Woodside (Croydon)
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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).
Richard Flynn
Police Constable
Ryan Holliday
Inspector
Laima Kupciunaite
PCSO
Steven Pearce
Sergeant
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 |
|---|---|
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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 30 April 2026 |
Officers will continue to prioritise reducing violent crime on the ward, focusing on VAWG (Violence Against Women and Girls). Actioned 30 April 2026 |
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Anti Social Behaviour on Harrington Road, Portland Road and in the Malcolm Road area Issued 30 April 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 |
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Drug dealing within the ward Issued 30 April 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:
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