Croydon)

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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.

Woodside - Croydon 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 Woodside-Croydon@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).

Luke Dilley

PCSO

David Lloyd-Foster

Dedicated Ward Officer

David Origbo

Dedicated Ward Officer

Ashok Patel

Inspector

Steven Pearce

Sergeant

Adam Perez

Police Constable

Nuno Santos

PCSO

Joseph Smith

Police Constable

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
Reducing Violent Crime as a Pan London objective working in conjunction with local residents and businesses to focus on hotspots areas and identified individuals Issued 18 November 2026	Officers will continue to prioritise reducing violent crime on the ward, focusing on VAWG (Violence Against Women and Girls). https://www.met.police.uk/cp/crime-prevention/personal-safety-how-to-stay-safe/ Actioned 30 April 2026
Anti Social Behaviour on Harrington Road, Portland Road and in the Malcolm Road area Issued 18 November 2026	The team will continue to work with partner agencies towards reduction of ASB within the ward area. Work around the supply of Drugs within the area will help in reducing this but focus on preparing for the spike in ASB around Portland road is a priority. Actioned 30 April 2026
Drug dealing within the ward Issued 18 November 2026	Officers will prioritise identifying and robustly dealing with individuals and premises' involved in the supply of Class A and Class B drugs Actioned 30 April 2025

Priority

Action taken

Reducing Violent Crime as a Pan London objective working in conjunction with local residents and businesses to focus on hotspots areas and identified individuals

Issued 18 November 2026

Officers will continue to prioritise reducing violent crime on the ward, focusing on VAWG (Violence Against Women and Girls).
https://www.met.police.uk/cp/crime-prevention/personal-safety-how-to-stay-safe/

Actioned 30 April 2026

Anti Social Behaviour on Harrington Road, Portland Road and in the Malcolm Road area

Issued 18 November 2026

The team will continue to work with partner agencies towards reduction of ASB within the ward area. Work around the supply of Drugs within the area will help in reducing this but focus on preparing for the spike in ASB around Portland road is a priority.

Actioned 30 April 2026

Drug dealing within the ward

Issued 18 November 2026

Officers will prioritise identifying and robustly dealing with individuals and premises' involved in the supply of Class A and Class B drugs

Actioned 30 April 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 Woodside (Croydon) are saying are the issues in the area:

Agree or not? Have your say now, click here to do the survey